Graduate School?

[trojangal]

I got my official MAT scores and was pleasantly surprised after seeing "real numbers" and percentiles.

Got 93% and 94% respectively on the percentiles!


Was so excited about that!

Hooray!

[AUDeltaGam]

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I will be attending ...in the fall for School Counseling!

[squirrely girl]

congrats AUDeltaGam! great school!

-marissa

[breathesgelatin]

I will be attending the University of Texas at Austin next year!!

[epchick]

I'm *hopefully* going to Graduate school...but i still have AT LEAST 2 years left til i get my bachelors.

If all goes well, i'll either be attending Michigan State or University of Illinois- Chicago. But i'm prayin for MSU.

I dont think i have to take any tests though, i'm going to be attending the Forensic Science program there...so hopefully i wont have to take any tests.

[Private I]

Grad school-starting next January at FSU, hopefully! I'm taking the GRE right after the summer. I decided to combine both my undergrad degree's (Russian & East European Studies/Latin American and Caribbean Studies) and just do International Affairs.

[AchtungBaby80]

I got into my grad program! I start next month.

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
I got into my grad program! I start next month.

I just got into mine too! I start month after next. Whew! I got nervous for a second. Now I just hope that I'm making right decision of not considering other schools.

[jubilance1922]

Originally posted by epchick
I'm *hopefully* going to Graduate school...but i still have AT LEAST 2 years left til i get my bachelors.

If all goes well, i'll either be attending Michigan State or University of Illinois- Chicago. But i'm prayin for MSU.

I dont think i have to take any tests though, i'm going to be attending the Forensic Science program there...so hopefully i wont have to take any tests.

If you going for an advanced degree, most schools require at least the general GRE. I doubt that MSU would require no testing at all.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
My company paid for mine.........

And I left a few months after I finished.

You didn't get into a binding contract because of it? Wow. I'm not sure I would even have the guts to do that, but kudos I guess.

If anyone can tell me what type of grad school to go to, I'd appreciate it. I can't decide.

-Rudey

[AchtungBaby80]

Originally posted by Dionysus
I just got into mine too! I start month after next. Whew! I got nervous for a second. Now I just hope that I'm making right decision of not considering other schools.

Yay! I was wondering what happened with that. Congratulations!

[Dionysus]

Thanks.

Higher Ed Administration

Also known as SPHE, SDHE, and several other things that I can't remember right now.

[Boodleboy322]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by XOMichelle
[B]Who out there is going/ wants to apply to graduate school? What program are you interested in?

I'm going to SMU next Fall to work on my MBA in Finance. Anyone out there an SMU Alumni or have any advice?

[BirthaBlue4]

Originally posted by BirthaBlue4
I'm planning on applying to University of Maryland, College Park for the TESOL with K-12 certification. I may also apply to the same program at American University, or Bilingual Special Education at George Washington. But I'm hoping for UMCP, its cheaper and closer. AND I don't have to take the GRE for that program!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Having certification in TESOL and Special Ed (which I'm getting now) and I'll be able to write my own education ticket. Especially in this area, with the large immigrant population (DC Metro). And focusing on Spanish, it'll be all good.

Ok, change in plans. I'm going to get my Master's in Education in Special Education from Grand Canyon University. Its through an online program, and you can do one class every 8 weeks, and finish in two years (right up my alley). Once I finish this one, then I'll do the TESOL master's through Shenandoah University, because that one is online too.

[AKA_Monet]

I have a MS and a Ph.D. in molecular genetics.

My entire 20's was "donated" to graduate school education.

Interestingly, when I look back on it, I probably should have applied to many more schools and taken the MCAT to get into medical school.

Why? Because NIH (all divisions) is giving more grants to MD's than Ph.D. in the biological sciences that studies human diseases. Folks are not interesting in curing, they are interested in profiting off the symptoms of an illness. And most MD's--as noble as their education is--hands are tied to even think of a preventative/curative treatment option... Most of it is "on the battlefield" triage system... And probably a lot of this may have to do with "Big Pharma" and the "biotechs"--easier to make a drug than find a cure.

(off my soapbox)

So, what to do when you grow up and have to find a real job in my field?

Well, either way, at the current school I work at, they are nailing the poor residents and post-residents to the cross. Barely allowing them to branch out on their own--that much. So they are influxing into my field they know little about but can develop skill sets relatively quickly. Then they hate us, the Ph.D.'s--saying our degrees are worthless--like, anyone can get one. Forgetting the fact that a basic notion was wrought forth a whole series on biological understanding by many of combined forces with MD-PhD collaboration...

ONLY one school combined the efforts of post-graduate degreed people. And I was fortunate to work there for 1 year. And the school was a powerhouse, with 5 nobel laureates in medicine or physiology, etc. and several National Academies members. No one person's perspective was disrespected...

It would be nice to get folks to that level at my current location. But I might have to go back to grad school Hell to gain appropriate qualifications. I dayum sho am not taking anymore exams, etc. So, it won't be MD or DDS. But, I can get certificates in other programs...

I am considering "Translational Research"... What do you all think?