Harvard Biological Sciences in Public Health

[Methylmadness]

Anyone else apply to the Harvard BPH program? If so, have you heard anything from them yet?

[sciguy]

Haven't heard.  Finished app 11/30.  Nothing on Results Search either.  According to their website their recruitment is Jan 23-24.  So maybe we're just rejected?  Of course I'm hoping they're just painfully slow.

[livenlearn]

Haven't heard.  Finished app 11/30.  Nothing on Results Search either.  According to their website their recruitment is Jan 23-24.  So maybe we're just rejected?  Of course I'm hoping they're just painfully slow.

why do you assume you are rejected??

[sciguy]

A hopeless pessimist.  What can I say...

[Methylmadness]

where on the website does it state their interview dates? I looked for it and apparently I just couldn't find it. 

 

I'm hoping to hear back within the next few days??? If no one has heard anything about it yet, then I assume they haven't let anyone know of anything and considering Harvard BBS just sent out their interview invites... everything is a bit later in the game?

[sciguy]

On the main page (http://bph.hsph.harvard.edu/) on the right under Upcoming Events -- Jan 23 BPH Recruitment

Hope springs eternal!

[Methylmadness]

awesome thanks!

yeah, I'm about ready to go crazy with all this waiting just for an interview.

 

what department are you looking to go into?

[sciguy]

Hoping to study malaria or TB. Applied to some Immuno programs elsewhere, but I liked the structure of BPH.

[Methylmadness]

Oh cool yeah, BPH is my first choice program, mainly because of the public health focus, I'm hoping to go more into either cancer or obesity research with regards to epigenetic changes.

[sciguy]

Ahhhh "methyl" madness makes sense now!

[Methylmadness]

yup... making up user names... not always easy. hah

Did you contact any of the professors in the BPH program before you applied?

[sciguy]

I didn't. BPH is for sure my biggest reach, and I just sort of thought Why not? toward the end of app season.

[Methylmadness]

Ha nice.  where else did you end up applying to?

[sciguy]

U. of Washington, NYU, Cornell, Mt. Sinai, Uchicago

UW is pathobio in their dept. of global health but all other Immuno!

What about you?

[Methylmadness]

2 programs at Harvard, MIT, and BU 

MIT and BU are biomedical science programs, but Enviro health/public health at Harvard.

 

UW is great, I did my undergrad in Seattle and I have a few friends there now doing their PhDs

[sciguy]

I've never been to Seattle so I'm excited to interview at least! Plus the lady who called me was sooooo nice. Made my day even if she's that friendly to everyone!

[Methylmadness]

Haha, just be prepared for rain, not heavy rain but just rain. Side note: if you have an umbrella you will be forever labeled as a "tourist", but if you don't have a rain coat, it is acceptable, I guess. Congrats on your interview there!

[Methylmadness]

I emailed the BPH program just asking when they will send out invites, hopefully they will get back to me soonish... 

[sciguy]

Thanks! And thanks for the tip!

What time zone are you in? I'm in CST but the time stamps on these posts are definitely not.

[Methylmadness]

currently i'm in PST yeah all my time stamps are for EST, but when I am back in New York, the time stamps are always 3 hours ahead of me. no idea why

[sciguy]

Another day gone.  Did they get back to you?

[Methylmadness]

no they didn't. it's driving me nuts, though I did hear there was some sort of Harvard bomb threat last week, so that might be why there is such a delay... unfortunately we have to wait now until Jan 2nd, because I think the office is closed from the 24th until the 2nd.

[Methylmadness]

I'm secretly hoping that they will feel bad that they haven't sent out interview invites yet so they will call tomorrow, even though it's christmas eve...... one can only hope

[sciguy]

It would be an awfully great present.

[sciguy]

I guess we're still waiting.  :-(