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As if this program couldn't be more confusing. There is a student in the program who has no education experience at all and worked in retail and HR only. How frustrating....

I always heard interviews are a must, but a few yrs ago someone on here claimed they were admitted w/o an interview. Not sure if that's true and I never heard beyond that. I've spoken to a lot of the students now, they all had interviews. I can't get a clear answer from admissions. They have not responded to any of my emails, but I 100% believe all interview invites have gone out and they've shortlisted who they want. I'm trying not to feel too bad. Basically EDLD. is a program that continuously changes (notice how they change the description of the program every year?!) that's because their major donors change. If you didn't previously work for a major donor (more than half of the students I've met were TFA alums) weren't an EDM alum in the EPM program (heads of EPM direct the EDLD program), or didn't have future ambitions to become a superintendent, then it's safe to say it is impossible to get in. I've met so many students in the program and they all sound the same. Not as diverse you think, all want to work in public school districts or become stand alone consultants. They don't know what they're looking for and it's impossible to know what they want in a cohort in any given year. Oh well.

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Fingers crossed for other programs.

For the past several years, they notify on Thursdays. My best friend's sister is in the program now, she's confirmed the same thing. Her and cohort mates knew on Thursday, and certainly not the week after. HGSE is usually transparent. They'll let you know bluntly if all the invites have gone out, like they have in previous years (usually the Friday right after.) It doesn't take long to notify 50 candidates when you have a large admissions team like HGSE does.

I am a long time lurker and just joining in. Agree @ImJuju. It's looking glum now. Should we call and ask?