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@gxwalsh For example: If you have a phone interview,download a list of all classes, find ones you could teach and be prepped to discuss why.

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Master the GREs for UX Schools

Why GREs Our IDIA program requires the GREs. When people ask me about the admission requirements, they either sigh at the mention of the test or try to negotiate not taking them. As a program director, I find them valuable for reasons that were not necessarily intended by the test makers.

First, I understand no one wants to take an extra test in their life. Plenty of controversy has surrounded the test since 1993. I did not want to take them way back in November of 1996 and again in summer of 2007 when I applied to my master’s program and PhD program, respectively. They can be stressful because someone is testing you on at least one topic you don’t feel you are good at.

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For PhD students looking for a job: get on a hiring committee at your school to see all the things you should and shouldn’t do.

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Choosing a UX School

As the program director for the MS in Interaction Design and Information Architecture and the User Experience (UX) Design Certificate, I often get asked why a person should choose UBalt over another school, particularly a non-University like General Assembly or Betamore. My answer is the same for each person: It depends…maybe that other program is right for you.

I respect GA and have guest lectured there, but, it is certainly not for everyone. The model of 8-hour a day classes for 6 weeks is really hard for someone to do unless they are unemployed. Sure, they work on lots of projects (sometimes with actual clients) and learn how to do UX but I don’t know if they get the opportunity to learn why they learn the things they do. GA seems like a good choice if you have some experience in the field (especially through self-learning or some on-the-job experience) and you want a boost forward. It’s essentially a trade school for the 21st Century and I’m sure that you’ll have the skills you need for your first UX job but that’s where it ends. I’ve talked with employers who are reticent to higher someone who has gone through these kinds of programs because they weren’t sure if they knew prototyping beyond Axure or Invision. Did they know why we prototype? Did they understand user research?

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This is JANE. She is princess of the mushroom kingdom. She anxious awaits to be rescued.

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