Graduate Record Examination

Master of Science in Education. My personal motivations for studying at Penn GSE are mainly based on professional growth factors since I am sponsored, by a Mexican governmental institution, to study in a top university in the U.S.; therefore, my graduate studies opportunities were limited to a specific country and institutions compared to my interlocutors. Regarding overseas former educational experiences, they were international exchange program and not for completing a whole degree. In…

your field?” He emphasized the importance of planning ahead, and making sure that graduate school was a goal to keep in mind. He stated that a psychology degree can get a job. However, the most fun and interesting careers in this field requires graduate degrees. “If you’re going to do it, you 're pretty much going to have to go to graduate school. It’s okay for jobs, but it is not great for jobs without the graduate stuff.” He stated that many people he has seen at City College are…

Dawn does not only benefit the children at St. Jude, but also the students involved in the organization as well by offering them insight about what it’s like to experience cancer, job opportunities, and a step ahead of other students applying for graduate…

one issues we have in schools are all the pointless classes we are forced to take instead of taking the right classes we need to know when we graduate high school and go off on our own. Why are we being taught these classes when we are not going to use them in our lives in the future it is a waste of time and knowledge there is simply no point. When we graduate high school and go off on our own lots of students have to figure things out on their own it has been said many times it would have…

Color doesn’t define character, but ethnicity. Ethnicity doesn’t define religion, and religion doesn’t define character. A concept is not understood, even in a country of immigrants. The world has become conjoined but concurrently separate. With ethnic cliques and racism as active as ever due to recent events, it seems that anybody who isn’t of the same color, can’t be of the same social standard. Cultures, people, and geography interest me more than a textbook with some words and pictures…

bilingual experience. He was born in Sri Lanka, where he lived and studied until he left to continue his graduate studies in the United States. It was during his early years that he began studying English. His parent spoke English, rather than their native Tamil when they did not want their son to know what they were talking about. Later, he studied in the United States as a graduate student, and eventually became an English Professor in the University of Jaffna. Growing up in a…

Becoming Who I am Supposed to Be As a student at Sonoma State University, I decided to declare my major in human development because it covers a broad range of subjects like psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Then, at the end of my junior year in college, I decided to declare a minor in early childhood studies. To complete the early childhood studies minor, I have taken classes that teach concepts such as child development and how to assess the different behavioral patterns and the stages…

The Great Recession had left me bewildered, confused and not really knowing what to do with myself. I had lost my decent paying job and my savings along with it. It was in 2010 that I had lucked into a job with a local non-profit after being unemployed for quite some time. I loved the work even though my position was mostly relegated to office duties. It was during this time I decided I wanted to pursue an education in social work. This wasn’t going to be easy for a single mother with two…

It was a cold, brisk winter day in February. I was on my second visit to West Virginia University to determine if this was the school that I belonged to. However, this time was different than my last visit. I would be meeting with the Faculty Advisor for my major, Human Nutrition and Foods. This would be my make or break moment to whether or not I would be attending the school. When I met with my advisor Professor Adam Burda, I knew there was an immediate connection. While we were conversing,…

ATM machine spitting out money, would you take the money or simple walked passed. The results of this decision are more crucial and frankly quite obvious. However, with school work Abdolmohammadi and Baker (2008) found that more than a fifth of graduate…