Jump to content

chauncybellows

Members
  • Posts

    9
  • Joined

  • Last visited

chauncybellows's Achievements

Decaf

Decaf (2/10)

1

Reputation

  1. Yeah, I have a similar car dilemma. I haven't been to the campus in a while, and I'm wondering if there is free parking away from campus, i.e. the residential areas or in one of the supermarket parking lots nearby. Obviously not the ideal solution, but $81 a month seems too much.
  2. I got the same package this morning! Shocking no? Was not expecting that, especially considering the UC situation with budget cuts, etc. Anyways, congrats!
  3. Has anyone heard about fellowships yet?
  4. Hello all, So I have a dilemma. For a lot of the grad application instructions I see, most recommend one academic reference, one professional reference, and the last either/or. The catch is that this is the "recommended" route, not the "required" route. Now I could go back and did up an academic rec, but it's been five years since I graduated and I doubt they will be able to say something informative/interesting about me. I am debating whether or not just to forgo the one academic route, and go with really good letters from professional colleagues (two of whom happen to have PhD's.) What you you guys think?
  5. Yeah, I'm already working overseas in the middle of a giant network of international professionals, so the the whole going back to school to develop a network doesn't appeal/make sense to me. The thing is I got here without getting my masters first, and while its fine for the time being I'm thinking it will catch up with me someday.
  6. Well thats what I'm asking but I see your point. Mainly because I have a good job and I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it or not to return to school to study for a job I'm already doing. Think an online degree may be a good option to get a masters without actually giving up the job I have. Anyone else have recomendations?
  7. Hey guys/gals - Is anyone aware of any good online programs for International Relations/Development ? What do you recommend? Thanks
  8. First time lurker, long time poster...no, long time poster, first time...ah feck it.... So everyone nails their Quantitative. I get it. After all, it's the easiest part of the GRE, right? I'm sorry but why don't we call it what it is - the ability to master MATH, and by math, a set of definitions and rules, invented by humans as a sort of lens to describe, analyse and predict natural laws in the natural world, with greater or less success, and more success as time goes on (you could, by the way, same the same thing about Hungarian, or any other language). Useful, important, a great technical achievement - we should be proud of our species! But as an indicator of someones logical/critical thinking skills - I am sorry. It's an indicator of your fluency at speaking math. Quantitative high-scorers, set upon me! The gates are open! As you can probably guess I didn't do so hot on the the math portion (510 -610). Did alright on the verbal (650 - 750V). I've been doing a lot of research on schools in these forums and it seems like the Math far outweighs the Verbal. Obviously public/social policy and economics research requires some basic to decent skills in 'quantitative' areas. But does it so far outweigh the qualitative aspect? Last time in checked those running our society/making the decisions weren't necessarily the technical experts. Have we become so insecure of ourselves as a society that the only people we admit into our schools are those with these anxiety free quantifiable super scores? Since when is this the be all end all when determining a persons worth/ability to contribute to society? I guess I just want to stick up for the verbal. And I'm a little stressed out from studying the bloody math portion for the past three weeks. Which brings me to my question. Which schools, in your experience, value the qualitative aspect of an applicant, instead of bowing down at the feet of the quantifiable master, crying out with devotion: "I believe in you because I can see you! Nothing that is not there is not there!"
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use