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[schatzi502]

I have been reading this board for about a month and finally got around to registering.

Hello, ya'll! :D

I did find and read the previous threads on CDI so please understand it's not for my laziness that I'm posting this. The feeling I got from reading them was that CDI is not what it used to be. And so I'm wondering if the situation as described in those threads is still current or even worse, since some months have passed.

I have two offers, one from an SAT prep school and another from CDI.

On the money issue, CDI is lower than SAT prep at the guaranteed minimum level and somewhat higher at the 30-hour average level. At anything more than 30 hours, SAT prep's overtime rate is much higher. Are opportunities to augment one's income at CDI still as readily available as the previous posting would have me believe?

Aside from the money issue, I'm leadning toward CDI because it seems to offer excellent traing and quality teaching experience. Although I initially looked to Korea only as a relatively inexpensive way to deal with my recent relapse of wanderlust, I'm beginning to think there's a good chance I might want to make a longer-term career out of teaching in Korea. That said, would CDI experience be considered more favorably by other employers at the university level?

Also about this high turnover rate, is it that rare that a CDI instructor stick around for a few years??

And one last thing... just out of curiosity, how much higher is the higher pay an Ivy or top-ten school graduate is supposed to be eligible for according to the CDI ad?

Thanks for any answers, advices, comments...