Hello,
I am afraid this is going to be one of those “what are my chances” threads.
It might seem a bit early to ask that question, considering that I will finish my undergrad in 2014, but I am European and have to – somehow – squeeze in the GREs at some point. Since I am German but study in the UK, that takes some planning and has to fit somewhere between internships etc.
Right now, I am just not sure if it is worth the stress and money to take the GRE and apply to universities in the States/Canada. I guess I could get into some PhD programme but I really need funding, and that is hard to get. Moreover, I want to go into cognitive neuropsychology, which seems to be quite popular at the moment.
I would really appreciate if I could get some advice on that question. A postgrad without funding in some way (RA/TA would be perfectly fine) would be no option. Needless to say that I fell in love with a Canadian programme that doesn’t seem to attract much funding.
On my “What I’ve already done”-list is: one 12-week internship in the neurology department of a hospital (MRI interpretation, short EEG intro, cognitive testing/therapy, occupational and speech therapy, etc.) one psycholinguistic undergrad RA (1 semester) one social cognitive undergrad RA been a class rep, not sure if that matters though The “What I expect to happen”-list: I expect to graduate with a 1st class UK degree (~3.7 GPA) Right now, I learn how to process + analyse fMRI data + I was promised some hands on experience with it One first author publication in process (prior to my final year project) I am trying to find some time and finally get a literature review published As it seems right now, I will probably get a 10-week internship at a well-known research institute in my preferred area of research (which is a tiny niche) I will keep going with my social cognitive RA, which would add up to 1 year at the time of my application
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So, what do you think? Anyone fancy crushing my dreams?
Thanks,
EarlyBird