Questions for Emory MPH Epidemiology students or alumni

[NicapyMPH]

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Hey guys,
Just some questions I have as I apply to Emory's RSPH for an MPH in Global Health Epidemiology:

1. How are the class sizes? I've heard the RSPH is pretty big, but how many Epi students are there, vs. how many faculty?
2. Do you feel like you get personal attention from the professors? Do they really take an interest in what YOUR OWN career aspirations are?
3. How well connected do you feel to the larger University?
4. Are there a lot of opportunities to interact with other students, undergrad and/or grad, that enrich your experience? For example, connections with the Medical School, School of Theology, History, etc?
5. Do you feel you are in a very intellectual environment that is open to sharing ideas?

I'd appreciate any answers you might have to give, and also perhaps why you chose Emory over any other Epidemiology program.

Thanks.

 

[jkmph]

Hey guys,
Just some questions I have as I apply to Emory's RSPH for an MPH in Global Health Epidemiology:

1. How are the class sizes? I've heard the RSPH is pretty big, but how many Epi students are there, vs. how many faculty?
2. Do you feel like you get personal attention from the professors? Do they really take an interest in what YOUR OWN career aspirations are?
3. How well connected do you feel to the larger University?
4. Are there a lot of opportunities to interact with other students, undergrad and/or grad, that enrich your experience? For example, connections with the Medical School, School of Theology, History, etc?
5. Do you feel you are in a very intellectual environment that is open to sharing ideas?

I'd appreciate any answers you might have to give, and also perhaps why you chose Emory over any other Epidemiology program.

Thanks.

I'm an Emory MPH alumni from the epi dept effective as of May so I'll try to answer your questions.

1. The class of 2010 (mine) was about 350 students, the class of 2011 is about 450. The epidemiology students in my class numbered about 100, which would translate to like 125 or so for the class of 2011. Since they just finished the second building, I think you can expect class of 2012 to probably be about the same.

The epi department is huge and there are plenty of faculty. I don't know the exact ratio, but I never had trouble getting in touch with a professor when I wanted to or needed to.

2. I think its what you make of it. Im in medical school now so one of the MD/MPH's I worked with a lot took an interest and wrote me a LOR. If you do research with a faculty member or take a few classes, you're going to get to know them better. How much interest they take in you really depends on how much you reach out to them.

3. RSPH is on the corner of campus and is truely disconnected from the rest of campus. They are making efforts to change that, but personally I didnt mind it. We had a building to ourselves (and the nursing and biochem grad students). We the undergrads never come over to RSPH unless they are taking a course which is rare. I think this is a plus.

4. There are tons of networking and social opportunities. So many in fact ,you're going to get sick of receiving them in your inbox 10 or 20 times a day. Whatever your interests are, there's someone at Emory with similar ones who will be happy to talk to you.

5. I chose Emory over some higher ranked and more "prestigious" schools because it's in Atlanta. With that said, in retrospect, I can't imagine myself going anywhere else. I really appreciated what academia means during my two years there. Very intellectually fertile ground.

Hope this helps.

 

[ald]

As a current Emory student (2nd-year epi MPH), I would agree with all of the above. As for actual class sizes, all epi and glepi (and a few students from other concentrations with a strong interest in epi) all take the same epi methods classes-which translates to about 125 students in those lecture classes. Other classes, i.e. electives, BSHE/HPM core classes, etc, range from 10 to 50 or so students. I feel a lot of personal attention at Emory, regardless of class size, but I guess that will depend on you. As the previous poster mentioned, professors will take an interest in you if you show an interest in them.

I, too, am very happy I chose Emory, and I can't imagine going anywhere else. Good luck with your decision!

 

[NicapyMPH]

Thanks for your responses, guys. I recently had a visit with Emory that went well 🙂