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I recommend other doctoral programs such as Northwestern (Learning Sciences), Purdue, Penn State and CMU - depending on your focus on ed tech. Good luck with your GRE! I'm also an international applicant, and one of the important keys to get into such PhDs I think is a strong letter of recommendation. One from famous uni professor would be perfect.

Thank you @artsy16! I'll contact them!

Hi guys, I'm waitlisted by my first-choice school (Ph.D. in Education) on mid-Feb and haven't heard from them since then. Do you think I should contact them to let them know I am still interested in the program? Or better to wait until April? I don't know how waitlist works, but I'm wondering if it is better to make them notified that I haven't taken any offers from other schools. Please give me any advice!

Thanks for the clarification! Yes it is a terminal degree and it's a one-year program. I need $50k debt from Japanese bank and the repayments would be $3-400 per month. And, I have my wife and newborn baby.. Is it common to give up unpaid program at prestigious universities and choose one from second-tier university?

You mean I should go to Stanford?

I'm international student who got accepted to one of Stanford's masters programs, and also to several of the PhD programs from second-tier ed schools. Stanford offers $10,000 fellowship and PhDs offer full funding, and I can't decide which to go -- I want to be ultimately a univ professor so I need a PhD, but getting PhD from Stanford would be better than other schools I got accepted into and I dreamed of getting PhD from Stanford. However, if I take Stanford I need to rely on loan ($60,000) and I'm not sure if the masters degree from Stanford is worth that much money. I'm pursuing educational technology research, so Stanford is attractive, but I also have my wife and small child so I care about money issue a lot. Anyone please give me advice?

Nope - I applied for several PhD programs (fully-funded ones, but not big names I guess) and now I'm waiting for their decisions. Do you think I should go Stanford instead of going to one of the PhD programs if I am admitted? I wanna be eventually a researcher/univ professor so some say it is better to get PhD quickly, but others say Stanford is worth paying for, and I should go first Stanford masters and then consider PhD.

Nice to hear that! And it seems that you are also accepted to HGSE. Congrats!

I got admitted to the LDT too - I heard that many of those accepted to both HGSE and Stanford eventually choose Stanford, partly due to the smaller cohort size.

Thank you! Feeling glad to know that it is at least a good sign. Fingers crossed.

Is getting interviewed really a good sign? I got interviewed by two schools in early December but haven't yet heard from them. And, it seems that one of them has started to send acceptance offers. Should I contact the admissions office? The interviews went well (as far as I guess), I frequently discussed with POI, received emails asking about scholarships I have. Waiting is killing me.