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dbrainiak914

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  1. Check out: Stenstrom, D. M., Curtis, M., & Iyer, R. (2013). School Rankings, Department Rankings, and Individual Accomplishments What Factors Predict Obtaining Employment After the PhD? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(2), 208–217. doi:10.1177/1745691612474316 Abstract The outcome of a graduate student’s hunt for employment is often attributed to the student’s own accomplishments, the reputation of the department, and the reputation of the university. In 2007, a national survey of psychology graduate students was conducted to assess accomplishments and experiences in graduate school, part of which was an assessment of employment after completion of the doctorate (PhD). Five hundred and fifty-one respondents who had applied for employment reported whether they had obtained employment and in what capacity. Survey results were then integrated with the National Research Council’s most recent official ranking system of academic departments. The strongest predictor of employment was department-level rankings even while controlling for individual accomplishments, such as publications, posters, and teaching experience. Equally accomplished applicants for an employment position were not equal, apparently, if they graduated from differently ranked departments. The results also show the degree to which school-level rankings, department-level rankings, and individual accomplishments uniquely predict the various types of employment, including jobs at PhD-granting institutions, master’s-granting institutions, liberal arts colleges, 2-year schools, outside academia, or no employment at all.
  2. Steven Shaw (McGill University) has a lovely blog on the graduate school experience. I find his posts to be wonderfully informative and concise. The most recent post is on selecting a potential advisor. http://www.mcgill.ca/connectionslab/blog
  3. I too would retake. Even if your application is otherwise very strong, then that introduces thoughts of "why didn't this seemingly great applicant try a little harder for solid scores" in faculty reading your application. It's a matter of $180 and two months of moderate studying.
  4. What did you hear? I unfortunately was rejected and am really disheartened by it.
  5. Is anybody still waiting to hear back from Pitt? I still haven't received word. Wonder if they just forgot about me, but I am dogmatic about contacting them and risking a triggered rejection. Would be nice to hear that someone else is still in limbo with me.
  6. Getting just one publication while still in undergrad is plenty impressive - put it in a separate section by itself.
  7. This really depends on what one's goals are and what they want to accomplish in graduate school. While working with people who share similar interests and viewpoints is helpful to cultivate a student's interest and perseverence in their work, and would be useful for later clinical applications, I wouldn't consider it particularly predictive of success in research-heavy academia. In that realm, the following article has some interesting information on what are strongest predictors of success, as defined as a position in a research-heavy PhD-granting university (R1). But I admit this is not the goal for everyone setting out for grad school in psychology! Stenstrom, D. M., Curtis, M., & Iyer, R. (2013). School Rankings, Department Rankings, and Individual Accomplishments What Factors Predict Obtaining Employment After the PhD? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(2), 208–217. doi:10.1177/1745691612474316
  8. I have not heard from Carnegie Mellon either. I have heard that they have an idiosyncratic selection process - no interviews, accept/reject all, and invite accepted applicants to a recruitment weekend. The website says we will hear by middle of March... so long away!
  9. To those who have received admission or interview correspondence from Ohio State Clinical/Health, Stanford Affective Science, and Pitt Bio/Health program POIs - if you could PM me the POI, I would be appreciative!
  10. I too have not heard anything from Carnegie Mellon, but hear that they do things very late - accept and reject everyone with no interviews, near the end of February / beginning of March.
  11. Why not just wait? It's all out of your hands right now. If anything, yes, you might come across as bothersome to a POI. Likely won't have an effect on your application status, but it's best to not rub people the wrong way in this business.
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