[Health Psych/Behavioral Med]

Pittsburgh.

[Program Reputation/Rank vs. Advisor Fit: Is there a threshold?]

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.

[Where or how can I get Neuroimaging training, experience or exposure?]

www.neurometrika.org

 

It's expensive, though.

[How Not to Suck at Graduate School]

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

[Should I retake the GRE?]

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.

[university of pittsburgh psychology rejects]

What did you hear?  I unfortunately was rejected and am really disheartened by it.

[Fall 2014 Applicant Thread!]

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.

[CV formatting question - posters and publications]

Getting just one publication while still in undergrad is plenty impressive - put it in a separate section by itself.

[Full-Time Research Assistant/Lab Manager Positions and Post-Bac opportunities for Summer/Fall 2014]

Keep running searches on indeed and simplyhired - posting do invariably end up there.

[Ph.D in 3 years (or maybe less than 5years !!)]

Additionally, psychology is about research fit, not about school ranking.

 

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

[Cognitive Neuroscience for fall 2014]

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!

[2014 "Please PM Me Your POI" Thread]

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!

[Fall 2014 Applicant Thread!]

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.

[Fall 2014 Applicant Thread!]

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.