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Also remember you can change later, I don't want to move once I pick a place for grade school, but if you find someone you really want to live with or money becomes tight and you need to save cash, or if you find that it isn't working out with a roommate you aren't stuck forever.

It really just depends on you, personally I've never had an issues with roommates that effected my life, and I only issue I really had was there have been a roommate or two that I didn't enjoy their company (it was mutual), so I didn't hang out with them, no biggie. Its all about compatibility, I don't know what town you are in, but of its a decent size I don't see way you couldn't find a LGBT friendly roommate who doesn't mind having guest over. If y'all both have your own rooms I'd think it'd be fine. However if what you really want is to not have worry about respecting a shared space ( having to quiet down sometimes, keeping common areas clean, etc.) then yeah if it's that important to you then go for it. Personally I'm planning of having a roommate since the savings would be substantial and the grad housing I'm applying to you have you own bedroom and bathroom.

For school leadership I think that is correct, but for counseling I am not as sure, I know folks who have gone into school counselling from social work. But in every case I would encourage people to inquire with the department you are interested in, because for many subfields it varies.

I would make slight adjustment to this, relevant experience is often necessary but that doesn't have to be in teaching. When looking at my potential cohort at my programs open house several admitted students had no teaching experience including myself. But most had relevant experience to what they wanted research in education. In fact I'd go as far as to say the faculty were excited to have some many different types of involvement in education from their cohort.

Thanks Heather101 that is all very true a number of MAs in Education are simply done so people can keep their jobs are make to the next pay bump. There are still very good programs you just need to be aware. If you just want a MA in education you can get one, but if you want it for more then just the paper that will be more competitive.

It depends on the program and what you want. PhD vs Masters and the sub-field. The program I am going to had a 18% acceptance rate, but there are others with over 60%. Would need more information about what you want to do. Also education tends to be a field where professional experience is highly valued, in some cases more the GREs scores.

Yeah I would not worry, I mean it's a Ed.M , so yeah it probably does have a high acceptance rate but a lot of master degrees do because they are a source of founding for the departmetn, since its a Ed.M not a MA it makes sense that profession experience is highly valued, its a practitioners degree. So yeah there will be people who look down on it, but that's their program, the people you will be applying to work for won't be among them. As long as the program trains you well ( and has good outcomes for their graduates) that what matters.

I'll be quick because I have to go run a errand, while the conversation is sort of interesting, from a legal perceptive its a non starter. The first amendment does not say you can't be punished for your speech, it does say that congress cannot make laws " bridging the freedom of speech ". Colleges are not congress and they don't make laws, the first amendment doesn't really apply here. State constitutions might have something to say but that will depend on the state.

UCLA: Its a great program, good research fit, like my advisors, like my potential cohort, received full funding for 4 years.

It's normal to have doubts, but they excepted you knowing your current level. Everyone program is different, but we were told in our interviews not to worry that we weren't good researchers yet, that is the point of a PhD program, to train you to be a good researcher.

It doesn't sound like you have any basis for a grievance, yes a 40% final can be harsh but it was pretty normal in my undergraduate classes, and if this was an undergraduate class then they expect some people to do poorly, unlike graduate classes where they expect everyone to do well. You did poorly on the test, there is no way around that so I don't see why the department/school would get involved. Also since you really weren't treated unfairly trying to go around him with the school/department will likely make you look bad.

Working until the end of August, that should give me a few weeks to settle in my new city before school starts.

What exactly did this grade ruin? Is your funding at stake or your ability to complete?

Not personally but someone who I talked to at UCLA's open house said that he has already received an offer of admission and visited the school, but they didn't seem to have a formal open house. I have no idea what that means for those of us who haven't heard anything, but I suspect they are trying to lock down who of their top choices are coming, and then maybe offer more admissions if they have the space/funding.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/health-schools-methodology But as Thecrow said reputation survey, I do wonder who they chose the methodology for different subjects, this is the first one that I have seen that was only based on rep surveys.