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EMJTeacher

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  • Birthday 04/22/1980

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    NJ
  • Application Season
    2016 Fall
  • Program
    Education PhD

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  1. @mec2015I feel it cuts both ways depending on the faculty. Obviously you need to find a faculty on which at least two or three sitting members share some of your research interests. Therefore, a program that has no one interested in your interests is a bad fit, no matter the reputation. On the other hand, programs do tend to look for diversity, and one would think that research interests somewhere outside the norm would be refreshing. As @olivialucilec noted, you never know, and the reality is that some schools probably take a more conservative approach and only align their candidates strongly to their faculty, while other schools have faculty that are intrigued by research that may go in a different direction from their own. To answer your first question, you probably are competitive, but acceptance rates vary as applicant pools do, so it is tough to say. You could always ask the admissions office how many applications they received this year and how many spots are open. I doubt they'd say at this point, but it couldn't hurt. Then you'd know your unweighted statistical probability. I say this as someone who is wondering which side of that coin I'll fall. I am applying for a PhD. in Education, but my research interest is in Behavior Disability programs in urban settings. Suffice to say, this is not a mainstream Education interest, so while I think it's a fascinating topic, I'm relying heavily on the faculty of any school that accepts me to believe I am passionate enough to drive a good portion of my own research because not a lot of doors spring open the merits of this research topic alone. I feel like I am competitive otherwise: two MAs, interdisciplinary background, high GRE, and a recommendation from the director of a Pedagogy program at a University. But really, who knows? My seven schools are: WashU, Northwestern, BC, NYU, Rutgers, CUNY Grad Center, and Montclair State (a smaller NJ school). Best of luck to you!
  2. First post on this board... Joining the ranks of those applying for PhD. in Education for the first time. Twice upon a time I applied for a PhD. in Political Science, but the best I did was a wait listing at one school. So, I set aside the PoliSci M.A. and switched fields to pursue Education. Now, trying my hand at it one more time, going for broke. PhD. or bust. All in... To answer your question, applicant012015, I don't know WUSTL's scores. However, this blog: http://magoosh.com/gre/2013/gre-scores-for-education-programs/ posts aggregate data that they obtained from US News and World Report.
  3. I applied starting 12/1. My last application is not due until 2/1, but I finished it this past weekend. I spent two solid weeks around the holidays sweating it out and checking emails from the programs I applied to seeing if materials were missing, and seeing which programs would accept late materials. Sadly, obnoxious UPenn deferred my application until next year because a rec letter was not in on time and they apparently make no exceptions... Now I'm pretty sure all materials have been received (I squeezed my GRE in on 12/29- got a 168/162/5.5 split), and am checking emails incessantly and irrationally expecting early rejections already. I applied to programs in 2008 and 2010. Out of both rounds, I was wait-listed once and eventually rejected from all programs to which I applied. Since then I improved my GRE, obtained second M.A., spent three years working in the field I want to study, so I'm hoping this time around goes better. ...But, who knows really. Let the next 2-5 months of agony commence.
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