MadtownJacket

Someone's got an agenda.

I've never been asked to list my instructors, but if you looked at my transcript you wouldn't know which classes were quantitative classes and which weren't (I had to list those for my application). The course titles are vague and most of the time the end of the titles were cut off. Like I said, there are thousands of schools in the world, and not everyone's transcripts are the same. It makes the process much easier for them if you spent a few minutes and listed out the relevant courses, instructors, and grades. If we left it up to the admissions committee to do the work, I can imagine they'd be gathering inaccurate lists (which could hurt/help you), and most likely would delay the response times as well.

Because there are thousands of schools in the world, and they may not know exactly which courses are philosophy-related. Hence, why they make you list them out. Then the official transcript can be used to verify that you didn't lie about your grades, and possibly to see a GPA trend or to see if you failed a bunch of classes that weren't listed from above. Pretty simple, really.

I don't think your undergrad institution/program would make or break your chances of getting into a program, but from my experience it has helped me.

Thanks for the feedback! I plan on accepting their offer regardless of this situation, but this makes me feel better.

Both programs don't start until August, but I currently work a full-time job that makes good money. I'd be stupid to leave earlier than I need to since I'll need every penny for grad school, but unfortunately I'll have to leave by May due to a one-year non-complete clause that I agreed to. So, I'm hoping to be some sort of ski-lift operator in Colorado and become a hippie for a few months this summer. If I don't get into either one, then I'll stick with my job and try again next year, which I'd be happy to do considering I like my job.

Wow, had no idea. I knew hanging around Grad Cafe would come to good use. Thanks, I'll get this done this weekend!

Wait, do we fill out FAFSA if we may need to take out college loans? I've never taken out loans for tuition so I'm completely clueless on this.

If you haven't kept up with the news lately, UNC has been getting a lot of exposure for their scandal that's maybe 2-3 years old, and it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-02/the-scandal-bowl-tar-heels-football-academic-fraud-and-implicit-racism I'm applying to UNC for one of their programs that's top 3 in the nation, and it's highly regarded around the world. In addition, it's my dream school. Should I be concerned that it could impact the integrity of the graduate degree if I were to pursue it at UNC? My guess is that since the scandal occurred in a completely unrelated undergraduate department, and was mostly targeted at athletes, then I shouldn't be worried. I'm hoping that administrators and professors are addressing this issue to prevent it from happening again. Thoughts? I hate to bring this up and shine more light on the unfortunate situation, but there may be others that might have questions about it too.

I could see myself going into academia after working in the industry for 10-20 years. During my undergraduate studies, I had some professors who worked in industry for 15 years before teaching at my school, and I honestly enjoyed their classes more than the ones taught by professors that stayed in academia their entire career. I hope to one day provide that value to students.

I applied to UNC and the minimum threshold was 50% for the GRE. I'm not sure if that was specific to the department or the Grad School, but you might want to look at that and consider taking the GRE again perhaps?

Ha, I moved from GA to WI (I'm guessing Madison?). I've been here for a year, and you tend to get used to it. I will admit it's a reason why I'm only applying to schools in warmer climates.

Depends on where you're moving to. If you're moving to a college town where it's notoriously hard to find places, then you should have started looking in October (yes, October of this year). I live in Madison WI, and it's extremely common for people to start signing contracts for the following year shortly after school starts. Maybe that's an extreme, but I would start looking as soon as you make a decision just to be on the safe side. And I don't see why you can't leave the country for a few months after signing a contract.

Wow, I had no idea there were audiologists with cochlear implants themselves. I also have cochlear implants, but I'm not going to grad school for audiology. Just stumbled across this thread and thought it was neat!

What I don't understand is the assumption that if someone is single, they're living life "alone". No, they're not. Single people have family and friends that they're loved by, and some people are just happier being single. Also, just because someone is in a relationship doesn't mean they don't feel alone. And then of course there are those that are married and shouldn't be. Regarding the original topic, you'll have to learn how to be patient. I moved 1000 miles away from home for a job in a state that has subzero temperatures in the winter, something that I had never experienced before in my entire life. It was a huge change, but I don't regret it. One good thing about grad school is that you're not the only one that moved far away from home. I'm sure it will be easy to meet others in the program or the school itself who are in the same situation and want to make new friends.

I recommend learning one of the object-oriented programming languages (C# or java come to mind). Once you learn one, then it's pretty easy to learn the others.

I moved 1000 miles from my home state that I had lived in for all of my life. I didn't know anyone within a 9-hour drive of my new hometown, and the climate and culture were completely different from where I was from. Hell, I had never seen more than 3 inches of snow in my entire life, yet where I was moving to had frozen lakes and more than 3 feet of snow per year! I wasn't starting grad school, but I was starting my first real world job, so the situation is very similar. Even though I had a hard time adjusting to living on campus at my undergrad school that was 40 minutes from home, I wasn't terrified of this big move. In fact, I was excited to get out of my home state and see new things. My parents helped me move and hung around for a few days before saying "Good luck!" and flying back home. Thankfully the company I work for tends to hire a lot of out-of-state college grads, so there were a bunch of us that were in the same situation. It was easy to make friends and develop a new support system. My understanding is that graduate school is very similar, so it shouldn't be hard to find others in similar situations as you.

Got an interview with Johns Hopkins for MHA.

I would just be honest and send them an email about it. If they don't accept you, I highly doubt it would be because of the high school incident.

It also bugged me when I got invited for an interview and they all said "See, we told you you'll be fine".

^What he said.

185 for GRE 12 for transcripts 120 for application fees to two schools Total = $317. Not bad. It's good I did this over a span of a few months rather than all at once.

CIO of a hospital in the Research Triangle Park area (working on this) Professional photographer (also working on this) High school physics teacher for retirement

Is this a joke?

Got an interview with UNC in February. I hope to receive an admit and move to Carrboro.