<p>hey all,</p>
<p>Does Harvard graduate school have limited space?
If so, how many slots are there?</p>
<p>Um, which of Harvard’s graduate schools? Or if you’re talking about FAS, which department?</p>
<p>Well, all of them have limited space.</p>
<p>I see. But a limit of how many (approximately)?</p>
<p>On their website, I think the psychology department states that they only admit 12-16 psychology grad students a year.</p>
<p>What? You mean to tell me that only 16 get a MA for Pyschology at Harvard every year? I thought that it would be about 3000 spots at every departement of harvard grad school…</p>
<p>You can only get a Ph.D for psychology at Harvard</p>
<p>o ok. Let me get this straight though. When we say gard school, we mean the institution at which MA’s (for the most part) are attained. </p>
<p>Let’s say i want to go to the arts and sciences gard school at Harvard. How many spots are there every year at this location?</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure but I think that it depends on which department you apply to. I believe each department reviews and accepts the applicants for their particular department. Go to their website and look at the information concerning your department of interest.</p>
<p>does anybody else know the number of open slots for the arts and sciences grad school at harvard?</p>
<p>most school’s have stopped offering MA’s…you receive an MA at some point during your PhD research- but as for separate MA programs, there aren’t that many (although the Kennedy School of Gov’t offers some).</p>
<p>whatever the case, go on their site and figure it out…if you’re smart enough to be thinking about Harvard for grad school, you’re smart enough to navigate your way to the statistics… <a href=“http://www.harvard.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.harvard.edu</a></p>
<p>that should get you started :)</p>
<p>ok, then what the heck are garduate schools for if not for a masters degree?</p>
<p>Grad schools are for doctoral research. You’re not supposed to just get a Masters and leave. That’s just one step towards getting a PhD.</p>
<p>o I see. But you do get your masters there, am I right?</p>
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<p>If you just use your common sense, you should realize that that’s shooting a bit high, don’t you think? After all, the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences alone has about 30-35 departments (depending on whether you call the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences a single department or a bunch of separate departments). So let’s say 30 departments. 30 * 3000=90,000 graduate students alone. And that’s not even counting the huge professional schools like Harvard Business School, Harvard Law, Harvard Medical, the Kennedy School, the Graduate School of Education, the Dental School, the Design School, the Public Health School, the Divinity School, etc. And of course it doesn’t include any Harvard undergraduates. According to your numbers, you would have 90,000 graduate students just in FAS. </p>
<p>Yet Harvard has only about 20,000 TOTAL students. That includes all the professional school students, all the undergraduates, and all the various academic graduate students.</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_university[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_university</a></p>
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<p>That’s not really a relevant question with a relevant answer. It’s not like the graduate school as a whole decides how many total students to have. Rather, each department decides how many students to take, depending on how much money they have, what they plan to do, etc. You apply to a specific program in a specific department, and the department decides whether to admit you or not. So just because the Department of Mathematics may have available spaces, that doesn’t help you if you apply to the History program. </p>
<p>Furthermore, each department varies greatly in size. Some departments are huge and have lots of available spaces each year (but also have lots of people applying every year). Some departments are relatively small and therefore have few spaces every year (but also fewer people applying in the first place). For example, the Department of Sanskrit is tiny compared to the Department of Economics. It would then stand to reason that there would be more available spaces for graduate studetns in Economics than in Sanskrit. But of course, there aren’t a whole lot of people trying to get into graduate programs in Sanskrit anyway. </p>
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<p>I think what you mean to say is that most prestigious research-oriented schools have stopped offering terminal MA’s. The vast majority of graduate programs still offer MA’s, simply because the vast majority of graduate programs are no-name programs. </p>
<p>Even at Harvard, most departments will offer an MA (actually, at Harvard, it’s called an AM, not a MA). They just don’t run terminal AM programs. They will award an AM as an ‘interim’ degree to the PhD, or, more often, as a consolation prize to those who couldn’t make it to the PhD. </p>
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<p>I don’t think so. The Kennedy School offers MPP and MPA degrees, but no AM degrees. It is true that you can obtain a joint/concurrent degree with Kennedy and FAS and thus obtain a MPP/AM or a MPA/AM, but the AM portion will be administered by FAS, not by Kennedy. </p>
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<p>As said above, it depends on the department. There are indeed some departments in Harvard FAS that will happily admit you for and award you a terminal master’s. For example, the Statistics Department admits terminal master’s degree students. The Computer Science department admits terminal master’s degree students. The engineering programs (yes, Harvard has engineering) admits terminal master’s degree students. Heck, some FAS departments run only terminal AM programs, and don’t run any PhD programs. For example, the Regional Studies programs only award AM degrees. There is no such thing as a Harvard PhD in Regional Studies. </p>
<p>Look, if you could tell us which departments you are interested in, then we could give you a better answer. But the fact is, Harvard has many different departments in many different fields, and the rules are different for each one. So unless you narrow things down, it’s hard for us to help you.</p>
<p>Now let me correct your mistake:</p>
<p>When I said there are 3000 at every department, i meant 3000 at the departement of arts and sciences, 3000 at the JFK department of government, 3000 at the medical school etc…
I might have misused the term ‘department’, but come on, you were the one talking about common sense just now - anyone could understand what I meant.</p>
<p>Now straight to the point: </p>
<p>I want to major in history at the arts and sciences department. How many spaces, and what are the chances for someone garduating from brandeis undergard?</p>
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<p>There is a lot of misinformation flying around here. Most colleges and universities that have offered Masters degrees still offer them, including Harvard.</p>
<p>A Masters is seldom a step on the way to a Ph.D. I do not know of a single Ph.D. program that requires a Masters for for admission. You almost always just need a BA/BS, and you go straight for the Ph.D. - no Masters along the way. The Masters degree is usually a terminal degree.</p>
<p>In some schools you can get a Masters degree as a sort of consolation prize if you flunk your oral exams or otherwise wash out of a Ph.D. program. I knew a couple of kids who did this when I was in grad school.</p>
<p>I want to major in history at the arts and sciences department. How many spaces, and what are the chances for someone garduating from brandeis undergard?</p>
<p>it’s “gRaduating” and “undergRad” not “gaRd” sheeeeeeeeesh lol it was ticking me off</p>
<p>sorry, I often mix up ‘a’ and ‘r’ for some reason.
You’re not the first person who mentioned this to me.</p>
<p>Trust me, a person who’s applying to Harvard knows how to spell…</p>
<p>Now, can someone answer my above question please?</p>