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  1. eeeeeee! I'd want her to sign my copy of Aiken and West (1991). I have no insight into your question, however. Sorry about that.
  2. Ha, I can see how that would raise your expectations then. I definitely think that's unusual, though a good sign of course.
  3. Sorry for the double post, had to run out the door. Let me elaborate on a point I made above. Professors get dozens or hundreds of emails from potential students each year. I personally think they should reply to all of them but I don't think anything more than "I'm taking students and will review your application when I receive it," is required. Some show more interest and that's great, but it's really above and beyond. It's hard to know without seeing what you wrote, but sending a long list of questions and/or making a request to meet personally (in a cold email) could even be a small faux pas because it might be interpreted as imposing on the professors time and not realizing how many inquiries they actually get. It's a bit like requesting an interview at a company before you've even sent in your job application. They're not obligated to meet you (if that's what you meant by connect) or answer your questions beyond "are you taking students?" <-- and that only if it's not posted on their website.
  4. Don't read into it. And because this is gradcafe where we discuss the minutia of things... Prof #1 - you might be mistaking "curt" for professional and ending the interaction. Prof #2 - Is it possible that #2 pasted some information because you asked a question that was easily answered via their website? Could be the equivalent of "check the syllabus". You also said: "not even answering my questions/request to connect". What did you specifically ask? I have a feeling your expectations might be too high for what is an appropriate response in this situation. Also, some profs just don't like this "email me first before you apply" system because they see it as trying to circumvent the application process.
  5. I agree, if it was reviewed in some fashion I think you could list it under publications. If it wasn't reviewed at all, then you run the risk of looking self-aggrandizing. You wrote "why not submit it to my school's journal"? and the answer is: If it could have been accepted somewhere better, then send it there instead. Always aim as high as you can. Too late now, but for the future, something to keep in mind...
  6. Ahh, that makes sense. You could look for past presenters at the SPSP Political Psychology Preconference too. The current program is online and you might be able to find past programs too. Lots of good stuff gets presented there.
  7. The areas you've listed are actually really broad and so I think you must be searching in the wrong places if you're having trouble coming up with people! Or maybe your interests are more specific than it seems from the description. These are people who seem to fit your criteria just off the top of my head... they're from social psychology and business schools, mostly, so they're doing experimental psychology. Travis Carter Rosalind Chow Matthew Feinberg Jesse Graham Eric Knowles Ian McGregor Ran Hassin Jacob Hirsh Jonathan Haidt Michael Inzlict John Jost Aaron Kay Kristin Laurin Shana Levin Brian Lowery Leaf Van Boven Miguel Unzueta Drew Westen Robb Willer
  8. I'm NOT in quant and would probably agree with you. And if you can use advanced methods to tackle more traditional research questions too then you're even more set.
  9. That's very specifically my area of research-- PM me if you want subjective opinions on whomever you've applied with, or more suggestions for possible POIs.
  10. ^^Gotcha, I stand corrected! Thinking about it more.... you can actually DO something with a master's in IO (as opposed to, e.g., social) so that makes more sense.
  11. Frankly, my impression has always been that good research-based programs pay for their students. So when I see a price tag of $70,000 I think that something else must be going on there.
  12. Gotcha, I figured maybe I had mis-read you and it seems I did. And I'm definitely not offended, but I wanted to speak up just in case, so you accidentally didn't give the wrong impression to somebody important! ETA: Gawronski just moved to Texas last year so maybe he'll be taking more graduate students than usual to get the lab up and running. Good luck!
  13. Question -- are you saying that about those two, or about other POIs? Gawronski is one of the top people in his cohort and Major is one of the top people in the field overall. They'll both be in high demand. Brenda Major won the SESP theoretical prize this last week (for most influential paper of the last 25 years). Gawronski won the SESP career trajectory award last year, and this year his PhD student won the PhD Dissertation award. Happy to elaborate more here or via PM if you like.... I just mean this as a friendly correction if you were thinking of them as "less established/well-known".
  14. My policy as an instructor is that I'll define any word that's not a course term. So, depends on which category "trend" falls into. Frankly it's so simple it sounds like fishing, but who can say. As a TA I never invigilated an exam without the instructor present and would have just kicked it upstairs. ....also, sometimes I get asked about words from native English speakers too, words that they really should know.
  15. With the caveat that I've never been in the position to accept/reject graduate school candidates... while extracurricular stuff counts for college, my impression is that they count for very little in graduate school admissions. Being cynical, extra stuff could even be a mark against you-- potential advisors might think that you should have spent that time studying harder or getting involved in research. They might also wonder whether similar activities will distract you in graduate school. Just throwing this out there. You might want to ask a trusted professor whether it's wise to emphasize these things in your application. I can't say for sure myself. Otherwise, Bren's advice was good.
  16. You look very competitive for top programs but it's hard to know for sure until you actually apply to them and see what comes back. One thing stands out as an American-European difference: Is 1 = highest and 5 = lowest? Note this very clearly somewhere in your application because with American GPA higher = better so at first glance your GPA looks terrible but, given the rest of your application, I'm assuming it's not.
  17. I've never read any of my letters but here are three important characteristics. 1. Positive. Especially for American programs, it should use lots of standout words like superb, unique, exceptional (source). It should emphasize your research ability because perceived competence drives hireability (source). 2. Detailed and concrete. It should have specific examples, e.g., ran studies, analyzed data, wrote results. As Izs said, more than just what's on the rest of your application or in your transcript. [i get reference letter requests from people in my large lectures and I tell them, "I'll write one, but all it will say was 'So-and-so got an A, which put them at #14 of 170 students.'" 3. From somebody important. I also discourage students from having me write them letters because I'm a postdoc. You want a letter from tenured or tenure-track faculty. Ideally, from somebody who knows your future advisor(s) because academia is small and personal connections matter. One of my undergrad letter-writers went to the same conference as a few of my POIs and talked me up to them. This helped a lot.
  18. Only if you end up not taking that year off. If you're applying for the 2015-16 cycle, PhD programs might wonder why you didn't apply and "I thought I'd take a year off" is understandable but not a great excuse.
  19. You're right, I probably shouldn't have said "many", though that was typical of the programs I was considering. Also, this is telling of my age, but I did the GRE on the old scoring system (690/740) and I have NO heuristics for what makes a good score on the new scale.
  20. In Canada it depends on whether your pay is classified as salary (e.g., as a teaching assistant) or fellowship funding (e.g., like a scholarship). The former is taxed, the latter not. Looks like you're in the U.S. but posting for others' information.
  21. lewin

    CV Question

    Good clarification for #3 and I agree. In my research statement describing my experience I said things like "I used SPSS to analyze data..." so it wasn't necessary to list "SPSS skillz" somewhere else.
  22. ^^That's a better explanation for what I was saying Though there are individual differences in advisors. The one I work with now has the opposite approach: That there should be enough text on the poster to explain everything completely on its own. I disagree with this style, but there it is.
  23. You could do psychology studies on MTurk. I run a lot of studies on MTurk and could use the participants
  24. lewin

    CV Question

    1. Headings with only one item underneath them look dumb. Put it under Research Experience. 2. No, leave out everything from high school. 3. If you have actual skills like programming or technical knowledge, sure, list them. Don't put "Excel and Word". Do put "SPSS and Javascript" (or whatever) 4. Skip anything that's redundant with your transcript.
  25. This isn't what you asked, but I think it's stupid for a department to request something so idiosyncratic and that requires so much extra work for your application. Nobody has the time to generate original work for each graduate school they're applying to.
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