Whenever someone asks me about my current prospects, I give them an answer they typically aren’t expecting… I’m not applying to any universities in the United States. Then I tell my American peers they should consider doing the same.

With the addition of its new undergraduate degree program, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health announced that it will take “Graduate” out of its name and become the Pitt School of Public Health.

Read senior staff columnist Anne Marie Yurik’s open letter to grad school in homage of the grueling admissions process.