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  1. Cogito

    Cornell

    I don't think you need your NetID to use the off-campus housing resources. I've been browsing their listings for the past couple of weeks. IMO, it is better than craigslist (though I also recommend looking there). Though I am likely going to choose on-campus housing, and look for off-campus housing next year. I emailed my graduate student representative a couple of days ago. They said they have had some technical issues with automatically processing matriculations for domestic students. Apparently they are using a new system and are still getting some of the kinks worked out. I think we can all relax though, they'll get it figured out!
  2. Cogito

    Cornell

    So, I just received an email from Cornell housing offering me a spot in Hasbrouck. I've heard bad things about on-campus housing, and it is a bit more than I would like to pay, but I am tempted to take the offer!
  3. Cogito

    Cornell

    Hey ladybug07, I also submitted my decison quite a while back. Still not a word on my NetID, and I still haven't heard about on-campus housing (they said they would let me know by tomorrow!). I too was feeling paranoid about not recieving my NetID--Glad I'm not the only one!
  4. My mother after telling her I was rejected from Stanford: "Can't you just call them and tell them how interested you are in the program?" No mom. It doesn't work that way, and even if it did, it's not the best fit for me anyway.
  5. I agree with much of what has been said already in this thread. Predicting one's chances of getting in anywhere based on quantitative information like GREs and GPAs is essentially impossible (as long as they meet a certain threshold). It is also true that Cornell's Psychology program is fairly small and they don't admit many new students. It really is all about fit. In applying to graduate school, I read this so much it almost seems like a cliche, but it is so true! Most importantly though, it's how you convey that fit in your personal statement. Also, I encourage people who are interested in Developmental Psychology to look into Cornell's Developmental Psychology program. I will be attending there in the Fall. For reasons that are unclear to me (and the faculty!), the Developmental Psychology program is housed Cornell's College of Human Ecology, field of Human Development (HD), while their other Psychology programs are housed in their College of Arts and Sciences. In either case, your degree is a PhD in Psychology. The Developmental Psychology program has its own faculty members and admits it's own students--slightly larger cohorts than the CAS Psyc program (I think they aim for about 5-6 students); however graduate students from each program have the freedom to take courses from either department, and are sometimes required to do so. For example, this Fall the HD department will be offering a quantitative methods course that both CAS Psych students and HD Psych students will be required to take. I will also likely be taking a course in Cognitive Neuroscience offered by the Psychology department. Also, the new fMRI will be housed in the same building as the HD department My impression is that the distinction between the two programs is largely historical, and that graduate students often have faculty from both program sit on their committee chairs. Just my 2 cents, as I probably would not have thought to look for into Cornell's Developmental Psychology program had I not been applying to work directly for a professor who's work I was already quite familiar! Link: http://www.human.cornell.edu/hd/index.cfm
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