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GwenWoods

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    2013 Fall
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    Master's in Journalism

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  1. I was wait-listed last year. I don't think they let me know about my status until the end of July, or beginning of August. By that point I had already accepted another school. So be prepared to potentially wait till the last possible minute. Kind of a crappy way to do things really. You pretty much have to turn down your other schools on the off-chance you get off the waitlist.
  2. I've been accepted to both UBC and CU-Boulder's program with full-funding for each. Can't believe it! I'm so excited!
  3. Yup, they do. It's becoming a new faculty/school of information, I believe. Just got accepted to UBC journalism with a full-ride scholarship ($10,000)!!
  4. While we're all waiting for acceptances, I'll start. GPA: 3.7 Undergrad: University of Western Ontario. Honors BA in media, information and technoculture, minor in geography, certificate in writing Awards: Graduated with Distinction, Dean's Honour List, Writing Program's Student Award for Non-Fiction Writing, three awards from my campus newspaper (News Staff Writer of the Year, Most Influential Story of the Year, Excellence in Hard News Writing), and Undergraduate Student Leadership Award from my faculty. Work & Internships: - Four years working full-time at a daily student newspaper, currently act as Editor-in-Chief - Internship at CTV National News in the Toronto bureau - Summer job at Ministry of Natural Resources Applied to: Columbia University of British Columbia University of Colorado-Boulder
  5. I applied to: Columbia UBC University of Colorado-Boulder
  6. Hi Graham, I'm willing to exchange with you Going for my MA in Journalism. PM me if you're willing.
  7. Applying for an MA in Journalism. Let me know if you're interested!
  8. I have a rough draft of a SOP for journalism I'd be willing to exchange with someone. PM me.
  9. I'm not sure if it's because I'm Canadian or because I'm applying to professional school (journalism) that I'm a little thrown by all the research experience/professor you wish to research with discussions I just finished my undergraduate degree at a Canadian university in media studies, and there was never any research done with professors in undergrad. We did our coursework—essays, presentations and analyses—but never worked on any big study. In terms of graduate school, I intend to study journalism which isn't a research-oriented field, so what should I say for my future plans at graduate school? Simply the type of journalism I'm interested in pursuing and my background in that area? If anyone has any recommendations on the structure of SOPs for professional schools, it would be greatly appreciated.
  10. I was hoping to visit Columbia before applying for the 2013 school year, but money is a bit tight right now and I'm not sure flying to NYC and back would be the best use of funds if there's a good chance I might not even get in there. Does anyone think that visiting this fall would be advantageous to the admissions process, or does it hold no weight? Has anyone heard of the admissions department reviewing who visited the school before? Ideally, I'd like to wait until after I was accepted and then check out the school immediately so I can make a decision.
  11. I was hoping to apply to Colorado at Boulder and Northwestern for Journalism, but I feel like I did pretty poorly on the GRE. I have four years of work experience in journalism and currently act the EIC of Canada's largest and only daily student newspaper, overseeing a $400,000 budget and 23 full-time editors. I have a GPA of 3.7, and have received a number of awards from my university. However, I'm prone to bad episodes of anxiety and ended up with a Q: 150 and V: 158. I would have liked my verbal to be higher, but accept that I generally suck at math so the low score wasn't a surprise. On the ETS practice tests I was getting around 166 verbal. Do you think this is good enough for acceptance/assistanships at Boulder? And I kind of assumed this would put me out of the running for Northwestern, but does anyone think I should still bother applying? It seems like they put a lot of emphasis on the GRE.
  12. I'm not as happy with my scores as I had hoped, but I really only need them for one school that I'm applying to now. I'm looking to do Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and while they have a verbal minimum of 60%, (mine is 79%) there's no quantitative minimum. I have a pretty extensive resume in journalism, especially for master's degree that requires no previous experience, and a GPA of 3.7, along with numerous awards from undergrad institution. Ultimately, I'm concerned that this could put me out of the race for a TA or RA position. Any advice or experience?
  13. I'm looking to apply for 2013 as well and have been extensively looking into all the American J-schools. You mentioned your lack of experience, but you didn't mention your GPA. Obviously that will play a huge part in dictating what will be safety schools or ambitious schools for you. In terms of SOP, yes, you should absolutely write it yourself. While it's not unethical to have friends and family look over your SOP for mistakes, having an agency draft your SOP I would assume is considered plagiarism and if discovered would lead to and instant rejection. Not to mention, if you're intending to go into print journalism, you should be able to write your own 500-word statement—if not, I'd recommend rethinking your career path. In terms of rankings, I've listed my observations on the following. 1. Missouri School of Journalism (Medium—this is considered to be a relatively good school) 2. Columbia - MS in Journalism (Ambitious—honest opinion, unless you have something over-the-top that makes you special, Columbia seems to want a lot of journalism experience, as well as near-perfect grades) 3. Indiana, Bloomington (Safety) 4. NYU - Arthur J Institute (Medium to ambitious—they also seem to want journalism experience) 5. Wisconsin Madison (Medium—one of the top ten schools in the country, but not unattainable) 6. Michigan State Uni (Safety) 7. UT Austin (Not sure) 8. UNC Chapel Hill (Medium to Ambitious) 9. Northwestern (Ambitious—you'll need to write two essays, not an SOP, as well as write the GREs. I've also heard not the best things for international funding) 10. Uni of Maryland. College Park (Not sure) 11. Uni of Florida (Safety) 12. CUNY (Ambitious)
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