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i think you need to clarify more on what you mean by differences regarding education. You can try wiki if you need to know the differences in their definition

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/masters/life/who-studies I was just looking at the stats for last year's students and I thought it was interesting how average Ed.M students GRE scores are slightly higher than those of PhD students... Ph.D. students Verbal Average: 80 (percentile) Quantitative Average: 63 (percentile) Analytical Writing Average: 4.5 Ed.M. students Verbal Average: 81 (percentile) Quantitative Average: 63 (percentile) Analytical Writing Average: 4.6

got the official acceptance letter and packet yesterday!

2 would be the best way to go imo

I got into different program, but the current student called me yesterday and we talked about this. He said the courses are very flexible in terms of selection. I can take courses at any surrounding colleges and any other schools in Harvard. He also said that it is manageable even if the program is only one year. Most students apparently have enough time to work in a lab or other settings on campus.

Debating between harvard and vanderbilt as well. gotta wait until harvards fin aid packet to make the decision

I heard its because they have great funding for their students. So the acceptance rate increases, average gre score of students increase, and also the quality of research probably went up. I think its all about the money. And I think they only look at recent data for the scoring

dang upenn and tc went down several places

IN!!!

He said Tuesday

I think it has always been on Friday for past few years

Hopefully not that means I am rejected as well lol

HAHA I think you need to relax a little lol

merit scholarships are need blind so your dad's income doesn't really matter. it affects the financial aid, but not merit scholarships

does anyone know the acceptance rate for each of the master programs? or are they generally similar to the overall average rate?

It was pretty general. Talked about my background, interest, and future goal. Also how the program fits ur goal and interest. Then you get to ask questions at the end.

I also had a phone interview for masters few days ago

Check out US news ranking for education graduate school. I can think of University of Wisconsin, U Washington, Boston College, U Texas Austin, and UIUC. I think they are all ranked within top 10 or 20.

Thanks! yeah so I learned to speak English since moving here at 11, and went to US high school and college. So I am not worried about taking other exams than GRE, but I wasnt just so sure about what to put as my 'native' language.

I was born in US, but lived in taiwan until i was 11 (then over 10yrs in america). I speak mandarin with my family and think in mandarin (sometimes in english). But, I am also fluent in english now, and I write much better in english than in mandarin. I am just a bit confused whether to put english or mandarin as my native language in my apps. any inputs on this? so some comparable points are -lived about the same years in both taiwan and america -first learned to speak mandarin -speak mandarin with family and think in mandarin most of the time -fluent in english and speak english with friends -write better in english than mandarin. so overall linguistic skill is better in english than mandarin, but i first learned mandarin before english.

have you mentioned oceanography at all in the previous paragraphs? if yes you should be okay, but its probably kiss of death if you didnt

you can request awa reevaluation for $55 but it can also bring it down i think. but i heard it usually stays the same

What is the main difference that I should be aware when writing SOP for masters and PhD (so the main difference between the two). Like I know that I should focus on my research interest for PhD, but what is few main things I need to discuss for masters SOP

Just because they might ask you why or you might have extra questions. Idk if it is just me, but I usually call to ask questions thats specific to myself. I use email when I ask general questions like some confusing sections on application or something. but thats just me

I would answer yes and explain, but I would also call (not email) and ask first. I am going to assume that they are going to tell you to say yes and explain because since you did get 'interrupted' with working full-time.