hopefulPhD2017 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wondering who else applied to Vandy? I applied to the K-12 Education Leadership and Policy PhD program. Getting excited and nervous as we approach January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espeon Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I applied to the same program! This one seems to be one of the earlier programs to notify if you get an interview, so I'm hoping we hear something in the next 2-3 weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Good point @Espeon! Looks like interview weekend notices went out Jan 12 last year. Any idea how many apply vs how many accepted? I either did less research on Peabody or there was less information available, or both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espeon Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Not sure how many apply, but I have a friend who goes there, and her year, I believe they invited 10 or 11 for interview weekend and gave offers to 8 or 9 (the others were waitlisted). That's just for LPO though. Edited December 27, 2016 by Espeon hopefulPhD2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Thanks for sharing this @Espeon Seems pretty small to me. Interesting that only a few who go to the interview weekend don't get in. You must have heard good things if you're also applying! I don't know anyone who's attended. If you feel like sharing any inside info, please do! It'll pass the time while we wait for Jan 12. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashville0808 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 The LPO's Ph.D. program is very competitive. What I hear is typically they receive over 200 applications, invite about 10 applicants, and offer about 7 admissions. Since they have K-12 and higher education concentrations, probably each year about 4-5 are in K-12 and 2-3 are in Higher education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 32 minutes ago, nashville0808 said: The LPO's Ph.D. program is very competitive. What I hear is typically they receive over 200 applications, invite about 10 applicants, and offer about 7 admissions. Since they have K-12 and higher education concentrations, probably each year about 4-5 are in K-12 and 2-3 are in Higher education. Wow. That is super competitive. So I'm hoping that 195 or so of the apps were for higher education, right? Seriously though, wondering what ya'll think are the top reasons this program is so competitive? That's the same as asking why you applied, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashville0808 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 5 hours ago, hopefulPhD2017 said: Wow. That is super competitive. So I'm hoping that 195 or so of the apps were for higher education, right? Seriously though, wondering what ya'll think are the top reasons this program is so competitive? That's the same as asking why you applied, I guess. There are multiple reasons. In education policy, a lot of research is now highly quantitative and uses advanced causal inference techniques. This program offers rigorous quantitative training to conduct such research. Second, folks in this program, both faculty members and students, often work with researchers at the other departments (e.g., teaching and learning, and special education) within the college and schools (e.g., political science, economics, sociology, etc.) across the university. They bring in interesting interdisciplinary projects. They also work with the Tennessee Department of Education and publish a lot of interesting policy studies. Also, the program has many research-active high quality faculty members and researchers, who consistently bring in new projects with a lot of grants, which fund Ph.D. students and offer various research experience. For funding, across the departments within the college, Ph.D. students are fully funded for 4-5 years with a lot of additional grants such as travel grants, professional development grants, and technology grants. My friend in this program earned close to $40,000 a year including summer RA jobs, and by the time she graduated, she had a lot of saving. hopefulPhD2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokpala Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I applied to the International Education Policy and Management M. Ed. Program! Anyone else apply for IEPM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espeon Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I have heard basically the same things as @nashville0808--highly rigorous quantitative training, highly published and motivated faculty, interdisciplinary opportunities (which is cool to me at least in part because I also looked into the CRA program and may be interested in some collab there), extremely competitive stipends and funding opportunities, and then of course the opportunities in Nashville are just endless. My friend in the program loves it and has had tons of internship and research opportunities available to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugggggh Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I had a casual interview with two professors from Vanderbilt before break and they said that notifications for on-campus interview weekend would all be out by the end of January. I'm hoping I'm included in that, but who knows. I applied to Teaching and Learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 @ugggggh good intel! How did the interview go? Wondering what your take was... @nashville0808 and @Espeon appreciate you weighing in. I applied because of their work with TDE and their reputation in the areas of data and evaluation. Excited to see where this journey takes us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugggggh Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 @hopefulPhD2017 I think it went well. I sent them a thank you note and they sent me back a very encouraging update with the info that I shared above. Vanderbilt is my stretch school, so I was beyond stoked to hear from them, especially since I wasn't able to talk to any faculty before the application like I did at all of my other schools. I'm hopeful that I'll be invited to come on campus since my work is a really good fit with one of the profs on the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 @ugggggh That's awesome! Sounds pretty promising to me. I did not reach out to any faculty at Vandy. Keep us posted and good luck--I'm sure they'll be calling soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmcoole2 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I applied to Peabody for the Master of Special Education - Severe Disabilities and ABA program. Did anyone else apply to this program? If yes, have you heard anything yet? hopefulPhD2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espeon Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I saw on the survey results that someone applying to the PhD program for CRA has already been waitlisted! And if history is any indication, LPO applicants should know this week if they are invited to the interview weekend! hopeful_educator_1029 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 @Espeon good catch! Interesting that they're already waitlisted, yet no one posted that they've been interviewed or admitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeful_educator_1029 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Looks like a couple of people heard back from the Peabody today with invitations to interview weekend in February. One was wait listed! hopefulPhD2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 I see that! Looks like they're all from CRA but nothing from LPO. Anyone know if they all hold interviews the same weekend across programs at Peabody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeful_educator_1029 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 hour ago, hopefulPhD2017 said: I see that! Looks like they're all from CRA but nothing from LPO. Anyone know if they all hold interviews the same weekend across programs at Peabody? Sadly...I applied to CRA - so I guess I should have heard something today. hopefulPhD2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Crimson Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hi everyone! I applied for the Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership and Policy -- any other Ed.D.ers out there? I have yet to hear any updates from Peabody though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorsEd Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Freakout Question - I just checked my application status and noticed on the list of "Received" items, there's no option for my statement of purpose. This is for the Teaching and Learning program. Anyone else have this missing from the application checklist? I know I wrote one and would have definitely uploaded it before submitting. I assume it would have kicked back the application if it was incomplete. I'm just psyching myself out at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 @OutdoorsEd Do you mean the application checklist? Mine does not have my SOP either, just letters, GRE, and transcripts. I wouldn't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiL Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 1/1/2017 at 5:56 AM, cokpala said: I applied to the International Education Policy and Management M. Ed. Program! Anyone else apply for IEPM? I've applied for a Masters in IEPM too. All application materials seem to be in place. Can't expect to hear back from them before March I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiL Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 6 hours ago, OutdoorsEd said: Freakout Question - I just checked my application status and noticed on the list of "Received" items, there's no option for my statement of purpose. This is for the Teaching and Learning program. Anyone else have this missing from the application checklist? I know I wrote one and would have definitely uploaded it before submitting. I assume it would have kicked back the application if it was incomplete. I'm just psyching myself out at this point. Don't worry. Mine doesn't show SoP either. Just GRE, TOEFL scores, University transcripts and LoRs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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