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  1. My GPA isn't all that much higher than yours (3.24 or something) and I got into NYU and Brandeis for MA programs. I had a really rockin' verbal GRE score, a terrible math one, and a pretty good analytical writing score. My SOPs and LORs were pretty fab. I didn't get tons of funding (but still, got some!!) but i did get in.
  2. I planned to apply to 7 or 8 schools: Columbia TC and Penn GSE were both super reaches and I though maybe someone would take pity on my SOP, but i didn't think I had a realistic chance at acceptance... NYU and Brandeis I at first thought I had an OK (but not great) chance of getting in- and then as soon as I sent them off, i thought about it, and decided my application was horribly, horribly weak, and i shouldn't have bothered applying... (even though I went to Brandeis for undergrad) Planned to apply to 3 or 4 more schools that I didn't really want to go to, but was pretty sure i'd be accepted to... put those off until right before the deadline, but before i had a chance to submit them I was accepted to Brandeis and realized I'd be so much happier there than at the safety schools that it wasn't worth applying... and then I got into NYU, which for a while I was sure wasn't going to happen.... So, in at 2 out of 4, out at one, and still waiting for penn, although I'm positive that at this stage of the game it's a reject; i'm kinda just waiting for garbage day to role around. ...So a month ago I was making serious plans for what I would do when i had 7 rejections.... and I'm in at 2/4!
  3. I graduated two years ago, moved to the south of france, and since then, i've been teaching to elementary school students. I don't remember how i ever sat through three hour lectures, took organized notes, and wrote papers longer, than say, oh, a SOP. And now i'm used to the french school work week, which includes Wednesdays off, two hour lunch breaks, and two 30 minute recesses during the day. And i also get Fridays off. I do maybe 1 or 2 hours of prep work a week for my classes, so once I'm done with my work hours, i basically don't have anything I have to do. (Yes, I am living the dream.) I'm going to have to relearn to be a student, quick. (and how to work like an American and not a French schoolteacher, dommage!!)
  4. Still waiting on Steinhardt- International ed. MA. I called one week ago today to see if I could give permission for my results to be emailed to me since I'm living overseas and am having some problems with the french post office. They told me to wait two or three weeks and call back if i haven't heard anything, but that decisions had been made literally that morning and that notification should start to go out Friday or Monday at the very soonest... (they told me they were not allowed to see or tell me anything about the status of my app...) I tried to make myself a netID and it gave me one after that phone call... didn't bother making a password and all that. I'm not relying on this to mean I got in, though, i'm afraid that my info is just in the system because i've applied and they've processed my app, so my name is in there, not because i've been accepted... Only time will tell, so here's to waiting another week or two!!
  5. Oh, absolutely! Senior year I had doubts about grad school- and I'm applying to masters programs which are two years or less... I felt like I couldn't do another year, that I was tired, and that I would burn out, even though i knew that I wanted, at the very least, a masters degree. So I moved to France to teach English for a year. Turns out I loved it... Stayed for a second year, and now I will move back to the states for my masters degree two full years after I graduated from college. I am ready to go back to school. I'm really excited about being a student again. I was not ready to do this last year or the year before. I'm more focused now, and I know what I want to study. I know I've made the best decision for myself. Consider taking a gap year... There are plenty of exciting opportunities in the world that are open to recent college grads.
  6. wait, so if we are able to make a Net ID, we're accepted? I wasn't able to yesterday, but I could today... Interpretations? (i've applied for the masters in international education)
  7. Called up Penn again to make sure nothing was missing... and I was told my application was complete, has been for two weeks, and is still in the process of being considered... Every time i call up I hear something new. My name isn't that common, but I wonder if someone with a similar name has applied...
  8. So i called up Penn again today (i'm a little impatient... hate the waiting) and asked if a decision had been made concerning my application status... it hasn't... because my application is incomplete? What? I called up Penn twice to make sure that my app. was complete with all LORs and transcripts and GRE scores, and it was, both times. Both these calls were made about two weeks ago (I call over skype, from abroad. This first time the connection was bad, but the woman told me they had received all of my materials- she read them all off to me- including a transcript from William and Mary, but i didn't go there... so I called back the next day to make sure there really wasn't a william and mary transcript. The next day, there wasn't.). I turned in the online app 5 weeks ago and immediately mailed out all other parts. I tell this to the woman on the phone who says, "oh don't worry, we have a 3 week backlog of apps, we haven't uploaded your file for review yet. We probably have all parts of the app but just haven't gotten to it yet.. it won't be reviewed for another month or two after that!" I asked her if she could make sure that there wasn't actually anything missing from my app, but she said she couldn't because she didn't have the actual file in front of her. Another month or two? well, i guess i can stop worrying for the next three weeks, although to be honest, i'm worried and upset that my application may indeed be incomplete! Maybe my GREs or an LOR got misplaced? I'm considering calling up tomorrow just to make sure nothing is missing...
  9. If they didn't want you at the school, they would have rejected you.
  10. Called up Penn today. I applied for the learning technologies in educations masters. They said notifications go out about a month after the application is completed, by snail mail only... My application was completed 5 weeks ago today... Now just to wait for the mail...
  11. Thanks so much- I don't think i'll be having anymore oversized rejection letter dreams!!
  12. lauraeli

    Brandeis

    I've just been accepted to Brandeis... not positive if I'll go. I'm waiting to hear back from 3 more schools- all of which I'd attend before Brandeis (unless I get some killer funding, which is doubtful, Brandeis has no money). All the rest of my schools are reach schools, though, so I think there is a good chance I'll end up attending. It'll be for the brand new MA in Global Studies. I went to Brandeis for undergrad (East Asian Studies and French Language and Literature), and loved the school. Even if i get rejected by my other schools, I won't be disappointed to go back. If anyone has questions about general Brandeisian life/life in Waltham, let me know... Edit: Got some funding and an assistantship! still haven't heard back from the other schools, but this'll be a hard deal to refuse!
  13. I've applied to IED, too... Still waiting!
  14. I just received my first acceptance -to my alma matter- Brandeis. I couldn't be happier. I loved Brandeis. I still love Brandeis. It's not my top choice for grad school- (it was going to be my fourth choice out of 8 schools... but i hadn't finished applying to those last 4 schools, so now i won't bother.) If i end up there, I will be extremely happy. I'm not going in for the same department- I was an East Asian studies and French language and lit. major, and i was accepted for the brand new Global Studies MA. Brandeis is a fab school and i would be honored to attend again!
  15. I used to have dreams about being rejected (the rejection letters came straight to the door of my bedroom, and were comically oversized...the envelopes must have been a foot wide) but since I discovered this forum a few days ago, I've stopped dreaming completely. Mostly because instead of sleeping, I sit and click refresh while looking at the new posts and results pages here all night. If there's nothing new, I'll go refresh my email page a few dozen times, then come back. I know I'm going to hear from schools this week... and now that this week is finally here the waiting is killing me! Also, I think I'm going to be hearing back from my reach schools this week, so I have a good chance of being disappointed. My safeties won't get back to me for another month or so!!
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