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thank you, hitomimay! anyone else agree with AERA being a good choice?

Hi all, I'm hoping to find some wisdom here on the forums about this... I am a grad student NOT in an education school, but my work is relevant and I hope to be marketable to schools of education once I'm finished with my degree. I'm in a cognitive science program and do work with the cognitive mechanisms of student learning (broadly put). I'm trying to figure out what conferences would be the "best" for me to attend, both in terms of being higher profile (when I apply to jobs in ed schools, I want the professors to actually recognize the conferences I went to, ideally with at least some esteem), AND in terms of being an appropriate venue for cognitive or otherwise quantitative research methods. ANY advice you can give would be really helpful, cognitive science is just starting to be seriously applied to educational research, and none of my professors really have any "insider information" on the workings of education schools. thank you!

if you get into Rice's PhD program with funding (that is better than the NC State Master's funding), the choice should be very easy... if you get into a PhD program but without funding, or poor funding, it could be better to get a Master's, and then re-apply to PhD programs so that you get into one that is better and covers your expenses.

well my anguishing is over--- in and going to JHU ! ! good luck to everyone else who is still waiting, and congrats to everyone else who has gotten into a program with which they're happy

funding comes after, although some schools you can take it for granted (b/c the funding is part of the deal)... but it basically comes after.

congrats, Triple Tall, that's excellent!

I didn't feel great after it, but I did get in, they contact me 2 days later--- buena suerte!!

any word from UMD?

UofC doesn't offer admission to grad students that it can't fund, and funding for int'l students is separate and more limited

I just realized--- both of the people who said they got/heard of a rejection from UChicago are international. so maybe they've only decided/communicated to those students.

accepted to Columbia (teachers college) for applied linguistics, although as a Masters of Education not the Doctorate. which is perfectly fine except now I'm concerned about financial aid... we'll see what happens there. but at least it's a concrete option!

how did it go!?

someone who is a current grad student there posted so on the forum a while ago; i got my masters there and i know first-hand that most of the other social science programs there have already made their decisions and invites. not sure what's holding them up...

yeah elizabeth, you seem to have happened to apply to some of the latest schools to announce! i dono what's up with chicago, they already met and made decisions allegedly, but have not contact anyone, yay or nay...

I have to teach during all that time on Friday, but Monday is a holiday so that's when I'll do mine--- buena suerte, let me know how it goes!