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GRE Score: 1490, 4.0 GPA: 3.3 Work Experience: 1 year ft, teaching English at all levels (including college), internationally, short time substituting in states Undergrad Institution(Public, Private, Ivy, etc..): Decent large private Research Experience: Not much Applying for PhD or Masters: Masters Program: Intern./Comp. Ed. What Schools Are You Applying To: See signature Acceptances: See signature

So, there's a distinct possibility that my husband will attend Brown and I will attend Harvard at the same time. Does anyone know the feasibility of doing so? I hear the commute from Cambridge to Providence is 45 min to an hour. Is that right? Is there a good place to live in the middle of the two? Where would you suggest putting up residence, keeping in mind convenience, cost, the neighborhood, etc.? How good/reliable would the public transport be between the two campuses? We have a car, but would probably want to us public transit for the commute. Any other input? Thanks for anything!

Okawesome - let me know if you do visit and any other impressions you get of campus, faculty, students, etc. Maybe we'll see each other around in the fall.

Even though Vanderbilt is the #1 education program in the US, I notice no one seems to be talking about it. It's all HGSE and TC. Why is that? Am I missing something?

I really have no idea how this process works, so this question may have an obvious answer. I got accepted, mid-January, into a great school, but haven't heard from any other ones yet. The acceptance was through email and was connected to a prospective student visitation weekend. They said they'd be sending an acceptance package in a bit. I can't got to the visit (I live in Taiwan right now!). Am I supposed to respond to this email? Or do I just wait for them to tell me they need to hear something?

Applied for EdM in International Education Policy. Had a dream I got accepted last night! Let's hope it was foreshadowing. Already got an acceptance for another school which totally killed my ability to wait patiently for word on the rest.

Thanks for your thoughtful response! Good to hear that it isn't a deal breaker. I'm certainly doing everything I can to write a stellar SOP and I specifically chose these schools because of how well I felt they match my research interests, so I'm glad to hear that those two are so important.

Hi! I'm applying to several programs in International and Comparative Education including a range of both excellent and mediocre schools because I have no idea what I'm qualified for. Any insight on that would be greatly appreciated! GPA: 3.2 (wish i could go back, didn't know I'd go to grad school) from a well respected university (though no ivy league) GRE: 1490 (V: 720, Q: 770, W: 4.0) Undergrad Major: English Recommendations: Hopefully a couple real detailed and positive ones and probably one mediocre one Experience: Some substitute teacher (months) and 1 year teaching English in Taiwan I'm assuming my GRE is fine, but everything else seems to be below average. I'm hugely passionate about the field now that I've discovered it and I think I'm a good match for interests in several programs. Out of these schools: Harvard HGSE, NYU Steinhardt, Penn GSE, UCLA, Stanford, Bloomington, Pittsburgh, George Washington and Florida St., which do you think I stand a reasonably chance of getting into, if any? I'm desperate for any inside information. Thank you so much!