I know they are one of the most prestigious Universities, but there has to be a drill to get into one of the 8 Universities? Anyone who’s already a student there?
This is an extremely vague question. Each Ivy League university has dozens of master’s degrees, and all of them have different requirements - getting into an MBA program at Harvard is different from getting into an MPH program at Columbia, which is different from getting a master’s in medical physics at Penn.
Moreover, why are you concentrated on Ivy League universities? The Ivy League is an athletic conference; it’s not an indicator of quality. Many other private and public universities are top in their fields - in one of my fields (public health), only a few Ivies are in the top 15 programs, and several public universities are much better choices.
Well, I apologize for not being specific. What I meant was getting in a Masters of Public Health in the Ivy League Universities. And I asked so because Columbia, Harvard, Pennsylvania and Yale ( which makes it 50% of the Ivy) are already listed as one of the best for MPH programs in the US. Since you mentioned Public health as one of your fields,if I may ask, are you a Masters student too?
She is a graduated PhD from Columbia, if you click to view her posting history I’m sure you can see some past advice she has given on programs.
^What @BrownParent said! I got my PhD in public health from Columbia.
You are right that those four have great MPH programs - but other excellent programs are at UNC, UW-Seattle, Minnesota, Michigan, UCLA, and Berkeley, as well as Johns Hopkins, Tulane, George Washington, and Boston U. In fact, the public schools I listed are generally ranked above Yale and Penn (which also have excellent programs).
One thing to keep in mind is that Penn’s MPH program is a sort of interdisciplinary program made up of 8 different departments at Penn, but they don’t have a school of public health. They are well known for health-related fields, so it’s a good program, but it’s a different experience from being in a school of public health like you would be at Columbia, Harvard, or Yale (or the other schools listed above).
Oh. Okay. I’ll keep that in mind. I had to short-list 4 Universities to send my GRE scores at the end of the test, so I wanted to know if sending my scores to an Ivy League University would just be a waste of the oppurtunity that I will be given by the ETS. I want to send my scores to Universities with good programs (and good acceptance rates) . Otherwise I’ll apply to Ivy Leaugue schools through SOPHAS.
IMO, Johns Hopkins Public Health is arguably better than Harvard’s, and is clearly far above any in the rest of Ivy League, particularly for international work/focus.
Rankings-wise, JHU has always been ranked above Harvard for public health, and UNC is usually tied with it. Each school does have their strengths - but JHU is very well-known for global/international health, as you said, @bluebayou. Harvard is too, but JHU is tops.