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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:26 am Post subject: MA TESOL - Columbia, Teacher's College |
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Has anyone participated in this program or know someone who has? I am working on my application for Fall 2010... Any comments or information would be greatly appreciated. |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 1337 Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: MA TESOL - Columbia, Teacher's College |
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scintillatestar wrote: |
Has anyone participated in this program or know someone who has? I am working on my application for Fall 2010... Any comments or information would be greatly appreciated. |
I haven't participated in the MA Tesol program but Columbia Teacher's College is supposed to be one of the top teacher training schools in the US. |
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:04 am Post subject: |
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scintillatestar,
I sent you a PM.
Regards,
fat_chris |
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Molson
Joined: 01 May 2009 Posts: 137 Location: China
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, it is an outstanding school. I applied for the MA in Teaching English program. I hope I get in. I am already a certified teacher though. |
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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Hey - this thread is probably dead already - but I found out on Wednesday that I was accepted! Best of luck to the poster above. |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 1337 Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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scintillatestar wrote: |
Hey - this thread is probably dead already - but I found out on Wednesday that I was accepted! Best of luck to the poster above. |
And also to you! |
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Molson
Joined: 01 May 2009 Posts: 137 Location: China
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:38 am Post subject: |
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scintillatestar wrote: |
Hey - this thread is probably dead already - but I found out on Wednesday that I was accepted! Best of luck to the poster above. |
Congratulations!
I won't find out until the end of the month or April due to their spring break.
How many credits is the MA TESOL? I think the one I applied for is 34 which equals a lot of money at 1200ish dollars a credit. |
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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:29 am Post subject: |
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The one I am doing is 38-39 credits, but certification is a bit extra. I think the per point tuition is $1127. At NYU it is $1203 at 44 credits for the same degree - even more pricey... |
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NYCESOL11211
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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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OK...I am glad that I am declining NYU then. Hunter is a lot cheaper and allows for the opportunity to teach under an internship certificate before graduation. I am not sure if the other schools allow that, but I will look into it. I don't want to stay in NYC, though, so Columbia's name recognition might be helpful. Do you know anything about the TESOL program at UPenn? |
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NYCESOL11211
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Without knowing anything about UPenn, I believe it would be a great opportunity, if for no other reason than name recognition. But I'm sure the program is excellent.
Hunter would be a solid choice, but I wouldn't be swayed by their internship. Wherever you go, at least in New York City, you should have plenty of chances for part-time ESL work. I'm at a CUNY school, and in my four semesters I've taught grammar workshops (as a TA), community-based ESOL classes, for-credit freshman composition courses, and even world humanities. Most of that teaching experience has come at CUNY campuses, including my own. I didn't start graduate school with much of a teaching background--just a year teaching in South Korea, so if I can get those jobs, any other graduate students should as well. |
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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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I did accept at Columbia and am very excited! As a plus, I love the campus, too. NYU is in a cool area, but it doesn't really have a campus.
Hopefully it won't take me more than three semesters to finish the program. I don't think I can take too many more NYC winters.
Thanks for all your comments! |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 1337 Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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scintillatestar wrote: |
I did accept at Columbia and am very excited! As a plus, I love the campus, too. NYU is in a cool area, but it doesn't really have a campus.
Hopefully it won't take me more than three semesters to finish the program. I don't think I can take too many more NYC winters.
Thanks for all your comments! |
How does one "accept at" a university, particularly when it's the university that decides whether or not to accept one as a student? |
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scintillatestar
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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They offer you a place and you can accept or decline their offer. |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 1337 Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:31 am Post subject: |
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scintillatestar wrote: |
They offer you a place and you can accept or decline their offer. |
That still doesn't explain "accept at." Besides, I don't know of any college/university that's just going to blindly come up to someone and offer him a place there. One generally must first apply and then the college/university decides whether or not to accept you; then you decide whether you're going to follow through on your application by actually attending or if you've changed your mind and decided you didn't want to go there after all.
Anyway, I wish you well at Columbia and New York City winters are fairly tame (okay, that huge storm a number of weeks ago was a fluke). |
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