Thursday, September 24, 2009

the future? the FUTURE!.... oh dear

The topic I have been avoiding for weeks....Today my room-mates and I were looking up graduate schools for our respective programs... and this was what i found... from the US News World Report, a list of 7 top universities (and a couple thrown in between), a list of 7 highly competitive (relatively unattainable) institutions, and nothing else-- the article did not give a list of any other, following, less-competitive schools thereafter. Other programs (i.e. higher education) listed scores or even 100s of universities, but not this one. Slightly discouraged, I decided, "no more lists or references, no more 'grad school search engines.' I am going to find graduate programs 'my' way (or the way my advisor told me to, rather)." So I Googled and Binged for hours. With the sounds of The Sound of Music dvd in the background this is what I compiled thus far:

Albany College of Medicine – Graduate Studies MS or PhD in Immunology & Microbial Disease Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 15 November?

Penn State – The Huck Institutes of Life Sciences MS or PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 1 December

University of Rochester – School of Medicine and Dentistry PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Virology Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 1 January

Washington State University – College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology MS or PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 10 January

George Washington University MS, MPH, PhD in Epidemiology MPH, MPH/Masters Peace Corps, PhD in Global Health MPH in Global Health Epidemiology MS in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Disease Application deadline for Doctoral program, Fall enrollment: 15 January University of Wisconsin – Madison MS or PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology Application Deadline for Fall enrollment: 15 January

Indiana University – School of Medicine Dept of Microbiology and Immunology Interdisciplinary Program: MS? or PhD in Immunology and Infectious Disease Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 15 January

University of Virginia – Health System PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, & Infectious Disease Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 15 January

University of Arizona – College of Medicine MS or PhD in Microbiology & Pathobiology Application deadline for Fall enrollment: 1 April

University at Albany – School of Public Health MS, MPH, Dr.PH, PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics Application deadline for FA enrollment: 30 May

I am sure this list will be cut short as I look into their admission requirements (....blasted physics), and expanded as I continue to look for more. Thus the pursuit continues, or begins rather...

7 comments:

  1. That is an impressive list of schools, and a great start. I will be curious to know which require physics or other courses that would keep you from applying. Even if they list a course as a requirement that you do not have, I would still call to ask if they would consider your application.

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  2. And you should know not to trust US News and World Report, unless of course they rank UVa at the top of a list.

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  3. University of Arizona
    MA in Global Health (College of Arts and Sciences)
    MPH in Public Health (School of Business)

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  4. University of Virginia - School of Medicine
    MPH in Public Health

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  5. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    MPH or MS in Health Policy and Management (School of Global Public Health)

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  6. New York University
    MPH in Global Public Health

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  7. Duke University
    MS in Global Health

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