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Hello -- I received my acceptance package for M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction in my mail in Hong Kong this week! I called previously but they were not able to tell me the decision, but at least the postage service held up. It's a little unnerving to solely wait for snail nail these days..

I have been admitted into the MEd program for Learning and Teaching! Yay Boston! Congratulations to all others!

Seems like the Education forum is pretty quiet... let me start off by introducing myself. I'm a professional accountant, having worked in the industry for an equivalent of 8 years now. My various positions have provided me a lot of opportunity for corporate teaching with some collaborations with local universities. I'm now looking for a career change to do something more meaningful with my life, hence, application to Ed School. I will apply to Harvard and BC Lynch and Boston is the city of choice for my SO and me. I have chosen my programs there. However, as a backup, we are open to New York, so I plan to apply to NYU and Columbia TC, which I have found to be more difficult to find appropriate programs for someone with my background. One option that I'm looking at is Columbia's "Curriculum & Teaching" (non-licensure) program, which provides the breadth of study that I'm looking for. However, it also requires a two year (or equivalent) teaching requirement, which I don't know how to interpret. Has anyone looked into this at TC? I'd appreciate any input I can get! The TC website is also the worst in terms of ease of finding information -- I can't even find an email to an admissions offer to ask questions. Guess it really is a factory.