Hi Everyone! I am applying to the PhD programs at HGSE with the EdM Referral. Here are my stats, so excited to have found this form!
Program/Concentration: PhD (Education Policy, Culture, Institutions, and Society)
GRE: Have not taken, not planning to take.
Work experience: 4 years of experience working in summer camps and after-school kids clubs. 1 year of an internship at a T1 school in a play lab. 2 years of experience as a Teaching Consultant, 6 month internship with the U.S. Department of Education
Undergrad: BA in English Literature with a Bachelor of Philosophy and an Honors Degree
Undergrad GPA: 3.975
Research: Several articles were published by undergraduate institutions on teaching strategies, 1-year experience with research on the special education hiring process in my area, and 3 months of experience with adolescents who live around violence in their neighborhoods. 4 months of experience with the effect literature has on the development of children.
LORs: 1 from a TRIO SSS advisor who I have worked with closely as an ambassador, TA, and with the creation of an education club at my university, 1 from a professor and mentor who I have had a class with and have worked on research with, and one from my boss where I work in the university's center for teaching and learning.
Other info: I am an undergraduate student who will be graduating this upcoming spring and will be graduating a year early. Worried that might be a negative on my application.