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    Fall 2017 Applicants

    in Education Forums

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    2 minutes ago, Espeon said:

    In the US we have Martin Luther King, Jr. day off. Schools are out and I imagine nothing will happen as far as notifications are concerned, but you never know! 

    I read The Martian (it was good!) and Gone Girl, and I'm about to start reading Kindred. Right now I'm getting through Harry Potter, and since it's a re-read, it's not distracting me enough. Lol. 

    In the UNC SOP, I put a POI's last name first and first name last. I didn't realize until I was on the phone with the program chair. Awkward. Lol. I didn't mention it, because I assume they read it, but I felt embarrassed. The interview went really well though. It wasn't a confirmed admit yet (the committee has to meet and vote and whatnot), but I feel really good about it! Not a bad way to start off the acceptance/rejection season at all. 

    With all due respect to Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Well, but that means that we can try talking ourselves into not worrying tomorrow. :) I dropped Harry Potter at the 5th book, because I remember it perfectly as well. Nerdiness truly runs deep on this forum. :D

    Your POI name situation doesn't seem embarrassing at all to me. Perhaps everybody is just too self-conscious.

    So happy for you and your interview. :D That is awesome! Let's hope good news keep on coming your way! I suggest a new routine for you: refresh your e-mail, google UNC Campus (or Chapel Hill weather, or Chapel Hill parks, etc.), rinse, repeat. :)

    Penn GSE

    in Education Forums

    Posted

    Ok, so I've checked the Results page. Doesn't look like there is a clear pattern... 2016 - interview invites went out on the 21st of January. 2015 - January 15, 2014 - January 31st... Suspense, nail biting, omg...

    Fall 2017 Applicants

    in Education Forums

    Posted · Edited by day_manderly

    14 minutes ago, Espeon said:

    Definitely not re-reading my SOPs unless I get an interview! I know I will obsess. Though if it helps, I got a professor's name backwards in my UNC Chapel Hill SOP and still got interviewed, so I don't think a typo will shut you out! ;) 

    Refreshing my email every 30 minutes, even though it's the Sunday of a three-day weekend. I need to read a book or something. Lol 

    Tell me about it... I need to sleep! (European time zone). Try reading a page-turner. I remember not being able to put The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo down a few years back, for example... Also, The Martian - the best read ever. Has some bad-ass problem-solving going on too.

    I've got my 'grad school' e-mail app installed on all my gadgets, and each time the phone/tablet buzzes with a n y e-mail - from the 'grad school' e-mail or from the regular one - I feel how my insides do a barrel roll...

    What do you mean 'backwards'? :) Gee, you've already got one interview up your sleeve, that must feel gooood. :D

    Fall 2017 Applicants

    in Education Forums

    Posted · Edited by day_manderly

    15 minutes ago, hopefulPhD2017 said:

    @day_manderly indeed. I thought we would've heard a bit more last week but I think you're right--this is the week. Based on past results, over half of my programs should send out interview invitations or acceptances this week. 

    I have just reread two of my SoPs, for my top choices. There is a typo in one, and the other one feels sooo dry, and overly academic... I guess I am in the freakout stage. :o:) How are you all doing?..

    Things to Do While You Wait for Decisions

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted

    47. Go dancing, as there is a good chance you have not done a lot of that, being nerds and all. :)

    48. Decide on a signature sweater/shoes/perfume/dish. Research it. Make sure you know as much as you can about it. (I myself spent a day reading about classic perfumes, and now I can totally speak the language: 'aromatic' (as in the type of notes), 'oriental' (meaning a fragrance family), 'base notes', etc. :D

    Reading Ideas

    in Education Forums

    Posted

    On 1/4/2017 at 4:22 AM, Espeon said:

    I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series (my school where I teach has a Harry Potter student/staff book club), reading Kindred by Octavia Butler, and will be reading Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance edited by Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner once I finish the previous two. I also just read Survivig Your Stupid, Atupid Decision to Go to Grad School by Adam Ruben (funny Christmas gift from a friend who knows I'm going through the application process!). 

    Wow, I am also rereading Harry Potter! It's a Christmas time tradition! I read the books prior to going to sleep, mostly. And I read Surviving, too. It's actually a bit anxiety-inducing, no?

    Reading Ideas

    in Education Forums

    Posted

    2 hours ago, mjl89 said:

    Hi All,

    This is a thread partly to pass the time while we are waiting but hopefully it will also be informative. I saw on another forum a general reading list of what people are currently reading and I thought it might be a good to give some ideas for fun/academic reads specific to the field of education.

     

    Now, to kick start this thread. I am currently reading:

     

    Education related:

    1) Death at An Early Age, by John Kozol

    2) Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoğlu

     

    Non-education specific:

    Swing Time by Zadie Smith (thus far so good and certainly interesting to me for its discussions of class, race and education).

     

    How about you?

    I am reading Academic Freedom and the Modern University by John W. Boyer, and One Hundred Semesters by William Chase. :)

    Penn GSE

    in Education Forums

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, mjl89 said:

    I was wondering the same thing. Logically I figured that they must interview by phone or Skype since they couldn't expect us to fly half-way across the world for the interview days. I have a feeling I read on a previous years thread that someone had a phone interview at Penn, but maybe some interviews are conducted via Skype too.

    Aha, maybe, it makes sense to re-read the last year thread! So silly of me not to have done it before.

    Fall 2017 Applicants

    in Education Forums

    Posted · Edited by day_manderly

    27 minutes ago, forgetful26 said:

    So, I realised I made a silly mistake in one of my apps. I wrote the name of one of the professors I would love to work with wrong, after writing it right in a previous sentence. My word processor corrected it endless times, so this was a mistake it went. Do you think that's a straight rejection? 

    also, my stats: 

     

    Program: Education PhD
    GRE Score: 159V/153Q/5.5 AWA
    GPA undergrad: 3.5

    Work Experience: 4 years: Ministry of Education-medium level position. 
    Undergrad Institution (Public, Private, Ivy, etc.): Private college
    What Other Schools Are You Applying To: ---

     

    thanks!

    Just how wrong? Like, completely, absolutely wrong? Perhaps, dropping a professor a very-very short and very-very polite e-mail? Just saying 'I have applied to [their school], and I would love to work with you. My word processor ... I am just writing because I do not want you to get offended and assure you that this was not a mistake due to ignorance'.

    I'm not sure about this advice, it's just something I myself would consider doing.

    Have you guys told your POI you have applied (now when your app is in)?

    in Applications

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, JacobW83 said:

    I actually have no idea, but I did this as well. I emailed them a couple months ago expressing interest in their work and asking if they were accepting students. Typically the response was, "Thanks for your interest, yes I'm accepting. I'll keep an eye out for your application, let me know if you have any questions." 

    So, although I don't expect it to improve my chances by any means, I felt like it'd be nice to write back and say that I did indeed decide to apply and to thank them for their initial response.

    Yes, that's sort of what I feel too, actually. I think I have an idea about the etiquette - I suppose the correct way would be to write, but write a really short note.

    Have you guys told your POI you have applied (now when your app is in)?

    in Applications

    Posted

    So I spoke, personally, to a few potential advisors - early in this app season, and then I have applied to their schools. Should I drop them an e-mail saying that I have indeed applied, like I was planning to? Is it a good idea (reminding of myself, making sure they pay attention to my app), or a bad one (bothering them too much, drawing unnecessary attention to myself)?  I am wondering whether there is the proper etiquette. What do you think?

    Sending Documents: Will They Arrive?

    in Applications

    Posted

    So I had to send this important document so that my top grad school could qualify my application for the review. It wasn't me sending, but the third party (soft of like ETS, but not quite), and they didn't specify that the Office of Admissions was the receiver. It's a FedEx delivery. Will the Office still get the document on time if the address just says 'The Graduate School X', without the concrete office name?

    Fall 2017 Applicants

    in Education Forums

    Posted

    4 hours ago, ugggggh said:

    I have all 8 of my apps in (and complete) for this year, and all of my recommenders have submitted their letters.  This is earlier than I managed to get it done last year so I'm able to start worrying and obsessing earlier! 

    Yaaaay for obsessing! I still have 1 app to go... Can't wait to commence going nuts myself. ;)

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