Yale School of Public Health
Master's Student: This review is largely dependent upon the student attending YSPH and what they seek to gain from the experience. As a student of color in higher education, I was personally seeking a welcoming environment conducive to my academic and professional development. While YSPH offers opportunities to engage with the community, develop technical research skills, and establish a network of professional relationships, it struggles to cater to the needs of its most underrepresented, underfunded students. This includes having poor URM ratios in staff, faculty, and student populations. This is also impacted by limited transportation provisions set by Yale as well as barriers accessing healthy, affordable, and accessible grocery stores. The campus of course has great things to offer as well including a nine-story gym to encourage physical fitness and health among its students; beautiful and spacious libraries spread throughout; leisurely activities including restaurants, hiking, and shopping.
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