<p>It says middle school??? Mine just says 6-12</p>
<p>Also rejected. Thought I knocked every aspect of the final interview day out of the park. What a disappointment.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who made it.</p>
<p>Rachel3355 - are you a math or related student? My d is also accepted as a 6-12 math instructor. She is a Poli Sci major.</p>
<p>I took one math class in college… I’m a science person. I have my Master’s in adolescent counseling and my bachelor’s in health education.</p>
<p>Accepted Kansas City Middle School Social studies! Anyone else get into Kansas City?</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in.</p>
<p>I didn’t get in, either. Thought I did so well, too.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted as well - </p>
<p>Just curious. I’ve heard rumors that there are two waitlist letters, one in which you are told you were recommended to acceptanced but placed in waitlist OR recommended straight to waitlist. Does anyone know about this?</p>
<p>That’s interesting… I hadn’t heard the different waitlist letters. I was recommended to acceptance, but I would assume everyone was who was placed on the waitlist? I’m a bit confused by the waitlist and am doing more research to better understand exactly why we are on it - especially because most of the cities I preferenced are given as more “flexible” options. Is it because they don’t necessarily have the grade levels we selected in those particular regions, especially due to extreme budget cuts and reconfigurations in those areas? Or am I simply justifying my placement on the waitlist, haha. Just trying to understand!</p>
<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I’m sure there are some people in the same boat as I am… waitlisted! I wanted to offer some advice I’ve gathered from reliable resources:</p>
<p>-Stay hopeful!!! TFA is an extremely selective process, and we are still in the runnings! I mean some 48,000 people applied for 4,500 spots!
-If you are open to more regions, make that obvious in the survey! If you’re in TFA for the movement, and do not have a serious reason for your preference, then add some new sites!!!
-As far as I know, there is only waitlist letter. From what I’ve gathered, we were QUALIFIED enough to be accepted (which is AMAZING!), they just need somewhere to place us. I know TFA is working non-stop to find new locations to place us.</p>
<p>Stay hopeful guys, May 2nd is right around the corner!!!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Wow, seems like a lot of people hit the waitlist, myself included. Think that has anything to do with this being the last deadline? Perhaps spots were already pretty much filled?</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that people on the waitlist are ranked. Any credence to that?</p>
<p>I was accepted to the South Carolina region teaching Secondary Math…did anyone else get placed in this region? I’m kind of nervous since it is a brand new region. Has anyone heard whether it is possible to switch regions?</p>
<p>I was accepted to South Carolina too. It’s not possible to switch regions, but I spoke to someone today and it seems like they have almost everything in order even though it’s a new region</p>
<p>I was not accepted; but, I believe everything happens for a reason. It is a very selective program, and I think Teach for America lost out not asking me to joing next year. But something better will come along for me and someone will be incredibly lucky to have me as an employee. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who received an acceptance! It is a very exciting time and I wish you all the absolute best!</p>
<p>Why do I have to suck so bad ?!</p>
<p>Congrats to those of you accepted! Anyone placed in Oklahoma? Wherever you’re placed, let me know if you have any questions. You’ll be hearing that a lot, but if you want another perspective, just shoot me a PM.</p>
<p>Going into a new region is tough in a lot of ways, and puts a lot of responsibility on your shoulders to be a good ambassador for TFA (since you’ll often be the first TFAers people meet). However, it also means that you have a lot of opportunities. It’s always pretty cool to be one of the ones who get to help pioneer the way in a new region!</p>
<p>To those of you waitlisted, I know a lot of that has to do with funding problems, and possibly waiting to see if new placements/regions open up. TFA would love to have you (as someone said, waitlisted people are qualified enough to be accepted!), and they are working hard to raise the money they need and get more placements set up. So don’t give up hope!</p>
<p>I am also wait listed, and am eager for more information. Has anyone heard about the San Francisco/Bay Area wait list? Any new information about the wait list generally? Of course I am ready to wait, and will still accept by May 20, but it is all very unnerving. And this wait list uncertainly is playing havoc on plans, no? Anyone else feeling the same way?</p>
<p>There does seem to be info out there for earlier years, but I haven’t found anything for this year. Of course this all has to do with the economy, and I don’t think it is TFA that needs to raise funds. I think teachers are paid by the districts that hire them, so if they have no funding, there are no positions. And 40,000 California teachers received pink slips… I wonder whether there will be any positions in California this year!</p>
<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>First, congrats to all of you that got in!</p>
<p>I also got wait-listed and to be honest, I totally cried. I had put so much on hold to get this response and never read or heard anything about a waitlist, so it was totally unexpected. It was just so…anti-climatic. I just finished a teaching program so am rare that I am already going to be certified, and I still got waitlisted. I am reading that this is more about funding than not being qualified. I have no problem waiting as this means so much to me, but I am hoping for more information soon. </p>
<p>Kelly :)</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted!</p>
<p>I recently discovered this discussion forum, and it is comforting to know that there are other people out there who have also been waitlisted for 2011. I have also been trying to find further information on the waitlist, but aside from what is on the TFA website and what they sent out in the email, I haven’t been able to find anything else. My recruiter did say that in 2010, 13 of his recruits were waitlisted, and 6 of them were offered placements. I’m hoping that means the odds for all of us are pretty good, I mean, if over half of them were given placements.</p>
<p>Bigturtlesrun, I was so happy when I read your post because I was wondering if there were any other teachers out there. I finished my teaching program back in December, and I know that teaching jobs are going to be pretty scarce the next few years, and beginning teachers are usually the first to get riffed, so TFA seemed like an awesome program that would enable me to work with students in need. My thoughts were that I’d be able to avoid the impact of budget cuts in Washington state, by going out of state to work, unfortunately, it seems that budget cuts are pretty nasty across the country. I do think that TFA is working hard to find placements for all of us, and I think it is just coming down to the budget cuts, which are forcing schools to have larger class sizes and smaller teaching staffs. It is good to know that there are other people out there in the same boat as me as far as being waitlisted, I was beginning to feel a bit lonely. I have high hopes that they will find more placements, and I think that it is so awesome that their are so many of us, from different backgrounds, that are willing to work together to help close the achievement gap. May 2nd will be here soon, and I want to wish everyone the best of luck!</p>
<p>My daughter didn’t get TFA but was accepted by the Baltimore City Teaching Residency. Does anyone know anything about this organization? How is Baltimore compared to other TFA locations?</p>