SunDevil22

Wow. Can you tell me what technique of psychoanalysis you guys use to diagnose people with disorders based on a low number of posts on an internet forum? I'd be eternally endeavored to you. Really, what does making comments about someone's supposed inability to cope with x condition and how it must be indicative of some wider psychological or social anomaly add to the corpus of knowledge here? It doesn't. Raimunda, I'm sorry your question was met with that kind of response. Only you can truly know if your situation is irreversible and what you can do to be happy. If the program isn't doing it for you and you see no positive in sight, then isn't it better to try and find something that does? Life is too short to be constantly miserable about a situation we can change. We already are put through enough crap that we have no say in, why should we place ourselves in situations where we are forced to receive crap when we could remove ourselves. If you really want the master's, think about what it's worth to you. If you don't, then weigh the options of how it will affect your happiness. Only you really know what's right for you, so listen to yourself. Not anonymous people on forums who don't even care or know enough about you to respond amicably. I don't know why anyone would think this is necessarily her fault or that she's imagining things. My experience with academia has been that academics can be narcissistic, self absorbed type a hardasses with inferiority complexes. Any doubt about the hostile nature of a good number of academics can easily be cleared up by perusing posts on this forum and others like it. Along with medical school and law school, grad school has a certain penchant for having a larger representation of jerks compared to our numbers in society. It is quite possible that she is just in a department/program with complete and utter female-cleansing-products. To start making up phantom diagnoses on limited data is just not really a nice thing to do.

Oh come now, I think some people are being being a bit unnecessary with the harshness. I could picture myself writing a similar post asking for help on such a situation (except I'm well aware that people on internet forums, and particularly forums where scholars hang out, can be insanely rude and cold in their dealings with others.) Anyone who hasn't thought 'OMG I'M GOING TO BE OLD AS DIRT WHEN I GRADUATE" and hasn't slightly freaked out about it to some degree should probably bottle some of their neurotransmitters for further study because you're really, really motivated and never have a chink in your armor. You could probably market some sort of serum with the proper FDA approval. I'd like to preface this by saying I love what I study, I enjoy the scholastic environment, and I don't see myself anywhere else. Still, there were times at the end of undergrad when all I'd come home to is an empty apartment and a wall with degrees and scholastic awards. I'm proud of those things, I earned them. They don't keep me warm at night, though. Some of you act as if she said she was going to grad school just to get hitched, that's not what she said. Have I read tons of threads titled "how to find a girlfriend in grad school?" Yep. Have I worried about it? Yep. Have I had doubts about it? Yep. It sucks, I'm 25 and applying to grad school. I don't regret it, but there are times when I see the Facebooks of my high school friends who chose the trade school route. They have houses, cars, wives, families. I live in a dorm apartment with four dudes and barely even own the laptop I'm writing this on. If anyone who endeavors to have a family has ever been in such a situation and managed not to feel some sort of pang of loneliness or doubt, then I applaud and commend you. You truly are the next stage in human evolution. I strongly believe that grad school is what calls me, but I'm not going to let opportunities to socialize, to get out, and to meet people pass me by if it can be done without affecting my scholastic performance. So many people tout the "I'm building a better me" mantra in their personal statements or reasons for going to grad school, but a better you is not just a smarter, more intellectually streamlined you. So many of you present such a strong exterior here in your dealings with this girl, but I'd imagine many of you are equally as scared. Sure, I know it's hard to put it into practice and of course grad school requires sacrifices, but many people manage to balance graduate school with a relationship. What is the decency in coming on to a forum and berating someone you don't even know? I try to put into practice the idea of writing everything I write on the internet as if there were no anonymity and my accounts were truly transparent. If, due to some horrific event, I were to somehow suddenly expire without warning and people began to go back and read what I said and how I treated others when I thought no one could see me, I would not want my family, friends, and colleagues to see me spewing cruel comments, so I simply try to abstain from doing so. It is actually possible to be helpful while also being courteous and you'll find that it is usually also more efficient.

I got my psychology degree from Arizona State University (obvious?). Although I went to the brick and mortar campus, they offer their entire psychology degree as an online option and it's just as accredited and taught by the same faculty as it would be if you took them on campus at Arizona State. You would be able to take all of the pre-reqs online. The plus to this is that you could get your pre-reqs quicker because the online classes are set up on a 4-term system over two semesters, so each class is 7.5 weeks long. The accelerated format can help/harm you, so you might want to think it through. The downside, however, is that the online option is expensive, at $460 per credit hour. I do recommend the program based on my interacting with the professors at the campus as an on-campus student and my dealings with people who were solely online students, but only if you want convenience and the name of a relatively well known state school. Otherwise, it'd be perfectly fine to do it at a community college, I believe.

I posted this in the IHOG a few days ago and it hasn't received a response. I came across this topic and it seems relevant. I haven't applied for 2014, but I hope you guys can help anyway! Hello, I am interested in applying to I-O and social psychology master's programs in Canada, with the eventual goal of a PhD. The only two problems are: my GPA is low and I don't have research experience. I'm actively trying to remedy the latter, but there's nothing I can do about the former at this point. My stats: CGPA - 2.9 Psychology GPA - 4.0 Last two years GPA - 3.8 an A in my statistics, methods and finite math courses I've not yet taken the GRE, but I have a good amount of time to study for it expect to do well. I know that most of the departments I've looked at say they place emphasis on the last two years' GPA, but is that only a nominal factor? Also, I've heard that international admission can be pretty competitive in general in Canada. I don't know how many international students there are vying for positions in I-O/social psych, but I imagine it's not negligible. Do I have a shot?

Hello, I am interested in applying to I-O and social psychology master's programs in Canada, with the eventual goal of a PhD. The only two problems are: my GPA is low and I don't have research experience. I'm actively trying to remedy the latter, but there's nothing I can do about the former at this point. My stats: CGPA - 2.9 Psychology GPA - 4.0 Last two years GPA - 3.8 an A in my statistics & methods courses I've not yet taken the GRE, but I have a good amount of time to study for it expect to do well. I know that most of the departments I've looked at say they place emphasis on the last two years' GPA, but is that only a nominal factor? Also, I've heard that international admission can be pretty competitive in general in Canada. I don't know how many international students there are vying for positions in I-O/social psych, but I imagine it's not negligible. Do I have a shot?