go to grad school

This is worth doing no matter your age or station in life. I earned a BBA in my early twenties and waited until I was over 40 years old to enter grad school. I earned a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) in 2006. If I had it to do all over again – would I? YES! I have always been pro education. Now I am a role model for my sons and other young folk. There are no limits to what you set out to achieve in life. If you can believe it, you can achieve it. With God all things are possible. Education will open more doors for you and take you places you may have never thought about.

I have decided to rework my personal statement. Hopefully this updated version will have more of an influence on the admissions committee’s decision.

Tomorrow I’ll take it to the writing center at my school, have them review it for errors, make any necessary corrections, share it with my career counselor, and drop it in the mail.

Ok, GRE’s done. Here is the timeline:

As soon as I get back to HN, I will narrow down my list of schools to apply to. I’m shooting for four.

Over the summer, I will work on writing my personal statement and tweaking it for various schools.

When fall comes, and schools in the US are back in session, I will contact my colleges about my transcripts and my former advisors about letters of recommendations. At the same time, I will obtain letters of recommendation from current employers, and former if necessary.

I will submit applications before I set off traveling at the end of October.

I received word from two of the programs to which I applied…both denied me! Gonzaga stated that I didn’t fit into their “matrix”...whatever the hell that means. Montevallo (my alma mater) said that my GPA needed to be “slightly higher”. They must think I’m a miracle worker…

Oh well, I didn’t really want to go there anyway. At least I’m still in the running for my top two programs: St. Ambrose and Dominican. They’ll be making decisions sometime in July and I’m feeling good about my chances!

I want to go to grad school. If anyone knows of a good media program on the West Coast (US) please let me know! :) Thank you!

I’m going because I want to learn. I’m going because the way things are make me angry. I’m going because I want to learn how to change them. I’m going because I know I’m brilliant and the world is waiting for me to find ways to fix the problems in today’s media.

Have an MPA, now going back for a Masters of Science in Urban Planning.

I got my Masters of Social Work at the University of Washington in 2008.

I took my GREs and did fine enough…that was my focus to take them..now I took them and …am at a bit of an impasse…I need to get my shit together and start applying to some schools!

I applied into it…pending 4 essays and 5 finals for my marks, interview is done. Now 3 months to wait.

I just found out that I’ve been accepted to a great program, and I’m on my way to getting my MA in International Relations! Now I just have to figure out how I’m paying for it… hmmm…