moorea12

To revive this...... anyone have any thoughts?

Ahh, I'm glad you got it fixed in time! I had the hardest time logging in to the page that actually shows your status... all I had access to at first was the page that says your application is complete, so I had no idea my transcript was MIA until well into February. So disappointing. I kind of want to ask for my $30 back haha.

Congrats you guys! I applied to Florida and thought everything was awesome, but then I logged in to check my status (well after the deadline) and my transcript never got there? Even though the other ones I mailed, on the same day, all made it to their destinations. I emailed and never got a response. So I guess I wasn't even considered.

I'm here!! I presented today on The Handmaid's Tale.

Clemson University has a B.S. in Turfgrass. They also have a Masters in Packaging Science (designing packaging for stuff).

I think I need to look into this more. I know some schools have time restrictions on how long you can work on it, so maybe I should talk to someone at USC about that option? (I'm not used to it being an option - at my current undergrad school, English MA students may still need classes offered in the afternoon before public schools let out.) Yeah, I really think it would. I would be like "let's go on this adventure and do it!" I'm not 100% sure why I feel that way. It's also hard because I'm completely centered in teaching right now - it's hard to imagine doing something else, even though last semester I knew I wanted to go to school no matter how much I enjoyed my teaching internship.

I completely agree with 1, 2, and 3! Especially being more involved. I want to go somewhere with school spirit and strong support for both clubs/orgs and athletics. My current undergrad school is a bit apathetic sometimes about school wide things.

It's been hard for me because people want to know about acceptances, but also because a lot of people are like, "Oh, you're going to grad school" as though I said I'm moving to the next town or something. Likes it's a done deal. That attitude from others makes it hard to say, "Welllllllll I hardly got in anywhere...."

Thanks everyone! I'm worried about not returning for a few reasons... If I taught high school, I would teach for four years in order to fulfill my fellowship and not worry about owing anyone money. But what if I got four years in and didn't want to leave? What if I was invested in the school? (It'd be a good thing, but I wouldn't want to leave it for school.) I also know myself well enough to know that I will want to have kids, and I know I won't want to quit a teaching job and start a Masters or PhD with small children. I have a significant other who is also planning to teach, and it will be hard to attempt to potentially relocate both of us because I want to do more school. And finally, I am afraid I'll not be as "good" at academia if I leave it for so long. I want to continue school because I don't really feel done with it. Especially as an Education person, I didn't get as many opportunities to take classes and learn and get really deep into stuff. I presented at conferences and wrote a thesis, but there was plenty I didn't get to do, especially student teaching my whole senior year. I want more. "I want to learn more" gets me some weird looks sometimes, but that's really it. Another pro of getting a Masters is that it seems to earn you a decent amount of extra money around here for teaching high school, and schools having to pay more doesn't seem to be a huge issue. I believe I would enjoy teaching college, and I'd be up for it, but that's not my reason for wanting to do an MA or PhD.

Hey guys! I've been lurking all application season but this is my first post! I'm currently a senior undergrad English - Secondary Education person... so instead of taking classes this year, I've been student teaching. I'm teaching full time this semester in a 10th grade class. It's rough at times, but I know I'm good at it and I also know I'm not in the greatest placement (apathetic mentor, terrible discipline policies, etc). I have gone back and forth about whether I should go to grad school or get a teaching job. I'm afraid that if I don't go to school now, I never will, and I love academia. At the same time, I have a fellowship that allowed me to take zero student loans but will convert to one if I never teach in public school. So I know teaching is a good idea financially. I also enjoy teaching - I love it on the average to amazing days, but I hate it on the bad ones (perhaps because of my placement? The kids run the school). I applied to PhD programs and didn't get in anywhere, but I got into University of South Carolina's MA program with a half-tuition waiver and a $8,000ish stipend for 10 hours a week of work (it jumps to ~$12,000 stipend second year in exchange for teaching). I'm also waiting on a couple other MAs - one I felt meh about and the other I loved but am worried about funding options. I also have a teaching job interview tomorrow, and if offered a job, I know I will only have a couple of DAYS (max) to decide to accept or not. Job opportunities in teaching (at least in SC) come and go extremely quickly, and there are lots of English people willing to take a job I decline. Has anyone else been in this situation? Or is in something similar now? I know I have time to decide on USC, but teaching jobs in the school districts I like are not the easiest to get right now, and very competitive. I'm afraid to decline a teaching job and wish I hadn't later.