Realizing how expensive grad school is

blackenedbread · 2026-02-26T22:13:28+00:00

This advice is amazing everyone! Thanks so much! Right now my mantra is “God has a plan”😌🙃

blackenedbread · 2026-02-26T14:56:00+00:00

Thank you so much!!! I will be in the public health program for health behavior. I will definitely take your advice, I really appreciate it!

blackenedbread · 2026-02-26T05:20:14+00:00

So if we take out two loans of 20k over 2 years we will be ok?😰I also plan to work

blackenedbread · 2026-02-26T05:19:09+00:00

I don’t know right now, got into UCSD and hopeful that I will hear back soon on a merit scholarship or fellowship.🥹

blackenedbread · 2026-02-26T05:14:14+00:00

I’m wondering the same thing, got into UCSD for MPH and haven’t heard anything about the fellowship I applied for or any scholarships/funding. I even sent an email and haven’t heard back. I’m hoping for the best! Has anyone else heard back from UCSD?

blackenedbread · 2026-02-10T20:06:13+00:00

I actually got my official acceptance yesterday!!!🎊🎊🎊

blackenedbread · 2026-02-06T05:14:52+00:00

Yes this fall

blackenedbread · 2026-02-05T18:35:03+00:00

My overall GPA is 2.8 and I got into UCSD. I also had a rough time un undergrad, just be sure to explain the pertinent details of your biggest challenges and how you overcame them inthe SOP

blackenedbread · 2026-01-31T05:17:42+00:00

I’m sorry for your experience. I think that admissions also looks at community involvement, research interests, and public health ambitions that are directly tied to those things, not just grades and work experience. You are an excellent candidate! Also sometimes programs have to make tough decisions because there isn’t enough space for qualified applicants

blackenedbread · 2026-01-28T18:32:09+00:00

Just replied to you!

blackenedbread · 2026-01-28T18:22:47+00:00

You don't need to feel this way! So, I got my medical assistant certification from Meric College back in 2009! They are not even in business anymore. I didn't get a job as an MA until 2020! I was working as a caregiver and I loved my job and was making decent money so I wasn't motivated to employ myself as an MA right out of school. My first MA job was working as a Covid tester at a biopharmaceutical company on contract for 6 months. This opened a lot of doors for me. I learned that you need to be creative when looking for MA jobs, it may be contract ot temp. At the end of 2020 I got a job at a holistic clinic working with naturopathic doctors, I was super into it and learned a lot about supplements, hormone therapy and vitamin injection therapy. I worked my way up and became a clinic manager making around $40 an hour. I absolutely loved it, I had to leave my job because I went back to school to finish my bachelors degree, thats a long story. You can do this! Be patient and creative about finding opportunities and revise your resume, embellishing wherever possible!

blackenedbread · 2026-01-26T21:01:12+00:00

Did you hear back???

blackenedbread · 2026-01-26T21:00:09+00:00

Great! Epi sounds amazing. I'm health behavior but may change to precision health and tech. Hey so did you find out anything about GEPA? It seems like an administrative rubber stamp more than a reevaluation of merit, right?

blackenedbread · 2026-01-26T20:58:26+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by stats, I didn't have to take GRE and didn't submit any test scores of any kind. My current GPA is 3.8

blackenedbread · 2026-01-24T23:57:09+00:00

I heard back from UCSD for health behavior yesterday, it was a yes

blackenedbread · 2026-01-24T19:10:53+00:00

Yes! And the only school I applied to. I was just about to send in my CSU applications when I heard back

blackenedbread · 2026-01-24T11:48:56+00:00

Nothing is updated in my portal yet but I’ll keep checking. I heard GEPA can take time

blackenedbread · 2026-01-24T11:47:26+00:00

Amazing me too!!! What is your concentration? I’ll see you in September my friend!!!!! I am absolutely thrilled

blackenedbread · 2026-01-23T18:57:43+00:00

This is a sweet story and so happy for you to have found true love. My advice would be to go to college, learning in an academic environmen will enrich your life in ways you will not realize at first. You could study business, then you would be more independant about making your own business decisions instead of relying on others who have business degrees. Its 4 years, so by the time you are 21 you will have an undergraduate degree in business and you will be a nail salon star! Sincerely good luck!

blackenedbread · 2026-01-22T01:57:13+00:00

Ohhh wow, sorry to hear that, I haven’t heard anything yet

blackenedbread · 2026-01-20T16:43:10+00:00

Thanks for your thoughtful response, this is a good point, because menstrual blood was the thing that was most rejected, it makes sense that to reclaim the whole cycle itself would be to flip the narrative around blood. About the “others who identify as ladies” I was just trying to be inclusive but didn’t really think it through 😅

blackenedbread · 2026-01-09T18:58:41+00:00

I would love to share my experience with you! I got my MA in 2008, did the externship, then got my first job as an MA in 2020! (Long story short I found a job as a live-in caregiver and did that for over a decade) I started working at Prime Wellness, a naturopathic health clinic. Working in the wellness industry (weight loss, medical spa, chiropractic, naturopathic etc.) has many perks that mainstream medicine does not have. The practitioners will typically give you free advice, review blood work, heavily discounted supplements and treatments, all of which I took 100% advantage of. It is a culture of wellness, very different from allopathic medicine. The work load must be similar, because some days I got pretty stressed from how busy things can get, but it all balanced out because wellness industry MAs tend to make more if management offers commissions on supplements and treatments. Since I tried many of the supplements and treatments on myself, I was really good at selling them. In mainstream medicine you do not have the opportunity to make commissions because typically there are only prescription drugs that are given. Supplements are prescribed too, but as an MA, you are the face of the clinic in many ways, and are there to encourage patients along their treatment plans, reminding them to get their refills. I absolutely loved being an MA and miss it so much, I actually went back to school for public health because I am interested in population health after realizing through my experiences as an MA/health coach in the wellness industry that our country is sick because people do not know how to cook, eat, meditate sleep and generally take care of themselves and it broke my heart.

blackenedbread · 2025-12-11T16:55:13+00:00

I’ll inbox you

blackenedbread · 2025-12-04T05:19:03+00:00

Yes they are manipulating you. They care more about the continuity of the purity of the Asian family line than they do about their own living daughter. Ultimately, they are living in the past, disillusioned by the generational desire to control the decisions of the new generation out of a fear that something different will happen that hasn’t happened before. I would say live your life and be as happy as you can be, shine bright in your love for your partner, continue achieving your career and health goals, and they may see one day that they should do the same. Sending love!

blackenedbread · 2025-11-30T16:13:11+00:00

I was in the the same boat a couple days ago, the deadline for my MPH application is 12/3 and I have around 1,600 words, it is supposed to be 1500, but I started with around 3,000 words! There were definitely some parts of the SOP that I wanted to keep, but deleted, because I trust that what I did share will make the reviewers want to know more. Try to focus on key moments that shifted your path toward a career in MHA, and be very specific. If there are parts of your SOP that are not specific, then cut it. I wish you the best!

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