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My FAFSA family contribution was also $0 and I received no grant money at all; just around $20k in federal loans. (I've been teaching full-time for five years, albeit on a super low salary. But I also have no undergrad loans, so maybe that's why?) For those considering contacting the financial aid office: I sent a (one page, single spaced, very high effort) appeal letter today right after receiving my aid package and they responded incredibly quickly...to reiterate that HGSE's need-based aid is incredibly limited and that I should make my decision on where to attend based on my current package It's definitely interesting to see (what appears to me as?) the wide variation in types of aid people are receiving. For those getting only work study or only limited amounts of grant aid -- is that in addition to loans, or are they all standalone offers?

I did not receive an email, so I think you have every reason to be optimistic! Congrats

Was asked to crosspost over here since people were asking about TESOL (I received my acceptance on Monday). Here are my stats, in case anyone finds them useful: Program: L&T GRE score: 162V / 154Q / 5.5AWA Work experience: 5.5 years teaching Mandarin Chinese and coaching debate at New England K-12 independent school Undergrad information: East Asian Studies (BA) at Wellesley College (graduated 2014) Undergrad GPA: 3.13 - dealt with serious mental illness issues during undergrad and left Wellesley feeling pretty glum about my future. Found my current teaching job by accident; fell in love quick. LOR/SOP: LORs from 2 undergrad professors as well as principal of current school. I was really happy with my SOP, and I don't think I would've had as much a story to tell without having worked a while following undergrad. I talked about how legacy/traditional methods of teaching Chinese (lots of memorization, etc) proved to be highly exclusionary and inequitable in my own classroom, particularly to those students who needed to learn Mandarin the most (namely Chinese adoptees). Framed effective, comprehensible WL pedagogy as a social justice issue. What other schools did you apply to: Brandeis, Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Stanford, UConn

Patricia is fine Yeah, your Linkedin profile isn't really too different from your resume; there are a few additional features where you can upload links to writing samples and portfolio items. I think more people use it for networking/article sharing (though to be honest, I don't do much of either, ha). Will crosspost there!

About making a Linkedin? I've had it for a while (since 2012, I think?) , and I'm pretty open about my online presence in general. I just like having all my professional credentials in one, easy-to-reference place. But that's just me. I sent in all my applications from January 5th - 15th.

Thank you! And yes. I'm still very overwhelmed, to be honest. I'm leaning towards HGSE (even though it's the only program I applied to that doesn't offer public school teaching certification), but recent developments in life/career are making it look more and more like the right choice. Can't beat the flexibility of the L&T program and the insane amount of resources available to HGSE students.

Here's mine! Pulled the template from the first page of this thread. Received my eighth and final acceptance today from Penn today; feeling very overwhelmed and grateful and a little confused, because I legitimately thought I wasn't going to be able to get in anywhere this cycle. Hopefully this will encourage potential applicants for next year who have as many doubts about their undergrad performance/GPA as I did. Program: L&T GRE score: 162V / 154Q / 5.5AWA Work experience: 5.5 years teaching Mandarin Chinese and coaching debate at New England K-12 independent school Undergrad information: East Asian Studies (BA) at Wellesley College (graduated 2014) Undergrad GPA: 3.13 - dealt with serious mental illness issues during undergrad and left Wellesley feeling pretty glum about my future. Found my current teaching job by accident; fell in love quick. LOR/SOP: LORs from 2 undergrad professors as well as principal of current school. I was really happy with my SOP, and I don't think I would've had as much a story to tell without having worked a while following undergrad. I talked about how legacy/traditional methods of teaching Chinese (lots of memorization, etc) proved to be highly exclusionary and inequitable in my own classroom, particularly to those students who needed to learn Mandarin the most (namely Chinese adoptees). Framed effective, comprehensible WL pedagogy as a social justice issue. What other schools did you apply to: Brandeis, Columbia, Georgetown, NYU, Stanford, UPenn, UConn

Just heard back via email - accepted TESOL M.S.Ed!

Just refreshed the portal - I'm in! L&T - so psyched (And now to wait on funding..........)

Just checked the portal and saw the same thing as @Alley. WHAT MEAN

Learning and Teaching!

Missed a call earlier this afternoon from the MAET director by fifteen minutes; she left a voicemail saying that she had “good news.” Called and emailed back immediately; no answer yet. Too scared to let my phone out of my sight. I think I might pass out. Is this an interview request, or are they really sending out decisions this early? I wasn’t expecting to hear from any more schools until March, but then just saw @jmkenobi’s post and realized that I had sent in my application on the priority deadline as well.