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sahdavies

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    Pittsburgh
  • Application Season
    2014 Fall
  • Program
    PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology

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  1. Hello, I'm two semesters away from finishing my master's degree and looking at applying to some PhD programs in clinical and counseling psychology at schools in Florida (Florida Atlantic University and Florida Institute of Technology, specifically). As of right now, I have assisted on 4 research projects (1 as an undergrad, 3 as a graduate student), and presented at two APA conferences (senior thesis poster and paper as an undergraduate). My senior thesis was published in an undergraduate psychology journal. As of right now, I'm sort of panicked. My GRE scores are "average" for acceptance (I'm not so great at math) and I've only been going to graduate school for 2 semesters. Each project I'm assisting with presently is with a different professor. My advisor seems to have a rather pronounced dislike for me, and so is very unhelpful and I was rebuffed when asking about asissting with her work, so I had to seek opportunities with other professors. I don't know these professors too well, so I feel that they wouldn't be able to give me a solid recommendation when applying to a PhD program. My undergraduate professors wrote me teriffic letters of rec for my master's program, but I don't know how good that would look on a PhD application to have undergraduate professors writing them. Finally, my main concern is should I be trying to publish as a first-author on a paper (even though that seems IMPOSSIBLE)? And also, how heavily do admissions for PhD programs consider the number of publications and presentations to your name? I know they're important, but are there any other factors that could make me a more attractive applicant? Sorry for the rant! Just trying to get my bearings and figure out what the best course of action would be. Thanks!
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