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  1. Also, I'd search out specific researchers as well as programs to see what the resources are as far as clinical and research opportunity. If you can find a good match with a prolific, respected researcher in a program that has a decent match rate you'd be better off than applying blind.
  2. The only school I know off that list is UF, my undergrad alma mater. They are a pretty strong neuropsych program, you get a general education as with any PhD program but you can take the formal neuropsychology track and many successful matches come out of that program. There are some great clinicians to work with there as well. To add to this list, I'm currently at UAB and we have a neuropsych-directed student program within the Medical Clinical Psychology PhD program (ANST, Association for Neuropsychology Students in Training) which helps direct us on a neuropsychology track, find practium sites, direct coursework, etc. There's a lot of freedom here to study what you want and it's the biggest trauma center of Alabama, so there's a lot of opportunity for a variety of problems between the major hospitals nearby and the VA. I'm a first year so I'm still getting started, but if I were you I'd take on a clinical PhD with a focus on neuropsychology. Unless you really hate research, in which case a PhD program isn't good for you at all and you should reconsider. The point with that is that PhD programs all want to produce researchers, and when applying I would never tell them you plan to be a private practice clinician. That was a huge no-no when I was applying and interviewing. Once you're in they can't dictate what you do with your life, but it will be a mark against you if you volunteer that info. The typical answer I heard from clinically-based people for the "what do you want to do with your career" question balanced some sort of research focus with clinical populations.
  3. hwbulls

    Birmingham, AL

    Agreed. The majority of my apartment hunting list has come from Select My Space - here's hoping I get something good when I go apartment touring next month!
  4. Anyone else heading over to UAB this fall?
  5. hwbulls

    Birmingham, AL

    Reviving this! Anyone have anything to share about living in Birmingham??
  6. that's Boulder - I know cause mine looks exactly the same ... (except for psych)!
  7. Well I will just have to hold my breath... Sigh.
  8. Admission Term: Fall 2012 Program: PhD Neuroscience Waitlisted. Oh pure torture.
  9. I was waitlisted by them too, but for Neuro. Good luck!
  10. Anyone know how it works with waitlists? Do they accept the 2X as many and THEN accept off the waitlist, or do they accept their first round that they really want and then go from the list? I interviewed with about 30 others for about 8-10 spots and have been waitlisted... no idea how it works.
  11. Thanks! Probably just the bird, because it'll be relatively small (don't want it to crawl up my forearm), but I might throw a highlight word in there underneath the curve of its wings or something.
  12. I've had my nose pierced for about 4 years now and I've never had a problem - I didn't take it out for my interview a couple weeks ago either. It's tiny, tasteful, and not really noticeable (or at least, I don't notice it, and while others do it's typically not something that jumps out at them at first). They are relatively mainstream and if you get a tiny stud I don't think it'd be a big deal. In celebration of acceptance (if I get one) I will be getting a bird tattoo on my wrist - I drew it myself a few years ago and when I saw the quote "I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth - then I ask myself the same question" - Harun Yahya, I wanted it to represent freedom to fly around the world, following my dreams, direction, etc. My husband is getting a compass on his shoulder in commemoration of our time here for the same reasons.
  13. I wore black pants, black shoes, a button-up shirt, and a looser v-neck cable knit sweater. I'm not especially femininely built, though I felt that the buttonup hid a lot of otherwise provocative skin. I also had a black blazer if I needed it, but it ended up being warm and I just carried it around with me all day lol.
  14. I've only heard back from one of 8. I'm going a little crazy! Every time I see a new email in my inbox I steel for the worst and hope for the best... and typically it's not even grad-school related.
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