Just got a waitlist notification from UNC which was my top choice (and also my alma mater)--figured it was time to post my info!
Age/Gender/Citizenship
25/F/US
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
B.A. Geography, B.A. Public Policy/UNC/2017
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.4 GPA, 155V - 163Q - 5.0AWA
Work Experience:
1 year of City Year
3 years of teaching middle school math via TFA
Undergraduate experience was very much volunteer/internship experience rooted in public service
My pathway is such that my final year of undergrad led me to explore education as it relates to urban segregation/diversity in schools (and I intend for that to be a primary component of graduate research wherever I end up).
Research Experience:
N/A (all volunteer based and not significant enough to be included)
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
Former Public Policy professor/advisor, City Year manager, TFA academic coach
Schools applied to:
UNC, Berkeley, Michigan, UT Austin, UVA, Ohio State, U Penn
In: Michigan, UT Austin
Out: Berkeley
Waitlist: UNC -- I am extremely curious (and anxious) about the waitlist process, particularly because I believe that I would drop everything to attend UNC if I were to get admitted. Also curious to see if anyone else is waitlisted/who is accepted and plans to attend.
Awaiting: UVA, Ohio State, U Penn