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Hi all! Saw nobody had made one this year, so I figured we could chat about where we are applying. And hopes and fears and all of that good stuff!

I have submitted apps for UC Berkeley, Northwestern, and U Michigan. Going to also submit apps for UCSD and U of Washington soon!

Applied to Northwestern's HDSP program, but all other programs are Education PhD.

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Hi! I also submitted applications for UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, U of washington, Umich, MSU, Boston College, Upenn, Purdue, UT Austin.

I applied to curriculum&instruction or STEM education program.

 

Good luck!

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Hi everyone! 

Harvard: Education Policy & Program Evaluation

Stanford: Higher Education

UMich: Higher Education (Public Policy Concentration)

Vanderbilt: Education Policy and Leadership Studies

UPenn: Higher Education

UW-Madison: Education Policy Studies

UC Irvine: Education (Policy and Evaluation Concentration)

All are Ph.D. programs, and I am happy to share my stats/application materials as a point of reference. 

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  On 12/6/2024 at 9:07 PM, palebluebliss said:

Spoke to a professor on the faculty. Apparently future funding is tenuous. They normally only take 1 or two but def just one this year. Did you also apply?

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I applied to Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education program at Upenn. I have never heard about how many students will be admitted😭

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  On 12/6/2024 at 11:10 PM, jun_ said:

I applied to Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education program at Upenn. I have never heard about how many students will be admitted😭

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Thats awesome, I wish you luck. I am in class this weekend and also just found out that there were over 800 applications for this 1 spot. ouch... lol

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  On 12/7/2024 at 12:23 AM, palebluebliss said:

Thats awesome, I wish you luck. I am in class this weekend and also just found out that there were over 800 applications for this 1 spot. ouch... lol

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It is so competitive😱 Good luck to you!

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  On 12/20/2024 at 1:05 AM, loopsjo said:

Would love to hear people’s thoughts on contacting faculty. And if contacted - have you received replies? 

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I contacted before applications! I got replies from all that I did, and met with most of them. I think now I’ll just wait it out for interviews/decisions 

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  On 12/20/2024 at 6:24 AM, kd01 said:

I contacted before applications! I got replies from all that I did, and met with most of them. I think now I’ll just wait it out for interviews/decisions 

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I also contacted before submitting, but many of them didn't reply😢

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  On 12/20/2024 at 2:35 PM, jun_ said:

I also contacted before submitting, but many of them didn't reply😢

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I think that’s normal sometimes. One of my replies was that they don’t like actually talking to anyone and I have a few professors at my current school who said they don’t respond to anyone!  

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I also contacted many faculty across 15 to 20 programs before reducing my list to just 7! Many were happy to meet to discuss what they were looking for in a student and details about the program itself, or they told me they were not taking students or retiring. I also got lucky that the institutions that I am applying to have multiple faculty members with overlapping or related interests so if one faculty member was retiring, I could just replace them with someone else. Some faculty have personal policies of not contacting students before the deadline which I think should be the standard as it reduces bias in admissions.
 

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Did anyone notice that a Vanderbilt PhD in Education Policy interview request was posted in the main feed today? I find it incredibly hard to believe someone received an interview request on December 23rd, two days before the holiday break. I also noticed that they have never commented on anything else or shared their stats in the "See More" tab next to the thread (i.e., missing undergraduate GPA, GRE scores, etc).

I have been noticing this a lot lately (specifically with someone positing a Harvard interview invite two weeks ago despite them saying that interview requests will go out in January) and some people have mentioned that there are fake/troll accounts on GradCafe frequently, but what are your thoughts? 

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  On 12/24/2024 at 6:05 AM, JadedVGC said:

Did anyone notice that a Vanderbilt PhD in Education Policy interview request was posted in the main feed today? I find it incredibly hard to believe someone received an interview request on December 23rd, two days before the holiday break. I also noticed that they have never commented on anything else or shared their stats in the "See More" tab next to the thread (i.e., missing undergraduate GPA, GRE scores, etc).

I have been noticing this a lot lately (specifically with someone positing a Harvard interview invite two weeks ago despite them saying that interview requests will go out in January) and some people have mentioned that there are fake/troll accounts on GradCafe frequently, but what are your thoughts? 

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Hi! The Vanderbilt one was me. It came in an email today. I forgot to add stats, sorry! Current masters student with strong quant background, two years as RA experience. I don't know about the Harvard one though! I was also alarmed by that 

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Thanks for adding context! Do you know if others got interview emails or if they come in waves at all?

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  On 12/24/2024 at 6:55 AM, JadedVGC said:

Thanks for adding context! Do you know if others got interview emails or if they come in waves at all?

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No clue! I sent times for after the new year. It's with the program director and a professor (not my POI). I also applied to about the same schools as you (BC, UCLA, TC, and UT Austin instead of UCI and Stanford), so I will keep this forum updated mostly! 

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Looks like a Penn interview went out to someone today. Apparently, they are only accepting 1 student per program so congrats to whoever got it!

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  On 12/24/2024 at 7:07 AM, k101 said:

No clue! I sent times for after the new year. It's with the program director and a professor (not my POI). I also applied to about the same schools as you (BC, UCLA, TC, and UT Austin instead of UCI and Stanford), so I will keep this forum updated mostly! 

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which program did you apply to??

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  On 1/11/2025 at 11:32 PM, jun_ said:

how about other schools???

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Vanderbilt - Ed Policy
UW Madison - Ed Policy Studies
UPenn - Higher ed 
UT Austin - Higher ed policy 
UMich - Higher ed (pub pol concentration) 
Harvard - Education (EPPE) 
UCLA - Higher ed
TC - Higher ed 

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  On 1/12/2025 at 1:28 AM, k101 said:

Vanderbilt - Ed Policy
UW Madison - Ed Policy Studies
UPenn - Higher ed 
UT Austin - Higher ed policy 
UMich - Higher ed (pub pol concentration) 
Harvard - Education (EPPE) 
UCLA - Higher ed
TC - Higher ed 

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Thank you!! Good luck!!!

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