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MPH or MHA programs
| Odious Stead | 03/10/10 |
| sexy school | 03/10/10 |
| Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma | 03/10/10 |
| Odious Stead | 03/10/10 |
| Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma | 03/11/10 |
| Odious Stead | 03/15/10 |
| Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma | 03/15/10 |
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Date: March 10th, 2010 9:04 AM Author: Odious Stead There used to be a guy on here who knew a lot about this stuff. Still here?
Basically I want to do policy but I have no econ or hardcore stats background. Just bullshit UG social science.
I also want to make a stable living. Is that compatible with getting to do policy stuff? |
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Date: March 10th, 2010 10:40 AM Author: sexy school Not sure who the guy is...
There are some programs that don't require too much in the way of econ/stats. Georgetown is the only program that I've seen that has an absolute requirement for economics. But you can always go to back to a 4 yr and take those required courses through extended education; they accept JC courses.
Does your current work include any technical skills? That can also offset the academic requirements. If you nail the quant portion of the GRE, that works too.
You can make a stable living in the medium/long run. I have friends living in D.C. who have houses, spouses, cars and kids and work in the field. The first year or two might be tough, but IR does pay well in the long haul if you're not going in there to be a worker on the ground. People make 50-60k + and it keeps going up. Get in the federal system and you'll be set. |
Date: March 10th, 2010 11:45 AM Author: Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma i know a bit about this (haven't done it myself but work for a health care-related NGO). yes and yes. it takes some self-marketing, but there's quite a bit you can do with an MHA, and it's not a bad choice in this economy if health administration and health policy interest you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1246542&forum_id=3#14350229) |
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Date: March 10th, 2010 11:23 PM Author: Odious Stead For MHA, how much does the program matter? Is there a big difference between JHU and, like, some random large public university?
Seems like the more academic/policy-oriented MPH programs care about econ background while MHA programs do not. I thought that was because the MHA is for feeding former nurses into paper pushing. Am I wrong about this? |
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Date: March 11th, 2010 10:04 AM Author: Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma all depends on what you want to do. yale and, to a lesser extent, columbia's MPH program tend to place probably slightly better than randoms do (slightly--it's not like law school, though, where the TTTs doom you). if a "lesser" program is throwing money at you, i'd jump at it. don't bother with JHU unless you really want to do policy and not actual hospital/health administration.
MHA is a pretty well-structured program. you have to do an internship the summer after your first year, and then you do a year of fellowship work after you graduate. it depends on what you mean by paper pushing, but most MHA students who actually do the work tend to end up in hospital middle management within a few years. i definitely know some people who had director-level jobs (making around $100k) within 5 years of graduating. it's more realistic to expect that, at that point in your career, you'll be making 60-75k as a manager.
it's a good track. not prestigious enough for most xoxo types, but it's a great alternative to the usual suspects (banking, law, etc.), and the barriers to entry are a bit lower. |
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Date: March 15th, 2010 11:06 PM Author: Odious Stead is this something i can somehow combine/add to a law degree to make myself employable? or will they just think i'm a directionless flake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1246542&forum_id=3#14404191) |
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Date: March 15th, 2010 11:32 PM Author: Cruel-hearted razzle dilemma unless you want to be in-house at some health care or health policy org, it wouldn't matter. law degree would be unnecessary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1246542&forum_id=3#14404407) |