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Hi, @mjl89. I am sorry to say that I think that they were all sent out. I emailed my Penn Master's advisor, who wrote my LOR, to let him know that I did not think I'd be returning to Penn next year, and he did not correct me (though, for the record, he was very supportive). It wouldn't hurt to shoot an email tomorrow, but it doesn't look too good for us. Again, sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Good luck to everyone.

Same here ^

Thanks, @isa-misa.

Thanks. That would include EdD students, then, as it is the same doctoral weekend? I would think so. A little disappointed since I had a good relationship with some of the faculty from my master's.

Do we know if all PhD invites go out at once?

Does anyone know if Ed.D invites go out at the same time as Ph.D? It looks like there will be a "doctoral weekend" rather than separate Ed.D and Ph.D weekends. I'd assume, then, that invites go out roughly the same time?

Haha. No, no inside intel, unfortunately.

Hi, all. I'm applying to the Ed.D program in Ed Leadership. I attended Penn GSE for my Master's and learned and grew so much as an educator. Good luck!

From what I have heard, 99.9% of the time, you must interview first. I believe that 50 people receive invites for 25 spots. Like @JankyGuitar, I heard that someone on one of these boards once claimed to have been accepted without an interview, but I doubt the veracity of that claim (unless perhaps (s)he received an interview invite and could not attend). I think that these interview invites will be coming out by end-of-January or early February. Good luck, all! And, yes, we won't know for sure until early March whether we were accepted or rejected, but I'm going to safely assume that if I don't hear anything about an interview by Mid-February, then it is a no-go. As far as stats, I think that they are secondary to experience and a demonstrated passion for education. That said, here are mine: GRE: 170V, 164Q, 4.5AWA UG: 3.0 at top 50 Uni with upward trend (which I explained in my "Do your grades reflect your potential" question) Grad: 3.8ish in Ed Policy at Top 10 Ed School Experience: Teaching (4 years)/Department Head (1 year)/Research Assistantship (1 year) /Substitute Teacher in college (2 years), which I wrote about in my SOP as it ignited my interest in education Anyway, again, good luck to all.

Hi. Not too familiar with the program to which you're applying, but I do live down the road. I see on the admissions site that the GRE Psych exam is optional. Do you think you can (or have you already) nailed that exam? If so, that would likely allay some of the concerns that they may have with your Verbal + Quant scores. Also, could you focus just on improving the math? Studying for both at once may be too trying on your time, but with your respectable AWA and near-50th percentile verbal, and solid in-field experience, the quant is the biggest blight in your record. The ETS has a math book that looks pretty good.

Hi, all. I am applying to a variety of grad school programs, including MBAs, and so I chose to take the GRE over the GMAT. I don't know to what degree (if at all) biz programs rely on the GRE/GMAT conversion tables provided by ETS, but these tables appear to have shortchanged me. I have a low-ish UGPA, high-ish Master's GPA, and nontraditional work experience for business schools (I'm a teacher), so I was hoping that my test scores would help make a case for me. I took the GRE five years ago, pre-Masters and so I knew that I would not need to prepare for the exam outside of taking a few mock tests to build confidence, whereas the GMAT would probably require me to spend a few solid weeks learning its format and a reviewing a few topics with which I've grown rusty. I ended up scoring a 170V and 164Q, which equates to a 750 GMAT. (FWIW, I was pleased with my verbal, though I was expecting such a score based on my previous attempt 5 years ago, but was slightly disappointed by the quant as I am a [middle school] math teacher and scored a 168 on both practice tests that I took. Nonetheless, I was happy overall.) The issue arises because a 170 verbal equates to anywhere between a 760 and 800 on the old verbal GRE. When I received the GRE Diagnostic Service report, it showed that I did not miss any questions on the verbal section. I imagine that that would equate roughly to an 800 on the old verbal GRE. (FWIW, I missed 5 questions on the math: 0 on the first section and all 5 on the second section). It appears that the conversions are based upon the lower end estimate of the old verbal score: a 760 old verbal and a 790 old quant (164Q = 790 on the old measure) yield a GMAT conversion of 750. An 800 old verbal and a 790 old quant yield a GMAT conversion of 790. I know it may sound like I'm splitting hairs here, but a 790 GMAT appears a lot stronger than a 750, does it not? Should I somehow let ADCOMs know of this? Or would that make me appear greedy? Thanks for any insight.