<p>I want to apply for the health administration and economics PHD at the University of Pennsylvania. I'm looking for advice, and some brute honestly on my chances of getting in.</p>
<p>4.0 at a CAHME accredited MHA program ( ranked in the top 50 in the nation).</p>
<p>I have a 3.0 undergraduate GPA, and a 3.4 cumulative economics (my major) GPA. </p>
<p>GRE: 85th percentile math, 90th percentile verbal. </p>
<p>Experience:</p>
<ul>
<li>In the process of completing a highly competitive fellowship at Geisinger Hospital.</li>
<li>1,000 hours clinical's.</li>
<li>Internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.</li>
<li>Externship with the University of Pennsylvania Associate Director: Joanne H. Levy</li>
<li>24 hours of community service at Lehigh Valley Hospital.</li>
</ul>
<p>Should I add more detail?</p>
<p>No. Nobody can tell you your “chances” at a program because graduate admissions don’t work that way - there’s no algorithm or anything like that. You just have to apply and see what happens.</p>
<p>But are you doing any research? You said you have clinical hours, community service, and an externship, but unless any of those involve research PhD programs don’t really care about all that stuff. They want to see that you’ve done some kind of rigorous research in your field (in this case, economics) with researchers in the area. So talk to some of your professors and see if you can get a position as a research assistant with one of them.</p>
<p>What we can take a shot at is telling you what your weak points are and strong points are. There’s a large pool of people for whom the answer is “maybe” without any percentage assigned.</p>
<p>A 3.0 is on the low side. A 3.5 might be fine for some disciplines, with research and strong letters superseding everything else.</p>
<p>The main variables we don’t know, which SIGNIFICANTLY affect your chance: what are the exact details of what you did in school, and what are your letters like? “Good” or “OK” is too vague.</p>