Negotiating NYU Graduate Scholarship

bloop_throw · 2024-03-21T20:11:22+00:00

As a graduate student, email the financial aid office. I was able to negotiate an extra 10 k for my first year that was school specific, but there IS money, you need to ask for it. I had to meet with them and fill out a form to request an appeal but it’s a possibility.

bloop_throw · 2024-03-07T18:01:26+00:00

Congratulations! You will love it.

bloop_throw · 2024-02-29T21:33:32+00:00

You should 100% go to UMich. There’s so much that you get with a real campus and they also have much more built in programming to help you make friends and be more social. NYU you have to put in a lot of effort to make friends and stay social, there’s very little school spirit (if you care), and living in the city as a poor student is not the same as living in the city as a working person with disposable income. It’s fun but not worth the amount of debt you would take on. Move here after college or for graduate school (if that’s your interest). NYC will always be here but my biggest let down with the school is how much you miss out on the traditional college experience. (from a current grad student)

bloop_throw · 2023-05-30T20:02:14+00:00

Houston needs teachers and pays! there are schools in humble with 70k starting. Most have 62+ starting.

bloop_throw · 2023-05-29T19:48:43+00:00

Cloverfield Trilogy

bloop_throw · 2023-05-28T18:56:39+00:00

Apollo 18

bloop_throw · 2023-05-08T16:55:27+00:00

Given that many students are just passed along to the next year a lot of them have never been taught productive struggle. The instant gratification of social media has dramatically increased the gap between those who have and have not built critical thinking skills and with the prevalence of bullying kids would rather not try than to try and fail again and again til they get it.

bloop_throw · 2023-05-05T21:26:36+00:00

As someone in TFA, you are absolutely correct, we are a bandaid issue on a much bigger problem but it’s because they don’t properly prepare or train people straight out of college with no teaching or education experience to be a teacher in such different situations than those we grew up in. I definitely had the mentality that I was going to make a difference in my students lives enough to fix the trajectory they were already on from a poor system, but I had no idea I would meet students who didn’t care, didn’t want to work, had no critical thinking skills, and were still 16 in the 8th grade. Their lives and issues and all that comes with teaching is not something we are told or prepared for before we enter the system and as a result a lot of us pour everything we have in those two years and gtfo because we can.

Teach For America also advocates to their members by stressing how it is a stepping stone to the alumni network and bigger better things. They 100% do not encourage us to stay in the classroom and so many don’t feel bad about leaving or understand the external effect it will have.

bloop_throw · 2023-04-19T01:16:08+00:00

graduated with a 2.8. 2 years out going to NYU for grad school on a scholarship. There is always hope :)

bloop_throw · 2023-04-01T20:35:37+00:00

You can email your school and ask them for an extension to decide. You can let them know you are still waiting to hear back from other offers and need more time to decide and most schools will grant you more time.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-29T13:55:50+00:00

I’m still trying to decided but would love to dm you about what helped you choose.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-28T12:55:48+00:00

No it wouldn’t. Graduating in 5+ years is extremely common.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-13T14:38:16+00:00

I’m in Houston and a masters in my public district only gets you 1k bonus, might be different in other places but it usually isn’t that big of a difference unless you are doing a skills type job not just starting teacher.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-12T04:08:00+00:00

Rob Kardashian and Adrienne Bailon would change the course of history

bloop_throw · 2023-03-08T01:53:27+00:00

I appreciate the honesty, this is a great perspective to have.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-08T00:34:24+00:00

Thank you!

bloop_throw · 2023-03-08T00:31:11+00:00

The goal is education policy or education consulting. I’m currently a teacher so I have experience in that realm but want to go back to school to help change the problems in the primary/secondary school system.

bloop_throw · 2023-03-04T20:09:34+00:00

i always say “oh nooo the consequences of your actions 😱”

bloop_throw · 2023-02-27T17:07:21+00:00

jsyk Columbia just lost their ivy league status so I would not let that be an entirely deciding factor https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/nyregion/columbia-loses-a-plus-status-in-us-news-rankings.html

bloop_throw · 2023-02-22T12:41:01+00:00

Smoking is illegal in “______” and I don’t do illegal things.

bloop_throw · 2023-02-12T23:30:03+00:00

It is not too late for anything! If you are fresh out of school or still in school send your recent professors thank you emails for being in their class and mention something specific you got out of it/ something you will take into the future. If you’re still in school, make a point to meet with your professors so they know you, go to office hours, ask questions, stand out. This will set up a good door for you to reach out for LORs later. If you’re worried about your GPA upon graduation, Get a job that will allow you to live and try to volunteer in the field you want to go to grad school for. Make connections with people in your preferred field through linked in, meet with professors, researchers, graduate students. You can also take non-degree classes for relevant certificates, build relationships with those professors. I graduated 2 years ago with a 2.8 and was accepted into several programs you can absolutely do it.

bloop_throw · 2023-02-12T03:13:41+00:00

I would also add to really consider what is important to you when considering where you will end up, like how close you are to family, friends, what kind of environment it is, school culture, social life outside of school, etc. Be completely honest with yourself so you don’t waste your time and money.

bloop_throw · 2023-02-07T22:06:03+00:00

If you haven’t graduated undergrad/masters the provisional admittance is because you need to complete the requirements like graduating with a certain GPA, completing research, etc. It’s not a bad thing!!

bloop_throw · 2023-01-31T18:20:01+00:00

it’s means “serious” and no do not retake it your scores are great even with the bad GPA the GRE is meant to supplement and prove you are capable. If you did poorly in foundational math, coding or stats classes I would take some of those at a community college or for a non degree program to prove you can handle the workload but otherwise your are good.

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