Graduate School?

[adpijonesy]

Originally posted by mullet81
I took the GRE this past saturday

i'm looking into a College Student personnel or student life administrator program

Mullet- good luck. I am starting FSU's Higher Education Admin program in the fall and I'm very excited about it- where all are you applying?

Sara

[Munchkin03]

I would consider taking courses for the GRE if you're in a field where the department offers fellowships based on academic performance (read: GRE scores and GPA). In performance-based or vocational fields, it's not that important, and some don't require it at all.

[amgn253]

I'm kinda in a melancholy mood about grad school. I got a letter back from my first choice school and I was put on the waiting list. Ugh. So I won't hear if I have received a position until summer. I feel so defeated, even though my husband keeps reminding me I haven't been eliminated from consideration. I'm upset about the wait, 3 months until I find out!!! I really need a masters degree to advance in my field. If I don't get in this year, I don't know if I want to reapply because applying is such a hassle.

I just don't know how to feel about all this.

[erniegurl00]

I'm going to IU (Indiana University) for grad school. My advice for anyone applying is to 1: take the GRE early on 2: double check the school to make sure they have ALL of your materials, even GRE scores (some schools never received mine) 3: don't sweat the GRE's (I barely broke 1000 but still got into 4 of 6 schools I applied to), and 4: don't give up if you're on a wait list. I was put on a wait list and a spot opened up. Also, two of my friends have just come off of wait lists to schools they really wanted to go to. Don't give up hope.

[Cluey]

I'm trying to figure out if I want to go away to graduate school or not. I received word this afternoon that I was accepted with an assistantship at one of the schools I applied to.

What to do... what to do...

[Bama_Alumna]

I was accepted with an assistantship at one of the schools I applied to.

Congratulations! What did they offer you?

[Cluey]

I would receive full tuition remission for my classes, as well as a little stipend for working 20 hours a week in one of the offices on campus.

This is for a student affairs / college student personnel masters program, btw.

[Bama_Alumna]

full tuition remission for my classes, as well as a little stipend

That's a really good deal. I would probably snatch it up! Is there a problem with the school or are you thinking you'll get a better offer someplace else?

[Cluey]

I am very interested in the opportunity

My only hesitancies are that the university is so far away and that I am afraid of being a poor graduate student. I am leaning toward just biting the bullet and taking a chance, though

[TN-TX ADPi]

Cluey,
Go for it! I am in my first semester of grad school studying Beef Cattle Nutrition. I am attending Texas A&M, which is 13 hours away from my home in Tennessee. I was hesistant at first because it is a long way from home, plus I didn't know anyone here, but in no time at all I had met a ton of people. I know I would have regretted not coming because of being a little afraid. I'm on assistantship, however here at A&M, tuition is not waived for ANYONE... the key is budgeting- you'll be fine! Don't let a little fear get in the way. You'd be suprised at how much stronger and capable you really are compared to what you think you are. Good Luck!!

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by Cluey
I would receive full tuition remission for my classes, as well as a little stipend for working 20 hours a week in one of the offices on campus.

This is for a student affairs / college student personnel masters program, btw.

That's awesome! I know that at some schools, student affairs positions also come with an apartment (for assisting with residential life).

Sometimes, I really miss Res Life and would want to go into Student Affairs.

[Cluey]

I applied for GAs with an assigned living place, but I'm kind of glad I didn't get it. I would prefer to live off campus, where I can legally have my cat and have my own washer and dryer. I hate lugging boatloads of laundry to the laundrymat. I've done it one time in my life and I don't plan to do it again anytime soon.

Yes, I am a brat. You may all laugh now

[mullet81]

Ohh Cluey! Congratulations!! What school are you debating over...?

As for me, I am taking a year off before i actually start my student affairs program, but i am thinking IU (my current school), bowling green, iowa state, western illinois, ohio state, loyola in chicago, university of tenessee, and grand valley state in michigan - i need to narrow down that list!

[AXOeva]

I'll be starting grad school at UNC-Greensboro in the fall for Library Information Science.

[Cluey]

Thanks mullet for the congrats! I thought about several of those schools that you listed (Iowa State, Western Illinois, U of Tenn), but I ended up applying to only two programs. I haven't made up my mind definitely, but I've sent out emails for apartment info. I think that has to be a good sign