
Vulpix
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Well, one thing, they will be sending the decisions via email first, so running to your mailbox will not help Sounds like your experience and GPA give you a very strong chance! Without knowing your GRE scores.
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Congrats! Did they provide financial info with the acceptance or that is to follow? I saw a few other TC Master's programs also notified people earlier throughout this month and January. I guess in certain cases... but the majority of us will probably hear in March!
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Thanks for sharing, congrats on the two acceptances! I think Penn GSE seems to care very much about is applicants, as evidenced by its free application and personalized rejections and other responses. They've been very accommodating and attentive in all my personal communications with me.
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I guess we can't be sure unless that person shares here, but my guess is that whatever happened, it is not indicative of much else for the rest of us
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In looking at the results page, if what the person said is true: This is not for myself, but I met a TFA teacher today at a Graduate Visit Day who had recently been rejected. So no news is positive for the rest of us. Good luck to everyone!" Then I would take that to be a good sign for EPM people that maybe they're sending out rejections first, followed by acceptances next week. OR, it's just possible that TFA applicants have some kind of weird, special relationship with the process (or this person had a connection). The VAST majority of current EPM students are TFA alums.
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Congrats on the acceptance nonetheless!
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I considered a 1% chance we'd hear back today Realistically, a week from today. I don't think they would ever actually wait until the end of March to notify, as they have said (barring some nightmare office processing complications). They need to notify students very soon so they can have an open house at the end of the month and people can plan to attend that. They couldn't do it all in the span of a week.
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I didn't think you were the one thinking 14K wasn't generous, just that I also saw those types of reactions and I'm not sure what all those people were expecting! Didn't they anticipate not being able to attend with the funding provided? I hope all of us, if accepted, have a way to make it work!
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The boyfriend situation is DEFINITELY an important one!
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This makes sense, thanks for explaining. Cost is definitely a bigger factor depending on where you are leaving and going to. I wonder, though, if going to a program that you anticipate will land you more job opportunities in the future, but has a poor weather scene, might be the long-term best shot? Because then you're more hopeful that your job (which would ostensibly be longer-term than your degree program, perhaps) would be in a better climate. I think this is what I was trying to talk about originally. Of course, I agree with you that you should take the good weather while you still can, but if where you get the PhD will have a tangible difference in your future prospects, it depends if you want to bank on now or later, I guess.
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$14K sounds like the high end of grad school merit scholarships (I doubt many people ever get more than that), so I won't be surprised if I get that or less. It's what you just have to expect from HGSE or any of these types of schools. I'm in the same boat in that the Penn and NYU acceptances have also made me more confident (perhaps wrongly) in my hopes for acceptance.
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I'm definitely not going to NYU. It's the most expensive and the least compatible of the programs I've applied to. Plus, I got into Penn which is right now my first choice.
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I seriously did not mean to offend anyone and I FULLY understand the importance of mental health. I was simply expressing my surprise at how popular weather is as a mental health issue because it hasn't occurred to me (although I do feel seasonal depression, like I said) or my friends as a decision-making factor. In no way did I mean to imply that you are not a serious academic if you choose based on weather, just that I never thought it would be #1 deciding factor. Certainly an important factor. Also, I was thinking of this from the POV of someone going into a one year master's program, in which you can suffer a winter for the sake of other factors. PhD is definitely a bigger weather decision.
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This is off topic but I am seriously shocked (not just on this thread, but it's come up here) as to how many people actually make decisions based on weather, or strongly lean one place based on weather. I think that's a valid concern if you're going to study in Siberia vs. equatorial Africa in the summer, but considering this is an important life decision based on your academic and job pursuits, I just really can't believe how seriously people take climate. Maine vs. Florida, maybe, but not when your future and program/research opportunities are at hand. I don't want to be dismissive of people's personalities or devalue what's most important to them, I'm just surprised because I rarely hear people talk about that as a deciding factor (at least people who are taking their academic pursuits seriously, as we all are). I definitely feel the effects of seasonal depression during dark winters, so I do understand on some level.
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Same. Today I got the welcome video from Dana Burde. Might you go to NYU or favoring somewhere else?
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I am a current Hunter student (in Education) and the Social Worker at the middle school I teach at went to Columbia. I think Columbia has a very strong reputation and placement for internships throughout the city. I can't speak for hospital work, but every school I have worked at has had Columbia SW interns or employed its graduates. As for Hunter, well, I've been underwhelmed academically (it's not challenging work), but that's been fine because I teach full time and was sort of half-assing my degree because I don't have time to dedicate to it... which is probably not what you are looking to do. It's fantastic you were offered $$ at NYU though. I just got accepted on Sunday for my second master's degree (this one I am not half-assing ) and they gave me nothing, which they are notorious for!
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Do we get financial aid decisions simultaneously with our possible acceptances, or would that come a few weeks later? The dragging out process is so cruel!
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No, it's tied or a little behind Penn for me right now, but we will see in time I'm just letting my mind go in every different direction!
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I've literally gone between "NO WAY IN HELL" to already planning my move to Boston
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International Education Development/Policy Applicants 2016
Vulpix replied to Vulpix's topic in Education Forums
I applied some time in early December/late November, so I guess that's why I heard back so soon. I didn't think it was rolling admissions though, so I was surprised! ZERO scholarship, which is typical of NYU I've heard. They did offer $5K for study abroad, but that's it. -
International Education Development/Policy Applicants 2016
Vulpix replied to Vulpix's topic in Education Forums
Just got into NYU's International Ed program! I'm not going, but it's nice to be wanted I also thought I wouldn't hear back from NYU until like April, so that was a surprise on a Sunday afternoon! -
I'm predicting/hoping for Friday March 4, because the last three years it came out the first Friday in March. It's never happened to be that early in March, but still....
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For Those Who Have Been Rejected…Don't Give Up!
Vulpix replied to Eager's topic in Decisions, Decisions
Congratulations, that was so moving to read and put a smile on my face Also, Hello from Brooklyn as well! -
Yes, BE optimistic! Schools EXPECT many students to turn down offers, and especially for PhDs, being wait-listed is still a very strong sign because they could easily have rejected you as they did almost everyone else! There also are probably VERY FEW OTHERS on the same list as you, and inevitably a spot or two will open up. Whether you are at the *top* of the list remains to be seen or not, but it's definitely not a soft rejection. I think it's very much worthwhile to contact the school requesting more information like any clarification on your chances, timeline of finding out, etc. I don't think it could possibly hurt to seem extra interested and keep you on their minds as a passionate applicant. If someone else doesn't want them, they want to know that you still very much do! As long as you don't hound them with annoying emails, it'll probably be fine.