Harvard School of Public Health

[Bernabosch]

Hey Guys, I know some people are keen on results from HSPH. I got a rejection yesterday from the Global Health and Population programme (DrPH) - really gutted. I am an international student and believed that I was indeed qualified...Anyway, have benefited from the info from this forum a lot - but hadn't been posting much. I thank all of you who had done so! This is a great forum - All the best in life you all! Cheers!

[Piwi]

I went to visit Harvard SPH for a Biostatistics program and they mentioned that they take very few international students as a result of their funding. Most of the grants (at least for biostat) come from national organizations, NIH for example, and require that the money goes to American citizens. This makes it difficult to fund non-citizens (internationals), and thus they can accept fewer of them.

I'm guessing that the funding situation is similar throughout HSPH, though I don't know for sure. This means that it's possible you truly are qualified, but that they simply don't have the money to fund you.

(Not sure if this will make you feel better or worse (I hope better), but thought I'd let you know what I know.)

[Bernabosch]

I went to visit Harvard SPH for a Biostatistics program and they mentioned that they take very few international students as a result of their funding. Most of the grants (at least for biostat) come from national organizations, NIH for example, and require that the money goes to American citizens. This makes it difficult to fund non-citizens (internationals), and thus they can accept fewer of them. I'm guessing that the funding situation is similar throughout HSPH, though I don't know for sure. This means that it's possible you truly are qualified, but that they simply don't have the money to fund you. (Not sure if this will make you feel better or worse (I hope better), but thought I'd let you know what I know.)

Thanks Piwi! It does make sense actually. In no other school have I been asked to fill out financial aid forms before acceptance. And I could see that I did bnot qualify to most of their scholarship options because either it talked about a certain heritage or high school, which I have never heard of(:. Thanks for this and all the best!

Edited February 28, 2010 by Bernabosch

[CityFlips]

I'd like to re-open this forum. I've recently accepted the invitation from HSPH. I'd be curious to get to know others who have been accepted as well. Is anyone else going for a visitation day? I think I will be going on April 2.