[nabs-l] Studying a Master's or other degree in the US?

[Karl Martin Adam]

Most=20graduate=20programs=20require=20you=20to=20take=20the=20Graduate=20R=
ecords=20
Examination=20(GRE).=20=20Because=20you're=20coming=20from=20a=20country=20=
where
English=20is=20not=20the=20official=20language=20you'll=20probably=20also=20=
have=20to=20
take=20an=20English=20proficiency=20exam--I=20think=20it's=20called=20somet=
hing=20
like=20the=20TOFEL.=20=20I=20would=20suggest=20you=20go=20on=20line=20and=20=
look=20at=20the=20
requirements=20for=20a=20couple=20of=20the=20schools=20you=20might=20be=20i=
nterested=20
in=20going=20to--most=20schools=20have=20pretty=20good=20information=20on=20=
exactly=20
what=20is=20required=20to=20get=20in=20to=20their=20programs=20posted=20on=
=20line.
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Gerardo=20Corripio=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2015=20Dec=202014=2016:50:57=20-0600
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Studying=20a=20Master's=20or=20other=20degree=20in=20=
the=20US?

=20=20HI=20guys
OK=20this=20question=20has=20been=20kind=20of=20nagging=20at=20the=20back=20=
of=20my=20mind;=20
I'd
like=20to=20return=20to=20the=20US=20to=20maybe=20study=20a=20Master's=20de=
gree,=20or=20
other
degree,=20and=20wonder,=20what=20tests=20would=20I=20need=20to=20take,=20so=
=20that=20my=20
college
degree=20here=20in=20Mexico,=20is=20validated,=20or=20is=20this=20not=20the=
=20right=20
list=20to
ask?=20I'd=20like=20to=20maybe=20study=20something=20related=20to=20access=
=20
technology,
maybe=20an=20instructor;=20I=20feel=20I=20have=20the=20qualifications=20to=
=20be=20a=20
good
instructor=20in=20the=20areas=20of
1.-Empathy:=20I=20can=20put=20myself=20quickly=20into=20the=20blind=20perso=
n's=20
shoes,=20from
the=20initial=20stages=20of=20frustration=20with=20the=20technology,=20to=20=
getting=20
the
hang=20of=20it;=20I've=20been=20there,=20thus=20feel=20I'm=20able=20to=20un=
derstand=20the=20
person
Psychologically=20speaking.
2.-Teaching=20Style:=20Since=20part=20of=20my=20psychology=20major=20focuse=
d=20on
Educational=20Psychology,=20I=20feel=20I=20have=20a=20teaching=20style=20th=
at=20
works;=20how
do=20you=20explain=20then=20that=20my=20technology=20podcasts=20are=20so=20=

well-listened=20to?
3.-Here=20in=20Mexico,=20I've=20wanted=20to=20start=20on=20my=20own=20being=
=20an=20access
technology=20instructor,=20but=20here=20in=20Mexico,=20because=20of=20the=20=
high=20
price=20of
blindness=20technology,=20the=20blindness=20technology=20culture=20isn't=20=
as
well-known=20as=20in=20the=20US,=20thus=20also=20because=20of=20a=20bad=20e=
xperience,=20
I've
been=20getting=20the=20idea=20maybe=20I'm=20not=20good,?=20nevertheless=20t=
here's=20
this=20bug
that=20itches=20to=20maybe=20have=20another=20chance=20to=20teach,=20thus=20=
maybe=20
proving=20to
myself=20I'm=20not=20as=20bad=20as=20I=20think=20I=20am?
So=20my=20questions=20are=20(I'm=20still=20in=20the=20planning/researching=
=20stage)=20
how
would=20I=20validate=20my=20college=20degree=20I=20studied=20abroad,=20so=20=
that=20I=20
could=20get
into=20a=20university=20in=20the=20States?=20]What=20tests=20would=20i=20ne=
ed=20to=20
take?
because=20I=20imagine=20that=20being=20an=20Access=20Technology=20Instructo=
r=20
implies
having=20a=20Psychology=20background=20of=20some=20sort?=20Thanks=20for=20i=
nfo.=20Is=20
an
Access=20Technology=20Instructor=20a=20good=20job=20for=20us=20the=20blind?=


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RompiendoBarreras=20espacio=20de=20psicolog=EDa/Superaci=F3n=20Personal=20
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