Year: 2023
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Surviving Winter in Cambridge & The Greater Boston Area
by Katie Filiakova, Ed.M.’24 Winter is coming!! Fall and winter in New England are gorgeous, and Boston has a lot to offer even in colder times. It is crucial, however, to stay warm and take care of your physical and mental health. With the sun coming out less and less and days getting shorter, it…
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Securing Strong Recommendation Letters
by Katie Filiakova, Ed.M.’24 Asking for recommendation letters can be intimidating. Some applicants will come straight out of their undergrad institutions and have professors who they recently worked with to write their academic references. Others will be returning to school after years of working in the field with faint connections to their teachers from the…
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Ed.M. Statement of Purpose Tips
by Katie Filiakova, Ed.M.’24 “Do I have enough experience to write a complete Statement of Purpose?” This was the question I asked myself in September of 2022 when I first started thinking about applying to grad schools. “How do I fit my entire life story into 1,500 words and not go over the limit?”, I…
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Higher Education Concentration in the Eyes of a Current Student
by OIivia Coffman, Ed.M.’24 Choosing the Higher Education Concentration was an easy choice for me to make. As someone who was working in higher education for a few years before coming to HGSE, I felt that I had a solid grasp of my role and specific department at my university, but that there was a…
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My Journey at Harvard as a First Gen Low Income Student
by Lirio Morales Ibarra, Ed.M.’24 In late March, one of my mentors and professors from my undergraduate institution flew out to visit HGSE with me. When I shared with her where I had gotten into the Ed School, she said, “LIRIO! You’re going to Harvard!!!” Her excitement was infectious, and until then, I had not allowed…
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Ed.L.D. Application Tips from a Current Candidate
by Brendan Chan I never thought that I would go to grad school. I prioritized “learning by doing” and I spent the first 11 years of my career soaking up as much as I could from the brilliant students, educators, professionals, and communities that I worked alongside. So in the fall of 2021, as I…
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Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) Program through the Voices of Current Students
Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program will prepare novice and experienced teachers with the skills, knowledge, support, and professional network to design and lead transformative learning experiences, advance equity and social justice, and generate the best outcomes for students in U.S. schools. We asked five of our current TTL students about their decision to apply to…
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