Options for Ph.D. in Education

BCATeacher
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:19:25 +0000

Well I have actually done a great deal of research on programs and I have emailed some professors at the schools I assumed were huge reaches. I was just hoping that someone that had been in programs at their school could offer opinions as to whether or not my scores and experience would make me competitive. I actually created a list of 9 schools to apply to, 3 that I would be a lock but are not highly known schools, three that I think I would get into but are more competitive and 3 that I probably have no chance of (but then again I don’t really know, hence wanting to get opinions.) For instance, one of my middle of the road schools was Texas A&M University. I actually went in person to that campus to talk to the adviser for the Ph.D. program. I was told with my 4.0 gpa on the Masters and my work experience that I should aim for a 1000 on the GRE. I was surprised because I assumed that was extremely low for a Ph.D. program. Obviously I exceeded that. One of my reach schools is University of Texas at Austin (which I would probably apply for an M.Ed. to supplement the M.A.T. and allow me to meet and work with professors to better the chances of getting into the Ph.D. program.) I spoke with an adviser there as well, who told me they would not even look at the undergraduate gpa really, that the graduate trend would be fine but that they would like 1100 on the GRE, which I’m slightly below. Now of course I know those are minimums, which leads to me to think that at UT it is much more likely to get into the M.Ed. program first. The idea that I have done no research and expect someone to copy and paste a list of colleges for me is not what I’m looking for, I am just merely wanting other’s opinions.