Harvard Ed. L.D. 2017

[WizCorlifa]

Hey, found this thread of similarly hopeful folks so I thought I'd throw in with you guys. I'm feeling practically useless this week since it seems likely this is the week that interview invites will go out. I oscillate between hopeful and pessimistic. Here are my stats, just for giggles: 10 years experience in public education in Texas (chemistry teacher, dept head/lead teacher experience, one year as college and career readiness coordinator), 3.95 undergrad GPA, 4.0 master's GPA, GRE 164 (verbal)/158 (quant)/5.5 (writing). If anyone hears anything, let us all know! I plan to call on Friday if I haven't heard anything to see if the invitations have in fact gone out.

[AppalachianAspirer]

Wiz,

You've got an impressive resume! Very similar to mine but better GRE scores. :\

I'm also in Texas!

When you call on Friday, let us know on here!

[WizCorlifa]

Anyone heard anything about getting an interview?

[AppalachianAspirer]

Nothing yet. Tomorrow wouldn't shock me. You still calling?

[YogiPhDbound]

Hey all! Just found this thread. Interview invites are starting to go out. I received an email invitation this afternoon. 

[AppalachianAspirer]

Yogi, for EdLD?

[YogiPhDbound]

Oh yea, my bad. EdLD

[AppalachianAspirer]

Congrats, Yogi! I'm going to keep hope up through tomorrow, I suppose.

[WizCorlifa]

I am planning to call unless I start hearing that all the invitations have gone out. Then I probably won't bother.

[AppalachianAspirer]

I gave in and emailed, Wiz. I'll let ya know if they contact me.

[JankyGuitar]

Congrats Yogi! 

I haven't received one either. If I do I'll let everyone know.

[AppalachianAspirer]

Hey guys.

After emailing with admissions, I can confirm that they have in fact started emailing out invitations, though they are not sent out in one email blast.

I think they will all be sent out by the end of the day tomorrow. It makes sense.

Hey Yogi, what day did they schedule your interview? 23rd or 24th?

[WizCorlifa]

Thanks for letting us know! I am trying not to lose hope prematurely.

[Sunshine State]

Hi-- got an email for an interview this morning.

To answer some of the questions on this thread:

You pick which day you want for your Interview.

HGSE covers cost of 1 night hotel and will reimburse up to $500 for travel.

 

good luck everyone!

[AppalachianAspirer]

Congrats Sunshine!

I am sure you are pumped! 

Gonna hold out hope until tomorrow afternoon, at which point I'll cry into my beer.  

[YogiPhDbound]

Thanks! 

Yea, to echo sunshine -  you pick your day for the interview

[AppalachianAspirer]

Really happy for you guys. Very exciting. From what I gather, they didn't do one "mass email blast," so I'm holding out hope that they may be sending some tomorrow. I guess we shall see.

 

[EdLeader]

Long time lurker, first time poster here, just wondering if anyone has been brave enough to call and see if they are done sending out invites? Is the consensus that I should abandon hope if I haven't heard by now?

[JankyGuitar]

14 minutes ago, EdLeader said:

Long time lurker, first time poster here, just wondering if anyone has been brave enough to call and see if they are done sending out invites? Is the consensus that I should abandon hope if I haven't heard by now?

I'm about to give up hope. I've heard nothing and the day is short now. Kinda sick to my stomach today. :/

[NOOB123]

 

14 minutes ago, EdLeader said:

Long time lurker, first time poster here, just wondering if anyone has been brave enough to call and see if they are done sending out invites? Is the consensus that I should abandon hope if I haven't heard by now?

 

I am the same. Long time lurker and first time poster. And yes... I buckled and sent an email asking if all had been sent out this afternoon, but I haven't heard anything back yet.

At least it's Friday and we can get a beer!

Congrats to Yogi and Sunshine!

[tgcaccount]

3 minutes ago, JankyGuitar said:

I'm about to give up hope. I've heard nothing and the day is short now. Kinda sick to my stomach today. :/

Please don't give up. I'm in the same boat (no acceptances, 1 waitlist) but I believe things will eventually work out.

That if I don't get into a PhD program, it just means that I am not ready for that stage in my life and got to explore / learn more.

[EdLeader]

Thanks for the responses, and congrats to everyone who got an interview!  This was my top choice program by far but I guess it's not in the cards for me this year.  Hopefully something else will work out!

[JankyGuitar]

1 hour ago, tgcaccount said:

Please don't give up. I'm in the same boat (no acceptances, 1 waitlist) but I believe things will eventually work out.

That if I don't get into a PhD program, it just means that I am not ready for that stage in my life and got to explore / learn more.

The EdLD is the only program I applied for. I have too many student loans already to find a program that isn't fully-funded and my interests are more practical, hands-on like the EdLD than academic. :/

Figuring that I just didn't have enough to get it done this go. :/

Best of luck to all. 

[NOOB123]

Hey all that didn't get an interview (yet?), myself included.

Just wanted to share that later that evening, I received an email inviting me to an interview for a really sweet executive position that I had applied for months ago. It's not Harvard, but just a reminder that there is other great stuff out there. 

I am with many of you in that I got a bit tunnel visioned over the past couple months, but that reminded me that we were all pretty successful without a Harvard degree and we will probably continue to be in the future.

Have a great weekend!

[AppalachianAspirer]

Janky, Harvard was the only one I applied to as well. Pretty bummed, but already thinking about things I could potentially do to maybe make my application stand out for next year.

I'm going to give myself the weekend to feel sorry for myself, then regroup.