<p>I’m a Japanese Studies major with a Korean Studies minor in my junior year (soon to be senior year, yikes!) and I’m looking into Masters TESOL Programs. I’m looking to teach overseas once I graduate, but my university’s program for TESOL has “Rolling Admissions” and so I don’t understand when to apply… I’ve also studied abroad a lot (2 years), will that look good to a grad school admission committee?</p>
<p>Rolling admissions means that as soon as the application is open, they will start accepting students and letting them know as soon as possible. They will continue to do this until the class is filled.Applying at the earliest possible time gives you the best chance of admission, and you will get a decision sooner.</p>
<p>How do I know when the earliest possible time is? There’s nothing listed on my school’s (UAlbany’s) website other than that they are rolling admission. Also, I’m currently on study abroad and won’t be back in the states until late June and I’ve been on study abroad for so long I have only one professor that remembers me/ that I keep in contact with and I’ve just recently been informed he’s leaving after the current semester. What can I do about letters of recommendation?</p>
<p>The start of admissions for the Fall of 2015 is likely to be late December at the earliest. Universities with rolling admissions are still working on fall 2014 now and they won’t really start considering applications for fall 2015 until the beginning of calendar 2015 for the most part. If you get your application in by January 1, 2015, you should be fine. This will give you time to get some more letters of reference in place.</p>