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I thought I'd start this thread to flush out our greater collective knowledge on CONFERENCES and JOURNALS with the following goals: - List all known conferences and journals within the fields which connect us, - "Rank" them in terms of prestige (i.e. applying to PhD/DTheo which add umph to your CV? etc.) I begin with after having stumbled into getting a few things published and now am looking to 'more known periodicals' accepting my work. Which raises the question of which types of publications are 'better' than others? Also, because of writing on a lesser known but highly 'chic' religious personality, I will probably be accepted to present at a lesser known conference but then again what are the other conferences and what weight does this give a potential PhD application? How untypical/typical is it for graduate students to publish and present? (Obviously they would be viewed in a greater light than leading, say, a panel discussion or speaking at your university?)

Although this is outside the original question harvard has a stronger brand image worldwide. If original poster maintains world wide travels being harvard alum opens more doors than UC

I know 2 hbs alum who still maintain condos in boston...maybe they need a property manager......In our dreams.....

It is too early to sign a lease but not too early to strst investigating. As a returning hu alum I want to see if the "best" places to lives are still the best and otherwise hunt out the secret gems.....but it also comes to what you want , what is available and you can afford

My philosophy is that unless it is a 2000usd leather couch moving it is a painful expensive hassle. Donate everything to charity then pick up new furniture at charity shops and auctions at the other end. Salvation army stores and good will stores true furniture is unpredictable and can be funky but honestly moving to me is a pain.

the pyramid gets steeper the higher you climb people fall out at every cut but few are willing to do anything but try to kick the door that didn't open for them in while i admire persistence, i also value creative problem solving my plan b has always been finding a back window that's open where i can crawl through and that has worked well so far (i'll have 2 graduate degrees from an elite school despite a hohum ba from a 'party school' with an overall gpa barely 3.0) re a doctoral program, if i apply and am rejected, the ace up my sleeve is such a diversified background, i would apply for a phd or edd but then again i have enough money not to give a d****

the dive in your gpa can be handled (god knows one of the biggest mistakes of my undergraduate life was 'allowing my priorities to change' when i received a scholarship) like other posters said start rounding out your life experiences as they relate to your goals i would add becoming a substitute teacher (check the requirements of each school district - the preliminary paperwork and background checks may be daunting, don't give up as teaching is your goal also volunteering at churches, etc welcome to amerika

Alex. You sound like a great human being ..... who has given us the great entertainment of reading how you have stuck your foot in your mouth and subsequently started to chew on it. All is good

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Anyone seeking a dual degree (HDS and another HU graduate school) or who applied for such and was turned down, please PM me or post your experience.

Bookfinder.com can help locate used books Not a source book but a summer immersion in arabic at american uni of cairo is highly regarded

Wow. This thread has become a teaching aid in self reflection, self assessment, maturity check and why we should take a deep(often weeklong ) breath before emails and internet posts. Omg. I truly invite wonedy to pm me.aNd all hds accepted students to pm as well

Tears on both cheeks I am about to wet myself with excitement. Mdiv hds I am in ilhamdula...now must go to souq tmrw to buy 3 sheep..omg

Sitting here where it all began . In a shisha joint overlooking the persian gulf smoking shisha drinking turkish coffee when my inbox pinged. 2 emails from harvard....sigh copy of the harvard gavette and reminder about alumni meeting. OY. Come on hds.....

it was in linguistics, but any field research (e.g. attitudinal study, knowledge testing, etc. based on interviews or surveys) can be unpredictable and would require a sample pool that has a minimum size and prior planning - ugh, reliving the trauma just writing this, then there's the data analysis, oh my.... more pain

we may agree that we disagree. my masters thesis was 125 pages.....data collection began with 3 month pilot study then actual 3 months of raw statistical data, through it all i was working full time, had 3 kids under 10, extended my deadline then took an incomplete, one second attempt got the maximum grade. the thesis was the pinnacle of my work to that point in time the program was designed that way and no student ever completed on time per their original schedule different programs are run differently

Comment above suggested a thesis might be done in a year. This is wishful thinking even for a fulltime student.

if teaching is your passion and you're good at it, being a TAing will validate that IMHO only strengthening your application you could incorporate a new subject or teaching methodology into your teaching experience but if teaching is not your passion dont bother because you think you HAVE to be a TA if you're neutral and being a TA improves your teaching, showing personal growth, it might help it really depends on the situation

Rejection of any form sucks. It's natural to internalize it and take it personally. An offer of a date rejected, a life partner walking out on you, children who turn away, denial of promotion, being fired etc. Even being told straight out 'you're not good enough' by a school, parent, etc. sucks. An active life can have many rejections - and they all hurt. Painful in the moment, of yes. But THEREALHOGWARTS says personal discouragement has no place in our field. What he didnt say was, without getting moralistic or preachy, we dont just study religion , we live it. You can fill in your appropriate dogmatic spin on this.....but in the end, chin up and get back into the game of life We lack the details of your application to deconstruct it and where it went wrong. If you handle this rejection as a stimulus for growth, this rejection can make your next application stronger. So many undergraduates lack life experience and real life challenges/failures/rejections - use this to make your application stronger next time. Also, while the online school may have been your only option, I (personally) would look down on it, but again we're not privy to your whole application....... Heads up, we've all been there and in the days ahead many will get the same news.

downright cruel is asking for a donation for the university after a rejection letter

i started my comments with this line ---- I am going to offer a totally different response here. (preface --- I am not faulting the students or you or fellow posters) my posts are from my perspective of 20 years in teaching - corporate (oh yes, i've taught entitled employee students ..... professional oil company workers who got their jobs by their connections and are only motivated to be assigned english classes for a while because the catered meals are good) , university (army soldiers deployed to a combat zone - yes, i excused a young trooper from a class because she politely explained she had to do maintenance on her jeep before the convoy into iraq - what was i going to do - say no and quote the syllabus?) and grade school as a licensed state teacher (my license was first granted when you , my fellow posters, were too young for pimples) so, yes, from my tone , i am a bit defensive at y our reaction to my posts .... let's all be civil

I commuted from a different continent to complete my Masters. I had 3 children under 10. Professors were sympathetic and I was never gone for more than 6 weeks at a shot. Remembering you are doing your degree to give THEM a better life will keep you together.

The most effective teachers I have known don't judge, blame or endlessly deconstruct .... they do what it takes at that moment to get the objective (learning and/or the creation of a learning environment) done. A 'me versus them' mentality is destructive to such. Sometimes the easiest way to achieve learning is to suck it up as a teacher......in rare moments, we've got to keep OUR egos in check for the great goal.

and to revisit your comment 'i dont want to be a mean guy'..... you're their teacher and responsible imho for their learning or at least their learning environment an effective teacher has the 'mean' tool in their toolbox, and uses it only as needed remember this when you have kids