UMASS or Kent State

[ANewGrad]

Hi So While i'm still waiting to hear back from Kent State (hopefully before UMass' April 15th deadline. which is a whole other issue. lol) I thought I might ask if anyone has ever gone to Kent for either translation or any of their language programs or anyone who's gone through UMass' translation program? I went to UMass as an undergrad and know a few of the teachers I would be working with, but I only know one of my potential prof's at Kent and very little about either program or what Kent is like in general. So any advice about either would be great. Especially if it helps making that April 15th deadline easier. Ugh! I will never understand why we have to decide so early...

EDIT: OK So I wasn't going to ask this but it seems that Kent -is- actually on the list of colleges that are bound by the April 15th deadline thing but their application deadline wasn't until "Early March" so I don't know what that means to my application.. Help?

Edited April 3, 2011 by Abryant

[newgrad88]

Hi So While i'm still waiting to hear back from Kent State (hopefully before UMass' April 15th deadline. which is a whole other issue. lol) I thought I might ask if anyone has ever gone to Kent for either translation or any of their language programs or anyone who's gone through UMass' translation program? I went to UMass as an undergrad and know a few of the teachers I would be working with, but I only know one of my potential prof's at Kent and very little about either program or what Kent is like in general. So any advice about either would be great. Especially if it helps making that April 15th deadline easier. Ugh! I will never understand why we have to decide so early...

EDIT: OK So I wasn't going to ask this but it seems that Kent -is- actually on the list of colleges that are bound by the April 15th deadline thing but their application deadline wasn't until "Early March" so I don't know what that means to my application.. Help?

I haven't heard back from Kent yet, either. Perhaps this is because their deadline is a little later than others. Have you heard back from them at this point?

[ANewGrad]

I haven't heard back from Kent yet, either. Perhaps this is because their deadline is a little later than others. Have you heard back from them at this point?

Nope still nothing. I'll post when I hear something from them tho. What program are you trying for at Kent?

BTW Update on my stuff: UMass is prolly ok with giving me an extension to decide though. Which is nice. (Also nice knowing the program head on a first name basis lol) If I went to UMass I'd be considered instate (there was some ambiguity over this in the winter. ) So cheaper rates. But I still want to hear from Kent too.

[newgrad88]

Nope still nothing. I'll post when I hear something from them tho. What program are you trying for at Kent?

BTW Update on my stuff: UMass is prolly ok with giving me an extension to decide though. Which is nice. (Also nice knowing the program head on a first name basis lol) If I went to UMass I'd be considered instate (there was some ambiguity over this in the winter. ) So cheaper rates. But I still want to hear from Kent too.

I applied for translation, as well. I still haven't heard anything, but I'll post when I do.

[ANewGrad]

Ooo! Which language track? I applied for German but I also work with Japanese. Are you trying to get a TA-ship/funding as well? I can't remember if this is one of the schools that automatically offers one or not. UMass I had to apply for a bunch of scholarships, which was fine.