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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Well no program likes to be told their program sucks especially by someone seeking admission into it...
And professors, graduate students et al. have been known to contact other school's programs notifying them how this lunatic interested potential student wants to get into a graduate program... I've seen it done numerous times. Grad programs talk all the time...
So, since I work at a major University as faculty, I think I'd know what I am talking about on how to play this game and what it takes to be considered for admission to graduate school... Search my posts if you need to.
And I have gotten several people into Med Schools and Grad Schools due to my teaching methods...
GRE (as well as other standardized tests) are good and will allow you to knock on the door. But it is ultimately support by your department and all kinds of smarts that will retain you and allow you to graduate.
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I would certainly never tell someone that their program sucks. Anyone who would lacks manners, common sense, and people skills. I am unconcerned about graduate programs contacting one another about me, as I will not be a "lunatic" if and when I contact them.
It's great for you that you are faculty at a major university and very nice of you to help others get into graduate programs. I appreciate the insight in your posts.
However, the fact remains that I was simply asking if other people on this board had any insight into which degrees (an MS/MA and a PhD v. an MEd and an EdD) would be better for one hoping to become a professor. Your answers, as full of information as they were, were nonresponsive to the actual question that I asked. Other posters responded to my actual question, which I appreciate.
Neither did I ask how to get into a program, nor for an explanation of the pedagogical, research, or workload differences in the degrees. I am aware of the admissions process and what a graduate degree entails, as I already have one.
I simply asked what degrees (once I have earned them) would be more beneficial for a career at the university level. I will obviously do more research before I start the admissions process.
Additionally, I am aware that my GRE score is only one component of my application and certainly will not be a factor in retention and graduation once I have entered a program. I will simply use my score as a way to narrow my search before I contact specific programs. There is no sense in contacting Columbia, Stanford, and Harvard if I score in the 400s on each section. That is all I was suggesting about the GRE