edipre, congratulations to you and your wife. I personally know how difficult it is. However, does "Ivy league" has anything to do with good dental school? It is OK to brag as our gene is Nepali, but Dental schools are very few in the US and almost all (if not all) are great. The primary question of this thread seems to be for public health school. Unlike professional schools, there are hundreds of PH schools and many participate in SOPHAS common application system. Most are not so good though. Good luck!

On a second thought. PH schools rarely offer scholarship. A 2 months IT training costs almost nothing, available to anyone who can read and write Englisn, and unless one is a retard, anyone can make 100K job within few months after the training. It is definitely not PH, but you can work with or supervise PH people if you target your jobs towards hospitals or insurance.