FantasticalDevPsych

Mine is taxed and I think my letter stated this. I just filed for this year and I am getting everything I paid my state back and a decent federal return compared to what I paid. Monthly, I get to keep about 90% of what my letter said my monthly stipend would be, the rest goes to taxes.

Social Sciences: (First year grad student) VG/G, G/F, E/E (Nothing) Improvement over my undergrad application for sure and generally very positive. Reviewer 3 actually said I, "was a solid candidate for the graduate research grant". Most of my critique from Reviewer 1 was to publish and present at more professional conferences (0 pubs and 1 professional conference presentation - my field is slow). But they still said that I was competitive. Reviewer 2 had all critique on my research area, a few small questions and the general include more "discussion of more theoretical and practical implications". Sucks to have not won but my advisor was happy with the comments despite not winning and we are potentially discussing things to improve on for next year. I'm a first year graduate student and from my understanding I can apply again.

Good thinking, I have a relation to previous research heading that probably addresses similar concerns but just isn't called that...

Wake up at a normal hour... which just happens to be 6am eastern due to the fact I have to be somewhere for research at 8am... (I'm a night owl though so it's going to be harder to go to bed)

That's the approach we used too... I agree, I'd feel better if I had that heading in there now too

I just happen to have one of mine open so I can turn my proposed research (now my first year project) into the introduction for that project write up... (I'm a glutton for punishment it seems) I have separate headings in both (my advisor won in grad school) but in my research plan don't have a specific one called Intellectual Merit (I addressed similar in a Relation to Previous Research), though I do have one for Broader Impacts... I don't have either in the personal statement... I'm not sure what they will do with me... Lol

I just found my password... instead of entering data, I'm now fighting my night owl tendencies and wanting to know with the fact I have to be at one of our off campus testing sites at 8am EST (so get up at around 6am)... 6am feels like such a late window. I would have forgotten about this except another one of our second years mentioned it after a seminar this morning... Can I just know now? I'd just like to get the time I want to drink when I (more than likely) don't win... At least I have one more year!

Definitely do it! I'm a graduate student because I met my advisor at a conference (and I didn't even know they were a POI when applying). I would suggest to read up on their interests, any information the conference provides on their presentation(s), and think about how those could relate to your interests. This will help you think of possible questions and maybe to lead into ways to mention you are applying and are interested in them. Obviously be professional and nice in your conversation as at least in my field many people know each other. I know that sounds scary but it's also helpful because if that person doesn't know if they could take students yet (it takes time) of can't, they can suggest other people to apply to. Feel free to message me if you want to hear more. Good luck!

Agree with this! However, a low GRE score may affect your chances to get certain types of funding. I'm ineligible for the university wide fellowship funding at my university but I was still funded through my professor's graduate student line (which coincidentally is the same finding as the fellowship).

I think it depends on the lab and field. When we have parents and children in the lab (I'm in Developmental Psychology), I wear jeans and shirts that most of the time could pass as business casual or solid color tshirts and scarves in my university colors. When I'm conducting research in schools I wear business casual (which will probably become my TA outfits when I'm no longer an RA). My favorite go to class and work in my office outfit at the moment has become a solid color tshirt and scarf which I then don't feel too bad about going to seminars or meetings with faculty wearing. I wear smart causal to things like visiting speakers talks or faculty search receptions since we are representing our university.

Update: I made it back to Sigmund Freud... not sure what to think about that...

I tried to but just like trying to figure out my own family tree I can't get very far... I know the immediate "relations" of both my undergrad and grad advisor though.

GRE scores used to be part of the application but thankfully that has changed!

No! My advisor (who won this in grad school) had set me a deadline of September 1st to come up with an idea that I'd want to write up. I gave them my idea earlier than that and we are now refining it though if I hadn't we'd have just started on that now.