jharpershub Posted December 27, 2018 Posted December 27, 2018 Is anyone applying for the Fall 2019 Urban Education Policy program at USC? How is everyone feeling?
FutureEdPHD Posted December 28, 2018 Posted December 28, 2018 I applied! I LOVE the program and hope that I get in.
OperationPhDforMe Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 It is my top choice though it is very far from home for me. I connected with the program so quickly. I've met Laura Romero (the admissions rep) a few times in person and always found her to be warm and inviting. She singlehandedly convinced me to look into USC. I would love to get in, but also know it comes at a huge sacrifice of leaving my friends and family behind.
FutureEdPHD Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 6 hours ago, OperationPhDforMe said: It is my top choice though it is very far from home for me. I connected with the program so quickly. I've met Laura Romero (the admissions rep) a few times in person and always found her to be warm and inviting. She singlehandedly convinced me to look into USC. I would love to get in, but also know it comes at a huge sacrifice of leaving my friends and family behind. It's become my top choice as well. They seem to be the most responsive during the admissions process and I'm glad that they release decisions fairly early. Do you already have some potential research interests nailed down?
OperationPhDforMe Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 7:39 PM, FutureEdPHD said: It's become my top choice as well. They seem to be the most responsive during the admissions process and I'm glad that they release decisions fairly early. Do you already have some potential research interests nailed down? I am honestly so overwhelmed by the incredible faculty they have that work in such niche areas that I am not totally sure. In my SOP I tried to categorize faculty into 3 main research groups but depending on which faculty they see fit to pair me with during interviews (if I get one) I will make a decision then...
jharpershub Posted January 15, 2019 Author Posted January 15, 2019 I applied for the Higher Education Concentration. How about everyone else? I saw on the results page some people got interviews in early December, so I'm kind of worried...
OperationPhDforMe Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 @jharpershub what results page are you referring to?
jharpershub Posted January 15, 2019 Author Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, OperationPhDforMe said: @jharpershub what results page are you referring to? https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=university+of+southern+california&t=a&o=&pp=25
FutureEdPHD Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, jharpershub said: Anyone heard any news yet?! Haven't heard anything yet but anxiously waiting! I'm pretty sure that this is going to be the week though. Hopefully we'll get some news tomorrow!
jharpershub Posted January 29, 2019 Author Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, FutureEdPHD said: Haven't heard anything yet but anxiously waiting! I'm pretty sure that this is going to be the week though. Hopefully we'll get some news tomorrow! Hopefully! The only correspondence I got from them was needing more info for financial aid.
PsychToEdu Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Is there anyone did the interview with the POI here?
jharpershub Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 33 minutes ago, PsychToEdu said: Is there anyone did the interview with the POI here? I did not. How about you?
PsychToEdu Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, jharpershub said: I did not. How about you? I did the interview 2 weeks ago with my POI for about 30 mins. He said there might be another interview, but I didn't hear anything since. I emailed him and asked about the follow-up interview and he said I should hear back in a couple of weeks. I'm super anxious now cuz this week's the week lol
OperationPhDforMe Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 9 hours ago, PsychToEdu said: I did the interview 2 weeks ago with my POI for about 30 mins. He said there might be another interview, but I didn't hear anything since. I emailed him and asked about the follow-up interview and he said I should hear back in a couple of weeks. I'm super anxious now cuz this week's the week lol Was this a formal interview invite? I have heard mixed things about USC regarding interviews...I am wondering if they send out a blanket "you will interview" email, or if it's on the professors to reach out. Either way, I'm 99% sure I'm denied. I'm trying to pre-cope but it's hard. USC was my top choice...guess I'll know Friday for sure.
jharpershub Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 9 hours ago, PsychToEdu said: I did the interview 2 weeks ago with my POI for about 30 mins. He said there might be another interview, but I didn't hear anything since. I emailed him and asked about the follow-up interview and he said I should hear back in a couple of weeks. I'm super anxious now cuz this week's the week lol Are you on the higher ed concentration?
jharpershub Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 Just heard back from USC, any good news for anyone?
PsychToEdu Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 7 hours ago, OperationPhDforMe said: Was this a formal interview invite? I have heard mixed things about USC regarding interviews...I am wondering if they send out a blanket "you will interview" email, or if it's on the professors to reach out. Either way, I'm 99% sure I'm denied. I'm trying to pre-cope but it's hard. USC was my top choice...guess I'll know Friday for sure. It was personal email from professor. Hope all hear good news!
PsychToEdu Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 4 hours ago, jharpershub said: Just heard back from USC, any good news for anyone? My concentration is educational psychology. I didn't hear anything yet. Was it a good news? I'm freaking out.
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