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I think I officially asked in September. That being said, all of my LOR writers already assumed that they would be writing my letters of recommendation (e.g., honours supervisor, head of the dept/prof for a class that I TAed ext). I would suggest asking people who know you beyond a classroom setting. A prof who has only has you as a student in a few classes won't have much to say about you beyond your grades. Which isn't really helpful since all of that information can be found in your transcript.

I think it really depends on the school. I am from Canada and have looked into and applied to one school in the U.S.A. I don't think there is a general rule of thumb. I just looked at a list of U.S. universities found the ones who offered my program. From there I looked at graduate student international page. It should tell you whether tuition is waived and whether funding is available for graduate students. If there isn't any information available you can always send an email to the schools graduate advisor. I think funding depends on a couple factors including but not limited to: GPA, GRE, research experience, advisor fit, publications, conference publications. Although, that's my sense of what's important for psychology applications, I can't say that I know exactly what schools are looking for in a economics applicant. That being said, some schools have general funding packages where all incoming students receive the same package and some are individualized. I applied to and got into one U.S. program. They waived my tuition and gave me a 18,000$ stipend per year (generalized funding package). You should make sure you look into cost of living where you are applying since in some places 18,000 could go a long way and in others it probably wouldn't cover all your living expenses. Hope this helps!

Probably better. Although other factors like research fit could have something to do with you being wait listed as well.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Myself, my husband, and my sister have all been accepted to do our M.A. in Psychology at Carleton. I have heard every end of the spectrum from "Carleton is the worst school in Canada" to "Carleton was a great experience for me". I have heard that the classes range from 12-120 people. I've heard the labs are overcrowded and that the faculty aren't influential in their field. I was hoping that the anonymity of this forum might lead me to find an unbiased answer. What has your experience been at Carleton? I want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. Thanks everyone, K.

I literally only did interviews over the phone and I got officially accepted to two programs, unofficially accepted to another (still waiting for the paper work) and have one more interview next week. I honestly feel like you can make a great impression over the phone and that you have nothing to worry about! My interviews were pretty much all the same they asked why I wanted to go to graduate school, why I wanted to attend their institution, what I was planning to do after graduate school, about my research listed on my CV, and my current research interests. Make sure you have questions planned to ask them about the program/funding/their supervisory style and their lab. It will help you clarify what program is the best fit for you and it shows them that you are interested. Good luck

If you just mention gravity without discussing it I would say you do not have to cite it (e.g., one sentence without discussing the laws of gravity). If you are discussing it more depth than the example above than you should cite Newton or at least cite a paper/book that discusses gravity. Anything that is not your original idea needs to be cited, even if the theory/laws are common knowledge in your field. If you're worried about having too many citations than you could say something like: "the laws of gravity are complex (see Newton, 1687).". If you want to discuss it in further detail keep in mind that you only have to cite Newton once. After this original citation it should be clear to the reader that you are continuing to discuss Newton's ideas. You do not have to make another citation until you begin to discuss another book/paper/theory. Please keep in mind that gravity is outside my field of expertise and that it is not the topic that the OP is inquiring about.

But its not your idea so you should be citing it. Cite a paper or a book that goes in dept discussing the theory.

I think it would be beneficial for you to give an example of what you are referring to as 'common knowledge' and what discipline you're working under. Some examples of 'common knowledge' that I would cite: -A person's date of birth, date of death, living location or anything about their life -A theory or principal that is not your own -Any research that you are extending/gave rise to your hypothesis or thesis. Give credit where credit is due.

That's unfortunate! I guess I should of added that my information is regarding experimental and clinical Psychology programs.

As far as I know the agreed upon deadline by all CDN institutions for graduate school acceptances is April 15th. They always ask you to be as time sensitive as possible but I'm pretty sure they can't actually retract your acceptance if you do not decide by February. Have you tried contacting the graduate admissions dept or your POI and asking for the official deadline?

Hello, I was a female T.A. last year for a second year statistics class. The class had 5 T.A.s as there were almost 300 students and only one of us was a male (who just happens to be my husband). About 70% of the students e-mailed him their questions, went to only his office hours, and students rarely questioned his exam marking. However, it was a different story for the four female T.A.s. I think the whole 'women can't do math as well as men' stereotype came into play. People rarely e-mailed us questions, I literally had male students come to my office hours and start by saying 'I couldn't go to Male T.A.s office hours this week do you even know how to do this', and plenty of students handed in their exams to be remarked by the female T.A.s and virtually all of their reasons for needed a remark were unfounded. It's funny because myself and one other female T.A., were actually the most advanced in our degrees and had complete several advanced statistics courses while the male T.A., was just starting these courses that year. So I have definitely had pesky gender stereotypes affect me. I just dealt with it by being firm and standing by my marking and my decisions. I know our experiences are different but I have a bit of advice none the less. Since the rules of the class are already in place there isn't much you can do now. I would probably ask for a Dr's note if a student had already used the excuse of being sick earlier in the term or were asking to miss an exam &c. Maybe suggest to your prof that he should have a max of 3 (or whatever number) of absences before students start loosing marks for attendance. After the '3' days they should have to provide a note for their absence.

My GRE scores sound similar to yours, I did well in the writing and verbal portion but I got below the 50th percentile in the quantitative portion. The only reason I didn't retake the GRE is because I received A's in all the statistics courses that I took. If you did well in statistics may I suggest addressing your GRE quantitative score in your SOP and say that you do not believe that the score reflects your true ability as you have achieved high grades in the statistics classes that you undertook in your undergrad. I think this is a reasonable thing to do, since lets face it, the GRE tests mostly your geometry skills and NOT your statistics skills. My advice would be to try to get some publications. Even if they are classified as 'manuscripts in preparation' when you apply, professors seems to be fairly impressed by this. I have one publication and two pending and in all three interviews I had my POI asked me tons of questions about each research project and said that they were 'impressed' that I was working on so many publications for someone with a B.A Hons in Psych. I'm a Canadian so I'm not sure if this applied to all the schools that you applied to. Here, and in the one U.S. school I applied to, you're expected to fulfil the requirements of a master's thesis project before doing your Ph.D. thesis (even if you apply for a Ph.D). IMO it's probably worth applying to a mater's program to try to amp up your publications/conference presentations. They work should count towards your 'Ph.D. only' programs in the long run. Also, you should try to apply to schools with stipends and that offer T.A/R.A jobs in addition to that yearly stipend. That way you won't plunge further into debt.

Has anyone heard about interviews for Clinical at UOttawa yet?

Sadly, the 'submit results' never seems to work for me. I've only been able to submit one thing and that was about a week ago. I'm sick of checking if it works so I decided to give up and will stick to my signature haha. Good luck to yourself as well!

I agree! The good thing about R is that you can perform IRT analysis. Sadly, SPSS lacks the capability to do this!

A girl who I took advanced stats with e-mailed a large chunk of our class the next year to run her analysis for her thesis project for her.. Let's just say she had a way of coat tailing on other people's grades.. Oh, and I was forced to do a group project with her in a summer special topics class.. Our topic was drug use in kids and the effectiveness of drug prevention programs.. Her only contribution was asking if she could put glitter on our poster.. Needless to say we lost marks on our presentation because out of our five group members only two of us presented..

I'm not sure. If it helps I applied for a master's.

Iowa state Feb 12-14. I was under the impression that many Canadian schools do not do interview weekends and just interview via the phone/skype if you are living a considerable distance away.

Hello, I have a B.A (hons) in Psychology and I am currently running a research lab and working on co-authoring two papers for publication. I also have friends who have obtained positions as 'Behavioural Consultants' with only a B.A. I think there are jobs out there, though probably not as many as one would like.

I was! Thank you for clarifying for me! I don't know if they sent acceptances to all the programs. I know that my partner and I received our acceptance on the same day to the experimental Psychology program. Don't know if that information helps you at all!

Just a little under a month.

I'll be 26 when I start

I kind of had the same problem.. I did well on the verbal and writing portion but absolutely bombed the quantitative portion. I did very well in advanced stats and psychometric courses. In my statement of interest I addressed my GRE score and immediately pointed out that I have done well in these courses and that I have have hands on experience with data analysis through RA positions. I haven't been asked this question in either of the interviews that I had. But you never know.. It could potentially come up?

Hey Psyc101, Thanks! What do you mean information about other programs? I got contacted from my POI initially for an interview. The acceptance was through the phone and follow up information through e-mail.