Hello all,
I've been lurking on this forum since I began applying to MPH schools last year. April 15th is quickly approaching, and I need all the help I can get in making a decision.
I've been accepted to (among 6 other schools) George Washington University and Rutgers University, both for an MPH in Biostatistics. GWU offered me a $30,000 scholarship and Rutgers offered me a $25,000 scholarship. That brings the total number of loans for each school to $37,500 and $28,000, respectively. I'm trying to choose between the two. GWU has been my dream school since I began applying, and Rutgers popped up near the end of the app process and I just threw it on my SOPHAS app for the heck of it.
I've always wanted to attend grad school in a big city for the networking connections and fast pace of life, and obviously Washington, DC is exactly that. New Brunswick (Rutgers) is much smaller than DC and the local economy/jobs don't appear to be booming.
Here's the rub though--I've always known that I wanted a program that was very focused on biostatistics and had a high quality internship portion to it. Rutgers' curriculum seems to be more biostats/data analysis heavy, versus GWU which has slightly more "core courses" that cover typical areas like health policy and occupational health. Also, Rutgers' internship portion has a 400 hour minimum, and GWU is 120 hours.
Does anyone have any insight on either school or program? Really any info at all would be greatly appreciated!
I've been lurking on this forum since I began applying to MPH schools last year. April 15th is quickly approaching, and I need all the help I can get in making a decision.
I've been accepted to (among 6 other schools) George Washington University and Rutgers University, both for an MPH in Biostatistics. GWU offered me a $30,000 scholarship and Rutgers offered me a $25,000 scholarship. That brings the total number of loans for each school to $37,500 and $28,000, respectively. I'm trying to choose between the two. GWU has been my dream school since I began applying, and Rutgers popped up near the end of the app process and I just threw it on my SOPHAS app for the heck of it.
I've always wanted to attend grad school in a big city for the networking connections and fast pace of life, and obviously Washington, DC is exactly that. New Brunswick (Rutgers) is much smaller than DC and the local economy/jobs don't appear to be booming.
Here's the rub though--I've always known that I wanted a program that was very focused on biostatistics and had a high quality internship portion to it. Rutgers' curriculum seems to be more biostats/data analysis heavy, versus GWU which has slightly more "core courses" that cover typical areas like health policy and occupational health. Also, Rutgers' internship portion has a 400 hour minimum, and GWU is 120 hours.
Does anyone have any insight on either school or program? Really any info at all would be greatly appreciated!
