Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when youhavepoorundergraduate grades?

2008-05-21 Thread j. eric townsend
It never hurts to contact someone in the program, or the head of the program and just ask how seriously they take grades. Some schools put a lot of value on things like GRE / portfolio / work experience, but sometimes it is simply a matter of what the admissions committee for a specific progra

Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when youhavepoorundergraduate grades?

2008-05-21 Thread Alexander Livingstone
> Don't know if this would fly in the US, but here's a suggestion: try the Open > University. Interest or otherwise, what Caroline says is true! The OU is an excellent option. There's definitely some relevant stuff there - ethnography springs to mind (http://snipurl.com/29w3t - I'm going to sign

Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when youhavepoorundergraduate grades?

2008-05-20 Thread Caroline Jarrett
Hi all Don't know if this would fly in the US, but here's a suggestion: try the Open University. This is the UK's distance learning university. It consistently gets the highest ratings for student satisfaction of all UK universities, and it also has a high reputation academically. The point b