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Hey Bailey, I am currently at Georgia State right now, but I am in the Research, Measurement and Statistics program. My grad GPA is 3.96 (master's in education from FSU) and my GRE scores were pretty low (I don't test well and have horrible anxiety). V: 151 Q: 155 AW: 4.0 I also applied to UGA but got rejected. Hope that helps!

I just heard back from University of Georgia today by checking the status of my application and it said "Application Denied." *sigh* I wish I got an email or something to follow-up with their decision.

Hey everyone, I applied to University of Georgia's PhD program in educational policy studies and administration. I applied back in December 14th and still have not heard anything from them. I called back in February and was told I'd hear from them within the next couple weeks and got nothing from them. I was really hoping to go there, but alas...Anyone else in my shoes?

Hi! Where did you end up going? I applied to a couple of educational policy programs myself just now. I got into the Georgia State's program but I'm waiting to hear from UGA.

Hey everyone, I just got accepted into a PhD program in educational policy studies and I was wondering how to go about asking for a stipend or an assistantship. I'm not sure what the protocol is on going about and asking in a polite way. Thanks!

Has anyone here applied to University of Georgia's Educational Policy program for PhD? I applied and haven't anything so far.

I have applied to the following two programs: Georgia State University: Educational Policy University of Georgia: Educational Policy I applied in December but haven't heard back as of yet! I called the admissions office at UGA and they told me that I should hear back within a couple of weeks. I have to be in Georgia, which is why I only applied to two programs.

If not too late, then I can look at it for you!

Hey everyone, I just submitted my Ph.D. application for the University of Georgia and I'm already feeling anxious. I really want to get into this program and I think I'm a good fit (I've tried to argue why I'm a good fit as much as I could in my SoP). However, I did horrible on the GRE (147Q; 151V; 4.0 AW) and did not have enough time to re-take it. I do have a 3.96 GPA in my master's program in education at FSU (Florida State) and I made sure to submit a strong paper I wrote on a policy, but I still have the weight of my GRE score and my undergrad GPA (it was a 2.51). What can I do in the meantime to get ready for an interview if I ever do get one? I just purchased a book that one of the faculty members (who I'm interested in working with) wrote and plan on reading it over Christmas break. What else could I do? Thanks in advance!

I'll send anyone virtual brownies for any piece of advice! Is it possible to retake the GRE after submitting your application? Should I be worried about my scores considering that I'm applying to a Ph.D. program at a non-Ivy League school?

Hey everyone, I am applying to a Ph.D. program in educational policy at a non-Ivy League school. I have always done horrible on standardized tests and I took the test for the second time today and did awful. The first time I took it was in September where I made a 147 in verbal and a 155 in quant with a 4.0 AWA. Today I made a 147 in quant (I have no idea how that happened) and 151 in verbal. I do have a 3.96 GPA from Florida State University where I did my MS in education. I also think I'll have some pretty strong LOR. I'm currently a high school science teacher and I have been teaching for four years. I'm hoping that the letters will pull me up from these low GRE scores. It's too late for me to take the GRE for the 3rd time, so I'm just hoping that I'll get accepted regardless of my scores. What do you all think?

Is there anyone on this forum that has a PhD in educational policy? If so, what do you do in terms of a job? I'm interested in educational policy and debating on whether I should apply to a PhD program but I'm not sure if it's worth it considering that it might be very competitive to get a job afterwards(that is, working for the Georgia DOE or working as a college professor). I would like to talk to someone who already has it and weigh the pros and cons. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I was wondering how other people wrote their "thank you" notes after an interview. Is there something that I should add in my 'thank you' note aside from a simple "thanks?" Speaking of thanks, thanks in advance for those who can help me out with this

Yea, I know it was awful Sorry about your Skype interview.

I had an interview today and I have a feeling that I'll get rejected. One of the faculty members said that I don't have enough teaching experience and both of them were giving me other research projects that I could be interested in and names of other faculty members. I basically did not talk much throughout the interview. I don't know if that's a good sign. Also, I basically froze throughout the interview and I was unable to speak intelligently. *sigh*

A lot and I've only been doing this recently. Ever since I've turned in my applications, I've made myself not think about it too much for about a month and a half (I was also super busy afterwards). About 3 days ago, I called the admissions office asking on the status of my application and the person on the phone said that it has been reviewed very recently and that I should hear from them soon. That call has been making me so anxious! Yesterday, I was waiting for my friends at a restaurant and my friends walked in and looked at my face and said "uh oh... you look like you want to slit your wrist." *Sigh* Today I will be going on a hike to distract myself from all the nonsense going on inside my head.

Thanks to both of you! I knew it was silly of me to ask, but I think I've just been feeling really anxious lately just waiting around. I called Teachers College the other day to ask on the status of my application and they said that it was reviewed very recently and I should be hearing from them soon. This made me really...nervous and a bit crazy.

I suppose this is a bit too late to be asking this (especially since I submitted my applications already), but I've applied to a couple Ph.D. programs in Science Education. I've done horrible as an undergraduate and graduated with a really low GPA, but then after working as an English teacher in South Korea for a year, I decided that I wanted to pursue teaching. I applied to some master's programs in education and finally went to Florida State University. I was honestly very happy that I studied there and I enjoyed school for once and it gave me direction and motivation for what I'd want to do in the future. After graduating with a high GPA, I wanted to fulfill a lifelong dream and joined the Peace Corps. Although I was assigned to teach English in the Peace Corps, I did try and use my science education teaching to practice in my community. Anyways, so my point is, although I worked really hard during my master's program (where I also worked with a research project and did a couple other relevant things related with science education), hopefully have good recommendation letters, and I think my statement of intent is decent...Will my low undergrad GPA hamper me from getting into a competitive Ph.D. program?

The funny thing is that most of us have taken a course on Multicultural Education and we have covered a bit of CRT (critical race theory), but I don't think anyone really takes race and culture seriously. For example, they'll attend a Diwali (Indian festival) event and claim how much they love Indian food, but this says nothing to me or how they actually respect other cultures. Now, I'm not going to pick on my white friends (since my white friends are pretty cool and we respect each other's culture), however I will pick on the fact that most of the people in my program are white. I feel like they are so privileged at times that it is extremely difficult for them to look at culture and race on a deeper level. This does not make me angry at all (I won't ignore the fact that I'm privileged in many ways too) and I know I'm probably over generalizing, but they could at least see my point of view on things. For example, one of the guys in our program has lived in Bangladesh for a few months and always says how nice the people were to him and how rude Americans are in comparison. This guy is a straight, white male---so of course everyone was going to be nice to him so they can sell stuff to him at a high price (which is usually the case)! It would be a completely different story if I went to Bangladesh (as a person of southeast Asian decent and a female). I'm not saying that Bengalis are not nice people, but this guy completely ignores the fact that almost wherever he goes, he will have people look up to him somehow because of his gender and race. Yet, when I open my mouth to comment, he just shouts at me and others flock in to protect him. It's really a disgrace, I had such high hopes for this program and I was looking forward to making new friends, assuming that they had an open mind on race and culture which could hopefully enable intellectual conversations on that topic. Although I have learned a lot (and I do like my professors), but I found myself making friends outside of my program for intellectual stimulation who truely understand race and culture. Oh, he also claims that Bangladesh and India are the same thing.

I'm also a minority in my department (of southeast asian decent). However, my department deals with international development education and I would think that the students in it would be more sensitive to others from different cultures. I have painfully realized that this is not the case and found myself in deep disappointment. For example, one of the students (who unfortunately has lived abroad, but is still ignorant of the world around him---yes, that can happen!) makes offensive comments like "The British made India a better country." Although I was not born in India, but I know that the statement is just plain wrong. Nonetheless, the other students in the department defend him and I feel like they make the whole idea of international development ed. a joke. I also feel like my opinions are never allowed and that I'm only allowed to be that quiet, bookish asian kid who just goes along with anything. Furthermore, they get slightly offended if I don't want to hang out with them. Why do I want to hang out with a group of people if my opinions aren't valued?

Mine is a ThinkPad E420s, with a 14" screen...I like it because its light and its easy to take with me, but its not too small either. The only think I don't like is the mousepad.

What kind of behavior are you emphasizing on?

Thanks everyone! I think the situation is getting better. I have spoken to an undergraduate in the classroom about how she feels the professor treats me and the undergraduate told me that she just thinks she treats me differently because I am a graduate student. Anyways, I just think I am not too fond of this professor in general but I do think she is warming up to me since I do prove myself to be hard-working from time to time. As lewin00 noted, she does not have to be my friend so I should not take it too personally. Honestly, I am not a pansy or anything, but I guess (as silly as it sounds) I really do hate being in a class only with undergraduates and have the students look at you as if you're the most ancient thing that ever existed. This didn't bother me at the beginning of the semester since I was more motivated to learn about my field, but as the semester is going by, her class just increases my anxiety level. However, I am taking another undergraduate level class with younger students and I do not feel that way at all. This could be because the professor actually encourages me to share my teaching experiences with the class and acknowledges me as an adult. Anyways, I'll get over it. Also, the semester will be over in less than a month, which is definitely something to look forward to!

I'm currently at the university library studying for mid-terms for a class where I think the professor treats me unfairly as compared to the other students. This has been bothering me for a long time and I keep on second-guessing myself. Maybe I am overreacting? Maybe I am reading into things too much? However, whenever I do second-guess myself, she somehow reaffirms my biases in class. Here is the background story: I am currently a graduate student getting my master's degree in education, mainly in science education. Unfortunately our university took away the graduate program for science education, so I have to take some undergraduate courses in that area. The professor that I currently have is one of the main advisors for the science education program. Before I signed up for classes for Spring 2012, I planned to go to her for advice on signing up for classes. Now, I don't really believe that first impressions are everything, but I am beginning to believe it after the way she treats me. During our first meeting, she asked me why I was interested in science education. I told her my story (that I have a B.S. in chemistry and found my passion for teaching when I went abroad for a year to teach English), but then she kept on rudely interrupting me saying stuff like "we don't joke around here, this is serious stuff..." I had no idea I was joking in the first place, but okay. Then, as she was making me nervous, I mentioned that I wanted to get quality "training," which then she interrupts me again and says "we don't use that word here." At that moment, I thought somebody was pulling a mean prank on me. What did I do to deserve this? America could benefit from quality science teachers and she's just pushing them away (or maybe she just automatically assumed that I was not going to be 'quality'). Anyways, I was turned off by her highly judgmental nature towards me but I did need her to help me on picking out classes which she did and she unenthusiastically recommended me to take one of her classes. I decided to take her undergraduate level class because I thought that her judgement of me might just be her passion for science education and that I could learn a lot of valuable lessons in her class. She is passionate, but we have only 5 students in the class and she really picks on me. Whenever I have something to say in the class, she doesn't look directly at me and looks at others for input. She does not do the same thing when another person speaks. Usually, when another person talks, she looks directly at them and smiles at what they're saying and prods them. The things that I say in class aren't complete rubbish. She'll kindly tend to a bubbly blonde girl's personal story in class, but ignore my feedback on the readings or responses to her questions. I'm 27 years old in a class of 20 year olds, not that age should matter, but she really does make me feel like crap. Two weeks ago, we turned in a paper that I made a 95 on and she was being nice to me in class and complimented me on my writing style. After that she tried to see what work I had been doing on this project that we have to do in class. Our assignment for that day was to pick out two articles on our topic. I showed her my two articles and I told her that I didn't really delve into one of them as deeply, which then she quickly shrugs me off and says "well you need to..." She is fine in this regard to slightly scold for not doing my work in-depth, but if the other classmates had done what I did, she would be more gentle on them. I could say that it is probably because they are undergraduates and so she feels that they are more easily excused right? Well, she still continues to treat me like crap because of that one incidence after my stellar paper. I can't stand this anymore and I am kind of getting depressed. Her class has been discouraging me from actually having the energy to study for her mid-term or doing her readings. Should I talk to her about this and let her know how I feel? I don't know if she realizes how she treats me. She seems to only like those that act a certain way, which shows her lack of adaptability towards diverse personalities. She also did help me get my current job position at the university (it's a research project that she is part of). I am thankful to her for this, but I still don't know why she continues to treat me the way she does. What do you guys think I should do?