<p>I am wondering what schools I might be able to have a realistic shot at for a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction.</p>
<p>I have a 4.0 Master of Arts in Teaching from Louisiana College and I made an 1100 GRE. My undergraduate grade point average was a disaster, I believe my cumulative was about a 2.2. However, I haven't made a bad mark in college since 2007 and obviously I greatly improved as a student once I entered graduate school.</p>
<p>I have taught since 2010 at an inner city charter school, working with a population that reads on average four grades behind and has 96% of their kids below the poverty line.</p>
<p>What schools do I realistically have a shot at with those numbers and experience?</p>
<p>Nobody can “chance” you for graduate programs. Doesn’t work that way.</p>
<p>You need to do research into programs that interest you, and talk with your MAT professors about the programs they have experience with.</p>
<p>Also, to add to this a bit, pretty much every professor I have had in graduate school has been willing to write a letter of recommendation. However, from my estimation, there is not much research going on here, I have not really had any opportunities to do research, so I’m assuming that will hurt me on Ph.D. applications.</p>
<p>I am confused by what you mean. Obviously I know that I cannot be told, yes you can get in here or no you cannot, but generally I assumed people with information on graduate programs in that field would be able to look at the mix of numbers and experience and offer an informed opinion as to whether applying to school A or school B would be worthwhile.</p>
<p>There are probably hundreds of colleges and universities offering curriculum and instruction doctoral programs. You need to get more specific if you want significant and meaningful answers.</p>
<p>Okay, what could I add to this to be more specific? I live in Texas but would be willing to travel, so my choices of colleges are not limited to one specific area. I want to pursue a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, not an Ed.D. I would like for my emphasis in this degree to be on Urban Education Curriculum development. I think I was fairly specific on my scores and education/experience up to this point.</p>
<p>You need to do research into what schools offer programs in your area of interest, look at their admissions requirements and financial aid policies, get in touch with professors at those programs and feel out the possibilities.</p>
<p>Nobody here has a list of programs sorted by any conceivable criteria waiting in a Word document to copy/paste into this forum. As a prospective graduate student, this is the sort of research that you need to be doing. If you have questions about the process, or about specific schools, or about how to do that research, this forum is a great resource. But part of becoming a graduate student is taking the time to understand how to apply to graduate school.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for someone on an Internet forum to tell you exactly what graduate schools to apply to, you’re doing it wrong.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The schools that I have researched and assembled to my list are as follows:</p>
<p>Lower end schools that I feel are a lock: University of Houston, University of Houston Clear Lake, Sam Houston State University (all of these only offer Ed.D. which I would have to take if I got rejected at all Ph.D. programs. They are also nearby, as my wife would support us moving for my Ph.D. but doesn’t really want to).</p>
<p>Middle of the Road Schools: Texas A&M University, Baylor University, Pittsburgh University</p>
<p>Reaches: University of Texas at Austin, Teacher’s College at Columbia University, Ohio State University, New York University.</p>
<p>Are these schools out of reach for my education and experience? I know their minimums but I don’t know the reality of it.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you should try retaking the GRE to bring that score up. If you’re just below the cutoff they’d like to see for UT, this may be one of the instances where it’s worth taking another shot at the exam.</p>