9th AD from Brown Biostat

和地里其他伙伴一样，先收到一个试探邮件，第二天又收到一个被从phd降ms的错误邮件。。。今天收到正式的录取信。


这里附上director回复我问题的邮件，供大家参考！

1) For ScM students, how were thesis projects typically done in the past? Should students complete it based on their research with faculties in the department of Biostatistics?


Thesis/Projects are always done with a faculty member of the department who is a major part of the project. However, many times students also work with faculty or researchers in other departments that they are interestedin. For example, one student is working at Massachusetts General Hospital with a physician and they are working with them and one faculty member from our department for their thesis right now.

2) What is the approximate proportion of students who joined research in their first year of study? Do faculties in the department receive lab rotations for ScM students?

In terms of research, I have faculty right now looking for studentsto help with research. In fact I am having a hard time filling all of them. Some research is paid and others is not paid but gives you great experience and a reference. I would say if you want research, then by applying and talking with faculty you can findsomething. We do not have any lab rotations but we encourage students to meet and work with any faculty they desire.


3) What are the job outcomes for Biostatistics ScM graduates? In particular,  how are international students supported during their job searching process and where they tend to end up being after graduation?


We have a Journal Club and Career Seminar Series just for our masters students. During this time we discuss things like success in graduate school, resume building, networking skills, mock interviews, how to search for jobs and we even bring in alumniand employers to discuss all of this. International students that have taken the time to do mock interviews and to network with alumni and others do not typically have a problem finding a job.

I apologize for the alumni information missing. We just changed websites and are working to update that. We have alumni at:

• IBM
• Trip Advisor
• Amgen
• Dana Farber
• Harvard
• Boston Children's Hospital
• the NFL
• Jacksonvill Jaguars
• USA Soccer
  
• New York City Police Department
  
• Johnson and Johnson
• ....
  

4) What is the probability of becoming a phd student in Brown after my ScM degree in biostatistics?


For entering our PhD program, we only accept 5-6 students a year for it. 1-2 of our masters students enter our PhD program and the rest go outside. You would have a good chance at other PhD programs as well, the important thing would be to make sure to do somegood research and to take a couple theoretical classes to display those abilities.

5) What is the anticipating size of incoming class of 2021? (Including Master's and PhD degree)

I am hoping to get around 20 Masters students enrolled and 6 PhD students.

6) Are grants available to ScM students?

Unfortunately, I am not aware of grants for ScM Students. In terms of funding, I am waiting on the exact financial numbers for this year but here is a break down from last year. Brown charged about $6500 percourse this leads to the following costs:

1st year: 5 courses x $6500 = $32,500
2nd year: 4 courses x $6500 = $26,000
Total: $58,500

However a 15% tuition scholarship  your  cost would be $49,725. If you need insurance there is an addition cost but I believe that is around $500 dollars. You can take more courses with the scholarship as well. If you wanted to take 12 courses with the scholarship this would be $66,300 for the entire program. I realize that is a lot but if you compare:

Yale per year: $41,000
Harvard per year: $43,000 - $53, 000 per year
John Hopkins: $53,000 per year

Basically you could earn your full degree from Brown for the cost of one semester at our typical competitors. In addition we have students who work as RA/TA and earn around $1250 per month for this. Many students find apartmentsfor under $600 per month rent and your student ID gets you on all public transit in the state for free. Like I said, I realize that it is a large cost but we work hard to make sure it is very affordable compare to our competitors.


大家有别的关于这个项目的信息可以在下面留言~~欢迎大米！

M-0923 发表于 2019-3-2 17:25
同收到了Adam发的PhD拒信，而且提到说we would like to offer you a position in our Master's Program in  ...

拒信差不多是周三收到的 他们2.1号deadline这会儿出已经很快啦  下周应该会出啦  你可以回他邮件问一些问题表示你的热情哈~

感谢楼主提供信息！希望Brown也看我一眼～

饕饕 发表于 2019-3-1 07:55
感谢楼主提供信息！希望Brown也看我一眼～

谢谢支持~小姐姐已经收到UNC了耶~Brown应该在路上啦！

请问楼主，我申请的是master，刚刚收到了phd被拒的邮件，这种情况是？

HHHHarold 发表于 2019-3-2 01:45
请问楼主，我申请的是master，刚刚收到了phd被拒的邮件，这种情况是？

好像地里每年都有这种情况。。。邮件里有没有说“However we believe you would do well in our master's program”? 如果有的话，大概就算是口头AD啦，可以回复邮件问问正式的什么时候来。我前后等了大概两天左右收到的letter。

ldeng33 发表于 2019/03/02 02:34:29


好像地里每年都有这种情况。。。邮件里有没有说“However we believe you would do well in our master's program”? 如果有的话，大概就算是口...

哭了，我的只说了phd被拒，没提master

同收到了Adam发的PhD拒信，而且提到说we would like to offer you a position in our Master's Program in Biostatistics if you are interested. 但是北美周四下午收到这封邮件位置，到现在还没有收到正式的offer。想问楼主是啥时候收到的PhD拒信呀？真的是盼星星盼月亮盼布朗，真的好喜欢这整个学校，虽然项目新也不大，但师资感觉也不错，还有系主任亲自发邮件，哭哭好想收AD

HHHHarold 发表于 2019-3-2 06:02
哭了，我的只说了phd被拒，没提master

啊 这挺奇怪。。为什么大家申ms都受到phd的邮件。。

ldeng33 发表于 2019/03/03 04:02:30


拒信差不多是周三收到的 他们2.1号deadline这会儿出已经很快啦  下周应该会出啦  你可以回他邮件问一些问题表示你的热情哈~

好呐感谢～我已经回复过问了Health Data Science Track的事情，回复很及时很详细。希望下周能收到正式信了！