Excuse me for the delayed post this week — in fact, the very topic I’m going to talk about in this blog is exactly the reason behind the delay. (I know. Excuses, excuses…) This word has been triggering many of our cohort mates but let’s take a deep breath, and exhale, and take a stab at it: so what is Policy Brief? Let’s start with … Continue reading Demystifying Policy Brief
I was thinking about what would be an appropriate title for today’s blog for a while, and the theme that constantly came up in my mind is time-transcending quality of this special weekend that we are having right now! This Friday, we were happy to have some of our dearest alums back in Philly! The Alumni Day kicked off with an Alumni Panel where the … Continue reading The Past and The Future Meet The Present
Last but never the least, we have Sydney Dinenberg from this year’s IEDP cohort to share her experience of working as Resident Advisor Graduate Associate (RAGA). Xiong, in his post about his journey to IEDP, briefly mentioned that RAGA was one of the biggest reasons he decided to come to IEDP over other options he had. Good number of IEDPers join the RAGA team every … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 4: Grad Student going on Freshman Year
Your dearest is back! Many of you know me as the person behind this IEDP admissions blog (and if you read Ale’s post, you also learned that I’m behind the Instagram account of the program as well!) and here I am to introduce you to another world of mine at Penn. I work at Family Resource Center as an Education Fellow whose responsibilities include managing … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 3: The most colorful basement you will ever be in
Continuing the fabulous discussion on on-campus jobs initiated by Ale (tbh, one of my favorite posts on this blog!), today we are going to peak into another cohort mate of ours, Ian’s experience of working on campus while enrolled as a full-time student at IEDP. Ian is working as a Research Assistant at App Inventor Academy and Teaching Assistant for EDEN 510 Educational Evaluation for Innovation. … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 2: Rocking the two worlds of RAship and TAship
In another life, I would’ve worked on Broadway as a stage manager. Or as an air traffic controller. Or as a dog show planner. Essentially, anything with a walkie talkie earpiece and a clip board. My GA experience is like that, but with emails, and a team of friends. I am part of a team of 7 IEDP GAs. Each of us has a specific … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 1: IEDP GAship
Here we are back with the special post I mentioned in the last post before the spring break. Dr. GK, Co-Director of International Educational Development Program, is the author of the guest post of this week, and she’s here to provide advice and tips for those considering to apply to the program. I’m pretty sure a lot of our readers might have dreamed/waited for this … Continue reading ‘Tis the season for Admissions!
I know. It sounds crazy but for those who are doing the program in a year and a half, it indeed is! For those who are finishing in a year, even less is left. A lot happened over the past seven months and IEDPers grew, with more insights about the program and graduate school experience. Just like the time when this year’s cohort reflected on … Continue reading Can you believe that we are already half way through our IEDP journey?
One of the most frequently asked questions during virtual information sessions, email exchanges, phone conversations, etc. with prospective students is “What does your typical day at IEDP look like?” And too many times we struggle to provide crisp answer to that question mostly because our typical days look all very different! It depends on whom you ask, on what day of the week you ask … Continue reading A Day in the Life of an IEDPer, Literally: How I spend my Wednesdays – Grad student’s life
One of the most frequently asked questions during virtual information sessions, email exchanges, phone conversations, etc. with prospective students is “What does your typical day at IEDP look like?” And too many times we struggle to provide crisp answer to that question mostly because our typical days look all very different! It depends on whom you ask, on what day of the week you ask … Continue reading A Day in the Life of an IEDPer, Literally 3: Snippets from my Monday
The International Educational Development Program 