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Got into MBE!! Pretty stoked!

Did any PhD applicants hear anything today?

Did any other PhD/EdM referral applicants just receive the financial aid email?

I haven't received an email either, so don't sweat it too much.

^ I've been wondering this as well. Is the 500-word EdM referral SOP seen as an addendum to the 1000-word PhD SOP, or is the PhD SOP discarded and the EdM referral SOP looked at independently? Does anyone know?

PhD admission rate is closer to 10%, from what I hear.

Maybe I'm missing something here but I can't seem to find any indication as to whether or not we're supposed to send in official transcripts. Does the upload of the unofficial transcript suffice?

I primarily used the eight Manhattan study guides and found them very helpful, particularly because they focus on math (my weak point) and they provide six practice tests along the books. I would definitely recommend Manhattan. As for the essays, I'd recommend writing practice essays under timed conditions using some of the topics in the topic pool on the GRE website. If you have less time to prepare, what I found particularly helpful was looking at a some of the topics and practicing coming up with a quick outline of how you would respond (the "thinking of an interesting argument/examples" component of the essay is much trickier than actually writing the thing out, I found). If you have any more questions about preparing for the exam, feel free to private message me.