Development studies master

[yujunzou]

Hi guys:

I am now a senior in university of Maryland, I have received offers from: MS. in development studies in Oxford; Development practice in UC Berkeley; and I am considering the Phd in development sociology program in Cornell.

Can anyone give me some suggestions? Because I really don't know how to measure these three programs. 

I really appreciate your any advice.

[Dalal]

Hey,

Congrats on the acceptance! I too applied to the Development Practice in UC Berkeley but haven't heard back yet.  Did you receive the offer from Berkeley too? As for the other programs I'm not familiar with the programs but whichever you choose they are all strong colleges.

If it's fine with you and you don't mind, may you post your stats?

 

 

[scue]

Hi! I have also applied to the Berkeley Development Practice program but haven't heard back yet, although I emailed and they said they would send out results by early March, hopefully before. Have you both heard back from them?

I have also applied to the Oxford program. According to several rankings of universities for development studies, Oxford is placed above Berkeley (http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2015/development-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=) (and Cornell isn't shown, but maybe this is because they teach 'development sociology'), but I guess it depends on what you want out of it. If you're looking to continue studying and do a PhD in the field, Oxford would probably be the better choice because they offer a PhD in the area (and I guess the same goes for Cornell, although obviously the focus there is more on sociology - and maybe it might be better than Oxford because there are much more opportunities for funding in the US than in the UK, and a Master's in Oxford is extremely expensive), whereas the program at Berkeley seems to me to be more oriented towards actually going into the field and working in consultancy afterwards, as opposed to academia. Hope that helped somewhat...

Please let me know if you have heard back from Berkeley since I really want to know whether I've been rejected/ still have chances of being accepted!!!! 

[Dalal]

On 3/5/2016 at 1:35 PM, scue said:

Hi! I have also applied to the Berkeley Development Practice program but haven't heard back yet, although I emailed and they said they would send out results by early March, hopefully before. Have you both heard back from them?

I have also applied to the Oxford program. According to several rankings of universities for development studies, Oxford is placed above Berkeley (http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2015/development-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=) (and Cornell isn't shown, but maybe this is because they teach 'development sociology'), but I guess it depends on what you want out of it. If you're looking to continue studying and do a PhD in the field, Oxford would probably be the better choice because they offer a PhD in the area (and I guess the same goes for Cornell, although obviously the focus there is more on sociology - and maybe it might be better than Oxford because there are much more opportunities for funding in the US than in the UK, and a Master's in Oxford is extremely expensive), whereas the program at Berkeley seems to me to be more oriented towards actually going into the field and working in consultancy afterwards, as opposed to academia. Hope that helped somewhat...

Please let me know if you have heard back from Berkeley since I really want to know whether I've been rejected/ still have chances of being accepted!!!! 

Hey,

I still haven't heard back but I myself think I'm rejected so. Hopefully will hear soon and you still have a chance of being accepted or even wait-listed.

Good luck!

[scue]

On 8 March 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dalal said:

Hey,

I still haven't heard back but I myself think I'm rejected so. Hopefully will hear soon and you still have a chance of being accepted or even wait-listed.

Good luck!

I haven't heard back either so I don't think it's looking good, but fingers crossed and good luck to you too! 

[Dalal]

On 3/9/2016 at 1:56 PM, scue said:

I haven't heard back either so I don't think it's looking good, but fingers crossed and good luck to you too! 

Hey,

I was wondering have you heard back yet?

[scue]

15 hours ago, Dalal said:

Hey,

I was wondering have you heard back yet?

Nope, not yet! Have you? It's really frustrating that they've probably rejected me but they still haven't let me know so I can have that closure... 

[Dalal]

2 hours ago, scue said:

Nope, not yet! Have you? It's really frustrating that they've probably rejected me but they still haven't let me know so I can have that closure... 

No, It is frustrating. I know I'm rejected too but I just need to see it already.

[Dalal]

Just now, Dalal said:

No, It is frustrating. I know I'm rejected too but I just need to see it already.

I assume they just forgot to send it :|

[scue]

7 hours ago, Dalal said:

I assume they just forgot to send it :|

I received the notification that I was rejected late last night, how ironic haha