reddaj
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Really? They're not going to know? I thought I had to put my employment history/tout all my non-academic "experience"? No?
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Thanks for the responses! I'm thinking I'm done with the GRE forever then...or at least until I decide to go back for a science degree...
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Does anyone have any experience applying to grad school after a long period of unemployment? Basically, I graduated in 2007, taught abroad for a few months but couldn't handle the isolation in the town of 3000 where I was working. I got back to the US in February 2008, and have been job hunting like crazy ever since--to absolutely no avail. Will grad schools just classify me as a loser and reject me? I was an older undergrad and really can't sit around and wait until I have work experience to apply. Is there any chance grad schools would cut me some slack because of the job market? Actually, I don't just mean will might they cut me slack. I mean will my unemployment have any negative effect of my application, because I am in unmanageable debt from my undergrad years and can't go anywhere without an excellent financial aid package. Should I explain that my family lives in the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country and that I had to spend almost a year "working" and getting paid out of my dad's pocket before I could afford to get out and start looking for jobs anywhere else? Or will that look like I'm making excuses? Any advice? Thanks in advance. I'm completely freaking out.
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Hi. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but how important is the quant score (and the combined score) for top history programs? I had a 3.75 gpa (English major) from a top-tier college, and my current scores are 770 Verbal and 690 Quant. Should I bother to try to nudge my quant score up past 700 (which I think I could do pretty easily), or would that probably just be a waste of my time (and my $140)?
Thanks!
Applying After Long Period of Unemployment
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That's a relief! Thanks for the info!!!!