mewtoo
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Oh, the Ikea lists... Currently my closest Ikea is 2.5 hours away, so I'm limited to one trip/year, and we usually have 3-4 people piled into a car, which seriously limit what you can get. Once I move, I'll be less than 30 minutes from Ikea and within their $60 delivery area. The list just keeps growing!
The closest to where I live currently is 3 hours away and I'll be moving 10 hours away from it now! There's not one in the entire state I'm moving to!
No Ikea lists for me. Sadness.
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Thanks for the counter argument. I've already registered for the test so I'm somewhat committed to taking it but it will definitely lower my stress level during preparation knowing that it will only be a minimal part of my application.
Just wondering, but is that your general cumulative gpa or are you referring to your cumulative psych gpa? I'm just wondering how you would think it would compensate for your gpa if thats your general cumulative gpa. Was your psych gpa low or what you stated up there? For me I have a 3.3 cumulative and ~3.9 psych gpa and 4.0 psych grad gpa (just 1 class so far), but I can't see how my relatively low cumulative gpa would be compensated by taking the psych GRE since I obviously did well in my psych classes. I don't need to prove I can cut it in psych. Now, I would want to take the subject test, say, for a bio program which is what brought my gpa down so low with my bio minor. You thinking more just a general package sort of thing? I've only heard of compensating with the general GRE (which I think you've done with that high of scores). Just wondering.
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How early do you plan on submitting all of your applications? I know they aren't due till December or so but I've heard the earlier the better...
No one looks at them until after the deadline. You aren't more likely to get an interview or acceptance because you submitted your app earlier.
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Many of the online applications list a section to upload a CV or supplementary materials (where you can also upload a writing sample). Upload it there. If they don't look at it, oh well, but if they do it can really enhance your app. If its old school and uses snail mail, just send it anyway, also. They aren't going to get mad if you send it and they didn't want it. At worst they will just throw them away.
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Just took the GRE. My preliminary scores were 170 V and 155 Q. The (I/O) programs I'm looking at range in their average accepted Q scores between 152 - 158. I am debating whether to take the GRE again. I am thinking I could study more and possibly raise my Q score. However, I have a timeline and there are other things I need to start focusing on this year. I am not sure if it's realistic to devote more study hours to GRE math in the next couple months - or more to the point, how many more study hours I would need to significantly raise my score.
I have a high GPA and some good research experience, so I think the whole package will be very good overall. Just don't want to leave any points on the table if they are worth going after.
Does anyone have any experience with increasing their Q score on a second take of the GRE?
If I were you I would just go with what you got. You totally rocked the verbal section and did the average for those programs for quant. As long as you are at least the average it should not impede your chances. Once you get past the GRE score cut they won't look back at them. That's when the rest of your app comes into play.
I increased my Q score a bit, but its mostly due to taking the old vs new test and the addition of the calculator. Though, I'm sure studying a math gre book did not hurt. If you feel a compulsion to take it again, just get a quant book or two and study the hell out of them. Then take a practice test. If you score higher (or just enough that it would be worth shelling out that money!) then go ahead and take it again. That's just my thoughts.
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Ahhh, we meet again application cycle.
I'll most likely be applying again at least to some programs. Not quite sure yet since I'm about to start a masters program, but if I can go on to doctoral clinical or health psych programs earlier, why not? Save me money and time. :S
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Two things that popped into my head:
1) Who would you get your recommendation letters from? Your undergraduate professors in all likelihood. Will those letters be able to make up the difference between not getting in and getting in? Doubtful, since they'll say the same thing they did before.
2) If you do get interviews, how will you handle that along with your master's coursework? Will you be honest and tell them you've applied elsewhere and that's why you'll be missing class? And, if you do that, how will you handle it if you don't get in a second time (this is common, btw) and have to return for a second year in that program?
Personally I'm not too worried about the letters aspect. I did research with three different profs in undergrad and they gave me very awesome letters. I was talking to my UG mentor and actually asked about that and she said if I was on top of my game with research her past adviser who will most likely be my adviser would be happy to write me one. If not, however, I feel confident in my past letter writers.
Yes, I plan on telling them I want to apply to doctoral programs before I actually apply to them. I figured being upfront and truthful was the best policy. I haven't thought about what it would be like my 2nd year if I didn't get in that much. I just assumed it would go back to normal. Are you thinking my professors may treat me differently? Personally, I've come to expect nothing in terms of getting in after this past cycle, so I don't think I will be an emotional wreck from it. Thanks for some insight.
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I applied to doctoral programs in clinical psychology this past cycle and had one interview (was waitlisted for another interview) but didn't make it in. So I applied to a fully funded experimental psych masters program and got in. During the lapse between applications and now my CV has improved (won 2 research awards). I talked to my undergraduate mentor about applying during my first year and leaving a year early if I got in and she thought it would be a great idea, but I've heard others be more wary. I tend to give stock to my mentor's opinion since she actually went to this exact masters program and expressed concern she thought it would be a rigorous as I wanted or needed. For something to note, typically psych only lets you transfer 6 hours from a masters program and have to get another masters, so this degree won't put me ahead in that sense. Plus I'm having to take out a lot of loans to live on since the stipend is less than half of what doctoral programs in psych usually get! I thought it would be a good idea since if I got in, I got in! If I didn't get in I could just stay and finish out my masters program and apply again. To me its a win-win situation, but...
I wonder, how does it look to doctoral programs that I would be leaving a year early if I got in? I don't think it would be a "burn bridges" situation since my mentor said she thought the masters program would be supportive of me applying to doctoral, but will doctoral programs think I won't care or am fickle if I do this? Any advice on the situation would be appreciated!
Sorry if this isn't quite the board to post something like this.
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If there is a dinner with the graduate students the night before the interview, am I going to be really over dressed in a dress and heels?
I wish that how we dressed didn't matter at all and we could all just show up in jeans and t-shirt and not worry about it!
I would think so. I went to the one for the interview I had and everyone wore business casual, pretty much.
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The school I had an interview at used the terms interchangeably. If its a clinical phd, I'm 99% sure its an interview.
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As I've heard a thousand times on other websites like SDN, professors aren't going to be sitting there looking at your transcript dissecting it. As long as you have the basic background knowledge, they aren't going to complain. Take whatever class you think you will enjoy, about the subject that you want to learn more about, and that you think will help fill gaps in your knowledge.
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Haha. Oh. The power of missing just one letter. I thought she said "I think there are a few people..." not "I think there are few people." Now I look silly.
If it makes you feel better I read it the same way.
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I was informed that I was waitlisted for an interview today. .-. So close yet so far away! I'll should find out next week if I get to go because someone rejected. It sucks knowing that (since most POIs bring in ~3 people for a lab spot in my field) I'm just number 4! Couldn't they squeeze me in too? Haha.
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I am afraid to ask what exactly a lip gloss party is. o.O
This was my first non-regional conference and I thought it was awesome. Lots of cool symposia and posters. Depending where I end up for grad school I hope I can make the one in Austin.
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I gave my LOR writers ornaments I made in our uni's colors during finals week. They all seemed to like it, especially one professor who told me it made her week and insisted I give her a hug. Haha. I see them all the time since I'm still in school and will probably tell them in person or email them the outcome.
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You can always check if you are waitlisted. Acceptances from there are not unheard of, even for people who weren't interviewed in person. I've heard of programs defaulting to phone interviews in this case. Note though, that I think this happens more often with mentor based models than other types.
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FTFY.
My mom still thinks psychologist=psychiatrist 99% of the time, yet she understand the difference in degrees. I think she hears med school and goes, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, fancy." Much to her chagrin if I wasn't doing psych I would probably try to get into a microbiology doctoral program.
Though, I can not argue with your "correction" personally.
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Having an interview already means you may be in that 20%. If it makes you feel better the highest acceptance rate of all the schools I applied to is 5% and the lowest 1%.
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Ironically, my parents are the opposite. My mother seems to think that I absolutely must have a PhD (no, a master's simply will not do!), so I had better get to work on it. No going back to school later, here. Chop chop!
My mom is the same way. She doesn't want me to apply to master's programs if I don't get into a doctoral program. She says its a dead end degree even though it would just be a stepping stone for reapplying. Instead she wants me to use the year to post-bacc the rest of the pre-med reqs and go to medical school. Because clinical psychology programs are so similar to med school.
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I have a question regarding phone interviews. At the end of a phone interview, is the norm to be invited for an in-person interview if the phone call went well?
I just got done with a 15 minute phone interview and wasn't extended any invitation, though they seemed happy with the way the interview went (said something along the lines of hearing "all positive things").
I think most usually extend the invite via email or a second call.
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Do programs tell you if you are waitlisted, or do you have to inquire about it?
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My research interest is not terribly popular, so I had trouble finding POIs period. All of mine had only 1 POI save for 2 schools at which I had 2 POIs at each.
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How were you able to take graduate level classes? Did your undergrad simply allow this through regular registration or...?
Some schools have overlap programs where you can take a graduate class while still in undergrad. I'm taking one this coming semester as part of an overlap program. After I applied I was able to sign up for the class just like my undergrad ones. You can always either ask the graduate school or ask the graduate coordinator in the department that you want to take the classes from.
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I've interviewed at two locations for clinical psychology, and every candidate was formal, ie- business suits, nice shoes, portfolio bags, button down shirts etc. During the reception, business casual was an unwritten rule. They never told us about a dress code. The one person who was more casual (wearing a nice button down, clean well-fitting jeans and dress shoes), stood out, and everyone talked about him the entire weekend and how inappropriate he was. By everyone I mean faculty, staff, grad students and other candidates.
At the same time, when I was just with the graduate students, it was really about getting to know each other and making sure we can work together and spend time together, not just as colleagues, but as friends. They really looked down at candidates that were not social, both during the official dinner reception, and when we went out to dinner on our own casually.
What about if you are told the diner is supposed to be casual? I was probably going to wear a nice pair of jeans with a professional-ish blouse and the ankle boots I'm wearing with my professional outfit. They specified they wanted professional at the interviews and casual at the diner. Is that code for business casual or are a nice pair (dark wash, no holes etc.) of jeans ok? I believe that at least the entire clinical staff will be there as well as grad students and its supposedly to last until like 10 at night.
help w/ writing sample
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I *think* its best to send in an actual manuscript you completed for an experiment you conducted because it shows off every aspect of your skills. After that I would think whatever you think your best written paper is, regardless of what area of psych it is. You don't want to send them a paper on their subject that you wrote two years ago versus something different that is current and your more improved writing. If thats not the case then send in on their subject. Though I always worried, what if you came to some conclusion that wasn't correct/not what they believe and they are ultra critical of your sample. But thats just me being paranoid.
I think manuscript length (minus measures and appendices) is okay, though I'm no authority on this. Much longer you may risk them not really reading.