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harry poter

speculation but i'm inclined to guess the chances for alternates is pretty okay (at least for those close to the top of the list). unless there's a misunderstanding on my part, the new system allows for very strong applicants to be allocated multiple awards, of which they can only accept one, so when they decide where they're going, an alternate gets bumped up at every other school. sounds like decent odds to me. edit: out of curiosity has anyone seen any movement on the alternate front, one way or the other? not sure if reallocation after rejection would be immediate or if there are gonna be waves of offers.

dang. second year in a row, possibly even the third. maaaybe you're better off.

I may be mistaken but I dont think York typically interviews at all, except for the clinical areas.

what's that

Clinical may do things differently but when I interviewed last year the meetings were one-on-one and pretty informal. I wouldn't really call them interviews at all, just meetings that let the two of you get a handle on whether or not you could work together. Again, clinical could be weird, but it seems like when you get to this stage, you're as good as in. I know in my year I wasn't actually "competing" with anyone for my spot. Feel free to PM me if you have other questions that you think I could help with.

i think UBC recruitment is the weekend of Feb 7th, not the 14th.

contact some of the students maybe? a bunch of people leaving at once would definitely set off red flags for me but it could be a coincidence

I'm off to UBC

GATHER ROUND FOR MORE WISDOM FROM ME, THE MAN WHAT APPLIED LAST YEAR AND HASN'T ACTUALLY STARTED HIS PROGRAM YET.

it's not a bad idea to take the psych gre just as a little supplement to your application. most schools in Canada ~don't require but accept it~ so it's a chance to edge out your closest competition. and like if you did a psych degree you probably won't need to prepare that much (I skimmed an intro psych textbook the day before, focusing on areas i was less familiar with, l[ike i never took developmental for example], and did just dandy on the test).

Actually having quant research experience is probably gonna help you a lot. There are very few quant programs so a lot of people are unlikely to have relevant experience other than like courses (myself included~). I'm not sure how bad your GPA is gonna hurt you, but if it includes good stats/math grades you are probably cool. Obviously your GRE Quant score is gonna be reasonably important, shoot for like 95th percentile. Re: POIs, see my previous post. And maybe chat with some of the other quant people on the board to see if they feel the same way. Of course if you have a little more quant experience than most applicants will, it may be worthwhile to talk to people a little earlier so you could eventually chat about possible projects before your application is due (BUT PROBABLY DONT PROPOSE A PROJECT IN THE FIRST EMAIL it's a bit of a faux pas).

honestly, i don't think it's ever too early to ask about letters of recommendation in a "hey i'm thinking about applying to grad schools, would you be willing to write me a letter at some point in a couple of months?" sense. As for POIs, I sent emails in early November for applications with December 15th due dates. Some might say this is a bit late but it worked for me . I can't speak for all schools obviously, but in my experience, the initial contact isn't much more than an introduction that'll allow people to remember your name when they're reviewing applications, and if you do that too far in advance they'll probably forget your name (unless you keep in good contact throughout the whole application process, though that will probably difficult unless there's only a few people you're particularly interested in) [/end massive run-on sentence with like 5 ideas in it]. I'm a quant though so YMMV by area.

not me i'm done!! more than willing to provide sage wisdom to '14-cyclers though

you should do 3. i think 1 will give you the same omnibus F as 3, or a very similar one, but it won't give you any main effects or interactions if you're planning on picking any observed significance apart. what you're looking for in 2 will also show up in 3, but you'll save yourself some type I error since you're only doing one analysis

If you are interested in Canada at all look into U of British Columbia, U of Toronto, and McGill. I also know there's a lot of good schools for psychology in Oceania, though I don't know much about individual programs so I can't drop names.

Since you're applying out of field you should definitely write the psychology subject GRE, even if it's not required by the schools you're applying to. Re: GRE score: it really tends to vary from area to area. Clinical programs seem to put a greater emphasis on verbal, and are more likely to forgive weaker quant scores, whereas quant psych programs would want you as close to the 99th percentile as possible, but may care less about the verbal. That said, if you want to be competitive at decent schools 80th percentiles across the board is a minimum. What specific areas of research are you interested in?

5 year PhD program i guess

any MUN students with good news?

everyone do quant. quant lyfe~

just got a notification of acceptance from UBC very exciting

i was on the computer

p.203 mentions 15 mil to NSERC. no idea how that compares to previous years http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/626432-budget2013-eng.html#document/p3

ooh i'm a MUN student too. guess that means i can find something out tomorrow