Giord023

Hello! I just completed the GRE and can finally move onto searching for some I/O PhD programs that suit my interests! Although I am relieved it is behind me, I still have personal statements to write and the psych subject test to study for along side my senior year courses (yikes!). I have high aspirations for grad school but I do not want to aim too high; therefore, I am wondering how some of you think I stand for applying to some top schools. So far I am looking at U of Minnesota, Michigan state, Illinois: Urbana-Champaigne, Bowling Green. Cumul GPA: 3.58 (excluding freshman year, my lowest GPA was a 3.85. Two consecutive 3.0's brought me down) Psych GPA: 3.76 GRE: Unofficial scores are as follows: verbal=163, quant=160. No analytic writing score yet Research experience: I worked under an IO professor for a semester and continuing with that for another year with the hopes of publishable work (will be too late for the fall '15 application). I held a research assistant paid position in which I ran participants through a simulator and recorded the data. My work experience doesn't really pertain to IO. In October, I will have been in the Army National Guard for 4 years with another 2 to go. Am I setting my sights too high or would I still have a fighting chance to get into some top programs (i.e. Minnesota, MSU, Bowling Green)? I will also apply to some pretty stellar OB/HR PhD programs but that isn't all that applicable to this topic. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and best of luck to the other applicants out there.