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  1. I think you're okay. By the end of the essay they would have already formed an impression of you and your work. If I were the reader, I would just do a double take on move on with the application without thinking any less of you.
  2. I have two SOPs I'm writing, tailored to different graduate schools in education. I would like to find someone who is willing to swap and give critical and detailed feedback. I would be happy to reciprocate through multiple drafts. I've already taken my first grad school SOP and diversity statement through 10+ drafts before I turned it in, and I rate myself an above average writer, so I will take your SOP seriously. Again, I'm perfectly willing to read and give feedback on multiple drafts, and I would probably enjoy the process. PM me or reply to this post. Would love to hear from any interested people.
  3. My other two recommendation letters come from (1) the director of my department (my former manager's boss) (2) an education professor. For my last letter of recommendation, I can choose my former manager or an economics professor. I have a great relationship with my former manager, and a friendly and cordial one with my economics professor. My former manager can write about working with me on student cases. My former economics professor can write about my facility with econometrics and my interest in applying it to the field of education. I'm asking this because the education professor who is going to recommend me said I should probably ask the economics professor. He says having a fully tenured professor recommend me will be more effective for acceptance and getting a fellowship. This sounds very sensible. But I wanted to ask you guys with experience. Does a recommendation from a fully tenured professor have that much more weight in education? From what I've been reading education may be a little bit different in what adcoms are look for.
  4. I'm a senior applying to masters programs in education. I'm currently taking five classes (double major), work a part time job, and have a research position on campus. I am also scheduled to work a winter internship. It would also be nice to maintain my GPA, which I somehow managed to keep at 4.0 so far. So my question is this: if I take one of my classes this fall quarter pass/fail, will admissions and scholarship committees even see it? My most important application is due early December. Fall grades will not be out. Will they ask me for transcripts later? I need to start applying for internships. Plus having more time to work on graduate school applications would be helpful.
  5. I hear that indenting and skipping lines between paragraphs helps for the essay. How do you do it? Do you press tab before the start of a paragraph or do you press space five times. I have my test on Saturday. I'm doing all I can to boost my score at this point.
  6. Thanks so much for the advice and encouragement. Izs: my boss is taking a different job next year, and since we don't really have a close personal relationship, I'm not sure I want to ask her. I want a letter from a really awesome Professor in the Education Department. I know him personally, but I've never taken a class with him. I do have the chance to take a class with him next quarter. Unfortuately, to do so, I would have to drop one of my major courses. I'm currently debating that one back and forth. MAC2809: I definitely want to stay in California for grad school. Thanks for the suggestions.
  7. Upon reading these forums, I was very happy to find out that undergraduate major doesn't matter. I'm currently a rising senior, and I would like to start a Masters in Student Affairs Program as soon as I graduate. Since I'm going to be working on my applications this summer, I'd like to ask for everyone's help in clearing up a few areas of concern. First of all, how do I explain my math major? Honestly, I chose math as a major because (1) I like it and (2) I was hoping it would get me a financially secure job if the education grad school and career track did not work out. And secondly, how do I get my masters program funded? Or what can I do now and during the program to minimize and perferrably eliminate the cost? Here's a little about me: Academics: Major: Mathematics Education Couses: I take upper division education courses every quarter, but no minor. GPA: 4.0 (state school), 3.97 (community college) GRE: I haven't taken yet, but I took a past test for practice and got low 160s Verbal Reasoning and high 160s Quant. I will be studying all summer, so hopefully I will have good scores. Professional: Current job: Peer adviser specializing in low-income, minority students. Work part time. Have great evals and quite a few accomplishments. Previous and current summer job: front-line advising at a community college Extracurricular: Counselor, Team Leader, and Trainer for non-profit specializing in at-risk youth. Personal Background: Returning student who had to stop college several times for financial and personal reasons. Recommendations: 1 strong recommendation from a math/stats professor where I was top student. Don't know about the other two. Career Goals: Get my masters in student affairs, then get a job at the same school. If I find something very interesting and financially secure and satisfying, I might stay there for my entire career. If I decide to move on, ideally I'd want to end up a fully tenured STEM counselor at a community college (which would require an additional credential). This would be my settle down job that would give me the work-life balance to raise a family and enjoy life. But fully tenured positions at community college are very very competitive, so I would like to have backup options (thus the math major and the job at the school where I got my masters) Any advice would be greatly appreciated, especially in writing my personal statement and applying for fellowships/scholarships.
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