I committed to Berkeley but now looking at housing has me like 😵 I'm sure it'd be that way in NYC too though! What are your interests? What programs were you accepted to?
I would email [email protected] and ask!
Congrats to everyone & best wishes on your continued journeys. I wanted to share my stats now that I've made a decision:
Hi, I'm not attending Harvard but I did live in Boston for 4 years. HSPH is in a very expensive part of Boston (Longwood/Fenway) (and Boston is already very expensive) and I recommend finding roommates unless you want to be paying $2300/month for rent. If you can't find other MPH students to live with, you may have luck in Boston housing facebook groups.
Thank you so much!
Go with the cheaper option, unless you have a very specific research interest at BU. Boston is so expensive and BU even charges more per credit for the MPH than even MSW degree at the school. It doesn’t matter where you get the MPH to large degree, more what skills you get out. Employers know that students with little public health experience go to BU and other cheaper schools, you’re learning the same material really, it's how you market what you learned.
Thank you for this!! I am not really considering going to BU now, as I believe there's no way I will be able to afford the cost of living in Boston. Currently, I am leaning heavily towards Hopkins as it is my cheapest option and well known for epidemiology!
I would talk with students at Berkeley and see if the school promises things that they can not deliver . . . sounds kid of odd they want you to accept and then get funding, sounds a little bit shady. It's all personal choice if there is a region of the country that would make your attendance a negative, personally I think Emory is a great school and I'd go there, but everybody has a different need and opinion for sure, usually makes sense to go with the cheaper option. If you're set on Berkely they talk with them more about when students get funding, and maybe explain that your decision between them and Emory comes down to funding and that you'd want to see it before enrolling.
Definitely JHU is a great school! Tons of research and a proven history of public health, and not too far away from D.C. if you'd want to network some there.
Thank you! This really helped.
Many schools set their deadline for deposits for 4/15 which is super soon. You also are unlikely to get funding this late (for some schools, there are priority deadlines for funding). What about looking at programs where you could start in January 2023 or May 2023?
I just accepted my offer at U of M too!! Hopefully, I'll see you in the fall! What's your concentration?
Thats so exciting, congrats!! Im in Environmental Health Sciences on the Industrial Hygiene track, what is your concentration? See you in the fall!!🙂
see y'all in ann arbor in the fall! i just accepted my offer as well (global health epi)
I'm in HBHE!
Congratulations!! Did you ever hear from UofT?
I'm so happy to see there will be another attorney at Harvard! Though I suppose I can't actually call myself an attorney yet . . . (I graduate law school in a few weeks and will take the CA bar in July before starting Harvard in August).
I won't be, but definitely inbox me if you need any bar studying tips. The next two months will be hell but the relief you feel when you're done will be well worth it!
What are your stats if you don't mind? I recently applied.
