Schools of Public Health Application Service

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Schools of Public Health Application Service

All about SOPHAS! Jacqui Comshaw (Yale) Arthur
Culbert (Boston) Angela Everett (South
Carolina) Erin Finn (Drexel) William Harvey
(NAAHP) Nancy Murphy (Saint Louis)
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Centralized Application Service Participant List

• vvvv University at Alabama Birmingham School of
  Public Health
• vvvv University at Albany SUNY School of Public
  Health
• vvvv Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of
  Public Health
• vvvv Boston University School of Public Health
• vvvv Drexel University School of Public Health
• vvvv Emory University Rollins School of Public
  Health
• vvvv George Washington University School of
  Public Health and Health Services
• vvvv Harvard School of Public Health 
• vvvv Ohio State University School of Public
  Health
• vvvv Loma Linda University School of public
  health
• vvvv University of Kentucky College of Public
  Health
• vvvv University of Oklahoma College of Public
  Health
• vvvv University of Illinois at Chicago School of
  Public Health
• vvvv University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
  Jersey School of Public Health
• vvvv University of Minnesota School of Public
  Health
• vvvv University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  School of Public Health
• vvvv University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of
  Public Health
• vvvv University of South Florida College of
  Public Health
• vvvv Saint Louis University School of Public
  Health

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• Schools of Public Health offer
• Over 15 unique degrees will be participating in
  SOPHAS
• Over 30 joint degrees
• Over 60 areas of study

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Centralized Application Service Advisory Committee

• Christine Spangler
• Johns Hopkins University
• Jeff Johnson
• Tulane University
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• Jacqui Comshaw
• Yale University
• Arthur Culbert
• Boston University
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• Judy Dawson
• Ohio State University
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• Mary Derkach
• University of Pittsburgh
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• Michael Green
• University of South Florida

Nancy Persily University at Albany SUNY Angela
Everett University of South Carolina Vincent
James Harvard University Robert Meenan Boston
University Mark Robson UMDNJ Erin Finn Drexel
University Mary Wolf Texas AM Kendell
West University of Michigan Natasha
Levy UCLA Gloria Sawaris UC Berkeley
William H. Harvey Earlham College NAAHP
Liaison Robin Howell  University of
Oklahoma Christine Edgar University of
Washington Ngina Lythcott Columbia
University Dianne Wynn University of North
Texas Joseph Harvey University of Arkansas John
Wiggs Kentucky Brenda Fass-Holmes San Diego
State University Mayra E. Santiago-Vargas Univers
ity of Puerto Rico
Felicia Mebane UNC at Chapel Hill Jane M.
Smith George Washington University Mary Ann
Smith University of Texas Chris Tisch University
of Arizona Dorian Thomas University of Illinois
at Chicago Amy Engelmann University of
Iowa Kara Brown Robinson Emory
University Michael Conner Loma Linda
University Kristina Guo Florida International
University
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Course Categorization Subcommittee
SOPHAS
Subcommittees Christine Edgar (Washington)
Amy Engelmann(Iowa) Jacqui
Comshaw (Yale) Fee Structure Subcommittee Nancy
Persily (Albany) Joan Pasiuk (Minnesota)
Jacqui Comshaw (Yale) Arthur Culbert
(Boston) Graduate Schools Subcommittee Judy
Dawson (Ohio) Chris Tisch (Arizona)
Christine Edgar (Washington) Jack Barnette
(UAB) Nancy Murphy (SLU) Angela Everett
(USC) International Applicant Subcommittee
Mary Ann Smith (Texas-Houston) Christine
Edgar (Washington) Lauren Proctor
(GWU) School Profiles Subcommittee Jack
Barnette (UAB) Ngina Lythcott
(Columbia) Christine Edgar
(Washington) Jacqui Comshaw (Yale)
Kendell West (Michigan) Letter of
Reference Subcommittee Vincent James (Harvard)
Dorian Thomas (UIC) Bill Harvey
(Earlham College NAAHP liaison) Transcript
Subcommittee Arthur Culbert (Boston) Erin Finn
(Drexel) John Wiggs
(Kentucky) Nancy Murphy (SLU) Chris Tisch
(Arizona) Jane Smith (GWU) Marketing
and Communications Subcommittee Vincent James
(Harvard) Jeff Johnson (Tulane)
Arthur Culbert (Boston) Mary Wolf (Texas AM)
Nancy Murphy (SLU)  
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• Benefits to students
• v Eliminates need for multiple reporting of
  information to multiple schoolsv Ease of
  applying to more than one schoolv Applicants
  have opportunity to learn about other SPH
• Comments from Survey of Recent Applicants/New
  Students
• 57.7 said they were not aware that there are 37
  schools of public health
• 67.2 said that they would be willing to move if
  they had been
• accepted to a school outside of their local
  area
• When asked for comments or questions
• 75 of the students said they supported a CAS Do
  it
• 20 had specific questions regarding fee waivers,
  personal essays,
• standardized tests, etc
• 5 had negative or cautionary comments

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• Benefits to Advisors
• Easier access to information about degree
  programs
• Letters of reference centralized in one portal
• Better accessibility of advising resources
• Access to matriculation data at the end of
  application cycle

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Applicant Trends
Public Health
Medical School
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Central Application Service
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• Highlights of SOPHAS
• Transcripts and GPAs
• References
• Letters of interest
• Resumes/CVs
• Fees
• Application cycle

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• Standardized GPAs
• Lower division undergraduate Biological/Life
  Sciences
• Upper division undergraduate Math
• Undergraduate cumulative Business
• Post-bac Social Sciences
• Graduate General (Other)

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• Test scores
• Applicants will be able to self-report test
  scores. Official test scores will be collected
  by SOPHAS for the following tests
• PCAT (124)
• MCAT (SOPHAS)
• GRE (5688)
• TOEFL (5688)
• Applicants will send official scores for the
  following tests directly to designated schools
• GMAT
• LSAT
• DAT

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• Letters of Reference
• Three letters of reference will be required but
  because schools may have differing requirements
  up to five will be allowed.
• References will have the ability to submit either
  via hard copy or online.
• Committee letters will count as one reference.
• Letters received via university reference
  services will count individually.
• References will submit one reference per
  applicant, which will be forwarded to all schools
  to which the applicant is applying.
• References that wish to send a tailored letter
  for an individual school may submit those letters
  directly to the schools.

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• Application Cycle
• During the first year, SOPHAS will be open until
  August 1, 2007.
• SOPHAS will be closed between August 1 and
  September 15, starting in 2007.
• Schools will each have their own deadlines and
  may have multiple deadlines for their various
  programs.

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SOPHAS Fees

• U.S. Applicants who can demonstrate financial
  need will receive a fee waiver for the first
  application. These applicants will be
  responsible for incremental fees above the first
  application.
• Financial need is defined as income of less than
  200 of the current US poverty level.
• McNair Scholars and Project 2000 applicants will
  receive a waiver for three designation upon proof
  of their participation in those programs.

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Questions may be directed to SOPHAS P.O. Box
9111 Watertown, MA 02471 Tel [phone] Fax
617-612-2092 TTY Tel [phone] sophasinfo_at_soph
as.org   ASPH Allison Foster Deputy Executive
Director 1101 15th Street NW Suite 910 Washington
DC 20005 [phone] ext 127 fax (202)
296-1252 afoster_at_asph.org