potentialphddropout

Omg...I'm trying to call my SO but she must be sleeping right now. I'm so anxious to know if she got in or not! Edit: She just called...no go

Same here, and I'm not even the one who applied (my significant other did). I think I care more than she does, haha.

I'm hoping the opposite. I'm hoping that the online program gets fewer applications than expected for a few reasons. 1) It's a brand-new program that no one really knows much about (seriously, I went around asking HGSE students and no one knew anything about it). 2) Most students are still iffy about online (although online opens doors for people who couldn't do in-person programs previously, many folks still want that Harvard experience). 3) It's a brand-new program and so many people don't want to be the guinea pigs for the first iteration of an experimental product.

That's the program my significant other applied to as well! Hopefully results come out this Friday, but we'll see. I wonder whether that program got many applicants just because it's online, or maybe it got fewer applicants than expected because 1) it's brand new and no one knows about it and 2) it's the first iteration of the program and many prospective students don't really want to be the guinea pig to try out this new product.

I didn't apply, but my significant other applied to the online master's in educational leadership. Hopefully the results are released on March 4th, but we'll see.

Me! and it's not even me applying to the program, it's my significant other. For those who end up getting into the Master's program, have you considered doing a GoFundMe to help crowdfund part of your fees?

Good luck everyone! I decided that I'm going to apply for the Fall 2025 cohort. In other words, not for a long time.

That's standard procedure.

Are interviews only for PhD/doctoral applicants? There's no way they have the time or resources to interview the Master's applicants, right?

Also, how do we apply for grants?

Hello friends, I'm not applying, but my significant other is. Are they absolutely strict about the cut-off for IELTS scores? The wording seems a little ambiguous. They said they want a 7.5, with a preference for at least 7.5 on each section. My SO received 7.5 overall, with 7.5 on each section other than writing, where she got a 6.5. Is that going to automatically disqualify her?

Hello, I know most posts about leaving PhD programs are because people are unhappy or the work conditions are too poor, but mine is literally the opposite. I could not have asked for better conditions - the stipend is high, the workload is manageable and mostly enjoyable, I like my classmates, I love my university, etc. I only need to TA once a year and the department funds a lot of my activities. There couldn't possibly be better working conditions, in fact on a per-hour basis I suspect that I actually earn more than some of my friends who are making six figures right now. (Based on stipend + other funding / class hours). However, I can't help but feeling I want to potentially drop out. I don't particularly enjoy doing school work (although I have no doubt that if I entered the real working world, it is possible that I'd enjoy that work even less), the field I want to work in would be enhanced by having a Ph.D although not strictly necessary, etc. My dream is to open a particular kind of business in another country, which carries with it a non-trivial risk of failure and indeed the chances of failure are very high. At the moment I know for a fact I'm not going to drop out, but I just wanted to hear some of your thoughts. At the very least, I wanted to open up the conversation about those who like their programs but want to leave anyway. For me, I think there biggest reasons I'm still in it are fear and social pressure. I fear dropping out (I don't care about the potential "stigma," I just fear losing my high-ish stipend and never being able to make that much again) and I have pressure from family and just feel socially pressured to stay in it.