Program: Mind, Brain, & Education (MBE)GRE Score: V 151, Q 160, AWA: 6.0GPA: 3.72Work Experience: Strategy Consulting, neuroscience research Undergrad Institution (Public, Private, Ivy, etc..): Private Top 20. Research Experience: Behavioral neuroscience research at Columbia, Neuroscience research at Cleveland Clinic, Current neuroscience research at a law school What Other Schools Are You Applying To: Columbia Neuroscience & Education
I'm freaking out because after submitting, I kept reading my statement of purpose and I realized that it was horrible. I have about four paragraphs just rehashing my resume, nothing specific to HGSE, and my motivation is decent, at best. I'm really, Really concerned and I know most of you will say there's nothing you can do about it and don't think about it. But I'm wondering more of, do you think a bad statement of purpose (well not bad, but bland) will get me rejected? I remember someone here said that they try and look of reasons to keep people in...
I guess the few things going for me are that MBE isn't really high applicant pool and my interest is in criminal law and how education and neuroscience impacts it. I called the admissions office before I even thought about applying and they said that's pretty unique and I would be a good fit.
Also, from research, i found out that the acceptance rate is around 40-55% for M.S.Ed, but from the grad cafe forums it looks like around 80% get accepted and 66.6% each year. I don't know what to think!!!!! Someone help?
