MPH / MSPH 2021: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected, Attending

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Did anyone here take a look at the Blue Ridge NIH funding ranking list for Public Health Schools to help them in making a decision? More NIH funding, higher ranking.... The list seems somewhat similar to US news public health rankings which is suppose to be peer reviewed. Does a public health school that has little or no NIH funding make it a bad school?
 
mddreamgirl said:
Oh wow so they’ve offered all their merit aid already? That’s honestly so upsetting. Now I really have to choose between GWU who gave me a scholarship, Emory who gave me nothing and JHU with MTS 😭😭 I’m about to go to sleep and try this life thing again tomorrow LOL
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Don't give up on Emory yet. From what I understand, the merit scholarships are out already, but you could still potentially get REAL...and they might not be done sending out those offers until March. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong haha.
 
Mlm1986 said:
Did anyone here take a look at the Blue Ridge NIH funding ranking list for Public Health Schools to help them in making a decision? More NIH funding, higher ranking.... The list seems somewhat similar to US news public health rankings which is suppose to be peer reviewed. Does a public health school that has little or no NIH funding make it a bad school?
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This is interesting, I just took a look at this. Yale isn't in the top 67 ranked schools, but I believe is #15 in US News.

How much does ranking and/or NIH funding really matter though for Schools of Public Health vs. looking at the "lay" prestige of institutions like Yale? I always wonder that.
 
MHA414 said:
This is interesting, I just took a look at this. Yale isn't in the top 67 ranked schools, but I believe is #15 in US News.

How much does ranking and/or NIH funding really matter though for Schools of Public Health vs. looking at the "lay" prestige of institutions like Yale? I always wonder that.
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You have to keep in mind that NIH is just one of the agencies that funds research in public health. It might be a major one, but it's definitely not enough to base a decision like which school to attend.

I was drawn to the schools I was accepted to because of their US News ranking...but then there were a lot of discussions around fit for your particular concentration. For health policy, you might choose Yale because of its law school (where you might take a course or two), or they might choose Emory specifically for its connection to the CDC or other things like alumni network. But then for Epi/Biostats, you might pass up Yale for a school that has a lot more funding from the NIH if you're going to do research while in your program.
 
MHA414 said:
This is interesting, I just took a look at this. Yale isn't in the top 67 ranked schools, but I believe is #15 in US News.

How much does ranking and/or NIH funding really matter though for Schools of Public Health vs. looking at the "lay" prestige of institutions like Yale? I always wonder that.
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When you look at the overall institutional rankings, though, Yale comes in at 12, above Columbia (14) and Emory (19). Their school of public health may not get a lot of NIH funding itself, but their medical school and other departments appear to get a good amount from the NIH. Also something to keep in mind because YSPH's website does have a lot of cross-over with its school of medicine, perhaps indicating their public health students have opportunities in those departments as well.
 
ljs06 said:
Hello everyone! Those of you who interviewed with Dartmouth, how long after your interview did you hear back?
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I interviewed 1/4 and heard back on the portal with my acceptance/scholarship 1/21! (I've seen faster turnaround for some people on here though)
 
Mlm1986 said:
Did anyone here take a look at the Blue Ridge NIH funding ranking list for Public Health Schools to help them in making a decision? More NIH funding, higher ranking.... The list seems somewhat similar to US news public health rankings which is suppose to be peer reviewed. Does a public health school that has little or no NIH funding make it a bad school?
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Hey! Could you link it?
 
Mlm1986 said:
Did anyone here take a look at the Blue Ridge NIH funding ranking list for Public Health Schools to help them in making a decision? More NIH funding, higher ranking.... The list seems somewhat similar to US news public health rankings which is suppose to be peer reviewed. Does a public health school that has little or no NIH funding make it a bad school?
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i guess it could signal that they get more grants for research but NIH also isnt the only place to get research grants - i think it would just signal they get good research? - so it depends on what you are looking for - are you going into research and aspire to get a PHD - or are u going to learn technical skills and career development and such
 
In at Harvard’s SM80 in global health with a 50% tuition grant!

If someone has received aid yet, I’m curious whether the grant applies only for the 2021-22 year or if it’s available for both years of the program? The award letter says:

“After careful review, the School is pleased to offer you the following institutional grant/scholarship* assistance for your enrollment in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the 2021-2022 academic year. Your academic department is pleased to offer you a Harvard Chan 50% Tuition Grant based on your academic excellence and/or financial need. This scholarship is for the duration of your program.”

Does this mean the grant only applies for the first year?
 
Do we know how many people Harvard typically admits every year? And did anyone else get an interview from Harvard's HPM 65 program?
 
oatmilkluvr said:
In at Harvard’s SM80 in global health with a 50% tuition grant!

If someone has received aid yet, I’m curious whether the grant applies only for the 2021-22 year or if it’s available for both years of the program? The award letter says:

“After careful review, the School is pleased to offer you the following institutional grant/scholarship* assistance for your enrollment in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the 2021-2022 academic year. Your academic department is pleased to offer you a Harvard Chan 50% Tuition Grant based on your academic excellence and/or financial need. This scholarship is for the duration of your program.”

Does this mean the grant only applies for the first year?
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Congrats.

"This scholarship is for the duration of your program."
 
oatmilkluvr said:
In at Harvard’s SM80 in global health with a 50% tuition grant!

If someone has received aid yet, I’m curious whether the grant applies only for the 2021-22 year or if it’s available for both years of the program? The award letter says:

“After careful review, the School is pleased to offer you the following institutional grant/scholarship* assistance for your enrollment in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the 2021-2022 academic year. Your academic department is pleased to offer you a Harvard Chan 50% Tuition Grant based on your academic excellence and/or financial need. This scholarship is for the duration of your program.”

Does this mean the grant only applies for the first year?
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Congrats! It seems like it's for the duration of your program. When did they send you your decision?
 
oatmilkluvr said:
In at Harvard’s SM80 in global health with a 50% tuition grant!

If someone has received aid yet, I’m curious whether the grant applies only for the 2021-22 year or if it’s available for both years of the program? The award letter says:

“After careful review, the School is pleased to offer you the following institutional grant/scholarship* assistance for your enrollment in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the 2021-2022 academic year. Your academic department is pleased to offer you a Harvard Chan 50% Tuition Grant based on your academic excellence and/or financial need. This scholarship is for the duration of your program.”

Does this mean the grant only applies for the first year?
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@oatmilkluvr

Would you please let us know when you got the decision from Harvard? We are trying to debunk the theory that Fridays are Waitlists and Mondays are Rejections.
 
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I haven't posted on here in awhile but I'm also in at NYU (2/10), BU (2/12), and UGA (2/17)!! Just waiting to hear from Columbia now but I'm starting to lose hope since I applied after the 12/1 deadline and I don't feel like my interview went very well. Oh well, I'm pretty content with Emory 🙂
 
psepi39 said:
Feeling really discouraged but maybe I’m overthinking it. Applied to UCLA Epi on 11/13 and then SDSU, NYU and USC all on 1/31 (kind of late lol) but still haven’t heard back from any. 🙁 hoping for some good news (or even any type of news at this point) before March...

Congratulations to all the acceptances received this week! You are all awesome 👏 !!
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I also haven't heard back from USC and UCLA!
 
Mlm1986 said:
Did anyone here take a look at the Blue Ridge NIH funding ranking list for Public Health Schools to help them in making a decision? More NIH funding, higher ranking.... The list seems somewhat similar to US news public health rankings which is suppose to be peer reviewed. Does a public health school that has little or no NIH funding make it a bad school?
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Can you link please?
 
FYI: While I did get accepted on a Thursday, a friend of mine currently at Harvard told me that the whole thursday-friday-monday schedule is not valid this year. Acceptances can arrive on any one of those days. Hope this gives you some peace of mind during these anxious times friends.
 
Jt_hatesmedschool said:
FYI: While I did get accepted on a Thursday, a friend of mine currently at Harvard told me that the whole thursday-friday-monday schedule is not valid this year. Acceptances can arrive on any one of those days. Hope this gives you some peace of mind during these anxious times friends.
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Thanks for your info! I applied to the same program as you did. May I ask when did you apply? So frustrated now. Feel like breaking up with my first boyfriend.
 
roubao said:
Thanks for your info! I applied to the same program as you did. May I ask when did you apply? So frustrated now. Feel like breaking up with my first boyfriend.
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Yeah the only consolidation I have is that it doesn't make sense to take four weeks (mid February to mid March) just to release decisions if you can just do acceptances all at once and then rejections/waitlists a week after max
 
Jt_hatesmedschool said:
FYI: While I did get accepted on a Thursday, a friend of mine currently at Harvard told me that the whole thursday-friday-monday schedule is not valid this year. Acceptances can arrive on any one of those days. Hope this gives you some peace of mind during these anxious times friends.
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@Jt_hatesmedschool

Thank you so much for this! I was not going to open any emails I get on Monday from Harvard, but wait till Thursday to do so!

I am gaming the system!!! Don't hate the system, hate the playa!!!
 
roubao said:
Thanks for your info! I applied to the same program as you did. May I ask when did you apply? So frustrated now. Feel like breaking up with my first boyfriend.
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Please don't break up with your first boyfriend lol! I was equally stressed, and my anxiety was through the roof. Try to unplug from the internet. Getting outside really helped me.

I applied to the 45 credit MPH in Global health. My application was submitted on essentially Dec 1st (technically November 30th at 11:30 PM). I received an "application complete and make an harvardkey portal" email on December 7th. After that, I didn't receive any other updates/communications from the school till the acceptance this past Thursday. Hope that timeline helps.
 
zubear said:
@oatmilkluvr

Would you please let us know when you got the decision from Harvard? We are trying to debunk the theory that Fridays are Waitlists and Mondays are Rejections.
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Haha! Not a theory, just what happened last year, although I also sincerely hope they don’t follow last year’s pattern and there are more acceptances in coming weeks. Fingers crossed!
 
any one applied to JHU dual MBA/MPH program and have an answer from them?
 
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