Comfort_falcon

Thanks for the encouragement and advice - it is really appreciated. Haha yeah the real world hits everyone kind of hard I think once they get out of college, although some years it seems to hit harder than others

Well, I guess it is good to know that I haven't been wasting my time entirely. Congratulations on being accepted to a doctorate program! That's great, especially since I'm sure there have been piles upon piles of applicants this year. I sometimes think these programs don't care as much about the GPA GRE stats as the quality of research experience people have had, I'd bet you had some strong experience in that area that worked in your favor. Thanks for the advice, it sounds like whatever happens it isn't worth getting too worked up about not being accepted any where if it happens, which in some ways is a little releiving, haha

Hi, I wanted to get opinions on my competitiveness as an applicant for an IO psychology program, any advice would be greatly appreciated!! I have a 3.9 GPA from a state school, bachelors in psychology, and a few research projects that I worked on. Haven't taken the GRE yet. I did a poster presentation at the APS conference in Washington and did a senior research thesis with another professor - worked my ass off too, so I can count on decent recommendation letters. After school I took a year off and worked as a recruiter for a staffing firm, which really made me interested in IO psychology. With the economy how it is, how competitive are graduate school admissions for PHD programs going to be? Do I have a shot? I haven't done any IO psychology oriented research or taken any classes in it, but I've read enough of professors research at the various programs to know its something I'm interested in. Is my year off working in recruiting going to hurt me?