Everyone, yay! I'm in the healthcare management program.
I went to a big public school for undergrad, it had a good name but I felt I didn't get what I wanted out of it. So I have my eyes set on private schools, small programs.
Yale's program is very small which gives more opportunities/time to interact with faculty (which I really want since I had a bad experience at my undergrad),
and less competition looking for a job/networking when we all graduate at the same time.
And the location, New Haven is in between Boston and NYC, relatively close to DC, (I suppose we can get lots of networking after we graduate) but its living expense is much much less than those big cities.
Last but not least, Yale is definitely more known, nationally and internationally, than Columbia or other schools. I know some people value more academics than school name, but based on my experience, school's name is also very very important.
These are my main reasons...let me know your thoughts 😉