jshap10

I applied to the Language, Literacy and Culture PhD and haven't heard anything yet.

By the way the big discrepancy has a lot to do with tuition but also because of my specific options in terms of living situation... the cheaper option would actually probably be under $15K of debt

Out of paranoia of university people seeing these posts, I don't want to get extremely specific, but I have been accepted for an MAT/Certification for Secondary English at several schools. This is probably a common dilemma: Do I go for the Top-5, Ivy League GSE that I will likely leave in around $50K of debt (maybe more), or do I go to the University ranked around #30 (in general rankings; they don't appear on the US News ranks of Education departments for some reason) that also has decent name recognition, that will probably leave me closer to $20K or less in debt? We all know that a GSE isn't Law school, so off the bat it doesn't seem smart to do this to become a teacher. Maybe I shouldn't be going with either of these options and find another way to get into teaching. On the other hand, I think I will one day be going for a doctorate in something or other to either attempt to be a professor or go into a principal/superintendent type position,, so the best school could put me in a better position for that. Really been struggling with this.

Or even anyone who was just accepted? PM me please.

I would really love to ask you some questions if so. Thanks.

This is kind of a late response, but I graduated from BU with a bachelor's in philosophy this past May and would strongly encourage you to go there. I don't know about the funding situation, but I found the faculty in the department outstanding. I took Continental Rationalism (a grad level class) with Aaron Garrett in my last semester, in fact, and it was a great class--he's a fantastic professor. Also, from what I've seen and been told, the philosophy grad students have a great community with each other. All the graduate level courses I took were really great.