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George Washington University Personal Statement

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Once I completed my Certificate in Public Health from the University of North Texas in Public Health, I decided to transfer to George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health (MPH@GW). Coincidentally, MPH@GW and Yale’s online PA program use the same online software, 2U. Through the virtual classroom on 2U, I was able to connect with faculty and colleagues for live discussions and immersive coursework. I was enrolled in at least 12-15 hours per semester which all consisted of rigorous exams, papers, projects, and weekly live sessions. I am also prepared to secure sites for clinical rotations as it is similar to how I secured my position at the Houston Health Department for my practicum and culminating experience. I graduated …show more content…

I truly benefitted from the expertise of the faculty and the interactions between my classmates as I got to connect as their expertise spanned many areas of public health and medicine. I believe that I also gained more knowledge and learned significantly more as I had to learn a lot on my own and get through difficult materials without help from other students or professors. This took time, however, I gained much more fluency and am comfortable with public health topics. Regardless of my proven success in an online program, I need to improve on completing my assignments during the day, rather than at night. Since online classes do not require you to be present on campus, it was easy to push assignments off until midnight or even later, however I know that this is something I need to improve on, especially with clinical rotations during the daytime. Overall, I feel that I thrive in an online setting because I can create my own schedule between life, work and school while advancing my own

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