纠结求比较 Biostat生统MS@UW 与 CBQG（算半个生统？）@Harvard

KyleW 发表于 2018-3-14 12:02
请问你决定去哪了吗？可不可以加微信私聊一下

还没决定...好难决定啊orz，我私信你吧

就找工作而言我觉得楼主打算先在美国工作的话选uw比较好，uw生统质量很高也很有名气比harvard的cbqg难申很多，我觉得很多申cbqg的人都是觉得harvard的生统难，而且西雅图就业也很好。将来再回国大家看的也是工作经验不是学历。如果直接回国找果断harvard，毕竟在国内也不太care什么专业，harvard可以当个敲门砖

weitong0222 发表于 2018-3-15 02:36
就找工作而言我觉得楼主打算先在美国工作的话选uw比较好，uw生统质量很高也很有名气比harvard的cbqg难申很 ...

那JHU的biostat和Harvard CBQG相比，是不是同理JHU的biostat更competitive？

eileen_03 发表于 2018-3-15 23:03
那JHU的biostat和Harvard CBQG相比，是不是同理JHU的biostat更competitive？

嗯嗯 jhu 更competitive

weitong0222 发表于 2018-3-15 02:36
就找工作而言我觉得楼主打算先在美国工作的话选uw比较好，uw生统质量很高也很有名气比harvard的cbqg难申很 ...

的确。进uw生统要难多了。不过不知道答主的西雅图就业比波士顿好是什么地方的信息？

补充内容 (2018-3-16 16:27):
UW的主页上写他们的MS毕业生只有11%去了industry我也是很担心

现在在读CBQG这个项目,当时申请的时候是被JHU的biostats给拒了的，UW录了Biomedical Informatics这个项目但是没去。实话说，觉得如果是想直接做data analysis相关的工作的话，建议UW的biostats，UW的biostats的项目感觉做这个行业的人都很认，读下来会很有收获的，西雅图气候也好，西部工作机会也不少。

lijin0303 发表于 2018-3-18 09:05
现在在读CBQG这个项目,当时申请的时候是被JHU的biostats给拒了的，UW录了Biomedical Informatics这个项目但 ...

哇多谢你的建议，不知道前辈能不能稍微讲一下CBQG的内幕消息。我给thchan的admission office发了邮件得有一个多星期了，但是没人回我= =。我看2016届的毕业生数据，CBQG就只有9个毕业生，然后其中貌似只有两个人找到工作，一个人return to school，请问是真的吗？

zsjsophia 发表于 2018-3-18 16:55
哇多谢你的建议，不知道前辈能不能稍微讲一下CBQG的内幕消息。我给thchan的admission office发了邮件得有 ...

官网上毕业就业的情况真的是...不太好...但是CBQG的选课其实也蛮灵活的吧？

lijin0303 发表于 2018-3-18 09:05
现在在读CBQG这个项目,当时申请的时候是被JHU的biostats给拒了的，UW录了Biomedical Informatics这个项目但 ...

可以问一下层主JHU的Biostat和CBQG对比吗？很想知道关于CBQG更多内部消息，比如师生之间的互动，参与科研、实习的机会。感觉CBQG的选课灵活性也挺大的，可能去了之后也会想试着转到Biostat项目。本身波士顿周边各种科研机构、药厂也是非常多，地理位置非常诱人。JHU的生统感觉理论会比较扎实，然后师生互动、RA、TA机会比较多，转博友好，除了地理位置的担忧，项目本身非常良心。

哈佛的admission office终于回我了（小蜜度假终于回来了T^T）。为了以后可能会搜到我的帖子的人，在这里把我问的问题和小蜜的回答整理一下。

Q1：可不可以waive 课（包括他们handbook上说不能waive的EPI 249 Molecular Biology for Epidemiologists）
A1:  Yes, you can waive the core courses, but you will have to have taken the material elsewhere, and have some proof of that to submit to the director / instructors.  We can waive EPI 249, but it is not recommended that you do so, as we have found that most students do better in later courses if they have taken EPI 249.

Q2：可不可以在哈佛的FAS以及MIT选课，最高能选多少学分？
A2：I think you should talk to the program director about that.  We generally would like you to take courses at HSPH when possible.  The scheduling to take MIT or FAS courses can be difficult, as well as the travel time back and forth. （所以这件事其实还是director决定的）

Q3：Thesis10分和20分有什么区别？
A3：The thesis is not a fixed number because some of our students like to take more coursework, and we didn’t want them to have to pay for extra credits of coursework.  The difference is the amount of time you spend on it.  You can do a much more in-depth thesis if you do the 20-credit version, but you won’t get a worse grade for doing a 10-credit thesis. （总之想多上课的可以多上十个学分的课，想做研究申PhD的可以多做thesis）

Q4：【重头戏】可不可以转项目？
A4：It is true that some students have switched programs, but it is complicated as you have to fill out an internal application, and attend a meeting of the program directors where you have to explain why you want to make the change, and the reasons have to be compelling.  We are going to be adding these details to our handbooks for the coming year, as we just ironed out all the details this year.  Also, you can NOT change programs in your first semester, so this makes it complex as you would need to complete the credits required in your program in your first semester as there is no guarantee that you will approved for a change. （有点困难，但是是plausible的，唉感觉从BIOSTAT60分转到80分理由很好说，但是从CBQG转到BIOSTAT就有点……）

Q5：【重头戏】毕业生就业数据如何？（我主要问了她16届的数据，因为之前网上写的就业率只有22%，太惨不忍睹了）
A5：Oh, no, it was not even that low for the class of 2016 and they were our inaugural graduating class!  We just didn’t have all the data compiled at the time of that report, and it just stayed up, unfortunately.  All of our graduates were employed within 3 months, if not sooner.  Most had something in place before graduation, I think.  I have four alumni who are currently pursuing PhD or MD degrees now, and all the rest are working in places like The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cognescent in New York City, Aetion, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge, Panjiva in New York, University of Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, and I even have one working at Walmart Global eCommerce as a Data Scientist.  They are all doing well, I think.  I hear from them pretty often. 【因为没有和别的学校的对比，在这里我不发表评论】