welp

What competition! Helps put things in perspective, thanks for sharing.

Has anyone heard from? boston university epidemiology phd george washington epidemiology phd new york university public health phd

Really helpful! Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm definitely bookmarking the NIH loan repayment program.

Thanks!! Do you think you could have learned the skills from your masters elsewhere? I did apply to masters and I'm excited to do one when I don't think of the debt. Ah gotcha..that sounds like a very select few.

Is anyone in a similar boat? I'm applying to PhD in Epidemiology programs without a masters. I want to become a psychiatric epidemiologist, but the field is new to me and I am wary of the cost of masters programs. Most of my background is in psychology and neuroscience (4 years of undergraduate research and 3+ years of full-time research), so it's largely relevant, missing some of the epidemiology/population techniques. It seems like this field is, unlike psychology or neuroscience, largely requiring a masters degree. I had several schools tell me they wouldn't consider my application without a masters, which was disheartening but it makes sense if that's where you'll receive the needed training. Of the few that didn't, I was able to connect with POI's and had good conversations so that was encouraging to apply.