TenaciousBushLeaper

Side note, moving forward can we not down vote people who are willing to admit physical attraction is important to them. Anyhow, Yea I wonder if there's some type of implicit bias that we're not fully aware of based on certain standards(which we may not be fully aware of) or maybe ideas we've continually been exposed to.

The 2 has been gone for a while, but that's the thing, in my experience I can really be into someone w/o having to feel physically attracted to them. Although, when there is a physical attraction and a strong one at that, looking back, there has definitely been a difference in my behavior. Is it then better to not give the 2's a chance(kindly say no in some way or another)? (btw I'm a male, if anyone was wondering, and if that matters(maybe idk? ))

I completely agree however, I'm wondering about what role you think physical attraction and only physical attraction has played or plays in relationships for you.

I'm wondering how everyone feels about being physically attracted to their partners and how this effects how they behave towards their partners and in the relationship in general. I haven't been with a ton of people (only 5, I'm talking about committed relationships) but I'd say they've ranged from a 2 to a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of how attractive they were (purely physical). While at the time I did not notice this, looking back I've realized that when everything else is equal(how much I like their personalities and the way they make me feel) it seemed like I did more or did little things here and there for those partners that fell higher up on the attractiveness scale. Although I've never said no to a potential partner because of their looks and I've had great relationships with those who I didn't think were good looking at all.

As a male - human, here are my two cents on this. I don't necessarily care what my would be partner did, so long, as wildviolet pointed out she's happy, and really not necessarily "happy", but happy enough so that whatever the job is/would be didn't make her miserable. Other things I look for in women, let me quote or maybe paraphrase? "her looks, physical attraction,smile,laugh,sense of humor,way she makes me feel". One other thing I'd want is, or rather this is more of a requirement, I wouldn't like/want to be with someone who I felt I was "intellectually superior" to. For whatever reason, that is the main "thing" with me and it's what could make someone who I deem a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 an 8 or 9. My would be partner would either have to be on the same level as or smarter than me.

As others have already mentioned, make sure to apply to more programs the next go around, like, a lot more. Your stats seem to be pretty good(at least in my opinion, with my limited knowledge). I'm not from Canada so I would caution my and any other advise you get from someone who isn't a Canadian student who has successfully entered into a PhD program in the US. That being said, I'd say yes apply to programs in the US, given you're able to find a place or places where your research fit is really really "good".

I too made a point similar to the upper portion of this quote, I'm biased in this because I'm perfectly happy with my GRE Q score. Coming from what I think would fit in the category of a "disenfranchised" background and having friends who also come from this background who haven't done so well on the GRE Q section(friends who I would argue are far more intelligent than I am) I see it as a bit of a cop-out. Also, faculty from 2 universities have explicitly told me, if the applicant isn't at least at the 50% mark on either the GRE Q or V sections most of the time they aren't even considered. Usually it takes a faculty member who's championing for these students to have them considered along with everyone else who did well on the GRE sections.

I have no idea what will happen after graduation. I keep telling myself if I just continue working hard something good is bound to happen. As someone who's family never made more than 26k a year in a fairly expensive state, all I really want is to be able to have my own apartment for a year or two before I head off to graduate school. While in the mean time studying and continuing to work towards my goal (PhD).

WOW! I honestly did not imagine this thread would get so many responses. Thank you all! As for me, I plan to apply to Quantitative Psychology programs so that is sort of my "out" and "in" . I find mathematics courses to be my favorite and the consequently the easiest once I understand what it is the math is saying.

As a psychology major who's taken a fair share of mathematics courses, and who spends most of his time doing problem sets from different probability/statistics/analysis/algebra books as opposed to actually reading the material for my classes I often fantasize about making a what I imagine to be dramatic change over to mathematics/statistics. I'd like to hear about stories of people who've changed over to mathematics from various disciplines, if only to romanticize about the prospect a little longer. Any and all stories shared would be greatly appreciated!

Balding seems to be more pronounced each passing day.....

Done.

I'm wondering if the responses only reflect PhD offers, curious about the no's.

I think it's great that you'll be able to start on your project before classes start. Even if it means just getting starting on reviewing all the relevant literature. I think you'll be thankful that you did once classes get going.

I call for a name change, from Coach04 to FirstClass04

I need this, both the friends and the alcohol.

Take all the maths alllllll offffff themmmmmm. <----biased opinion here. But honestly, take all the math you can stomach while prioritizing stats/probability(by this I mean if you're going to take a bunch, take any stats/probability first). Also, like anything else, your performance on say the GRE will depend on how much you've practiced / your exposure to math(if this is something you're thinking about). My honest advice is not to practice for the GRE per say, but to increase your exposure to mathematics (maybe taking a bunch of math courses is one way to do this). Make it a daily habit to solve say, 10 "word problem" math questions that involve mechanics based knowledge and problem solving skills. Oh and I hope my other comments aren't confused with any opinions but as uselesstheory mentions above learn how to see through all the tricks on the GRE. Here are my other opinions on some potentially useful courses: calc will improve your algebra skills, so I guess it won't hurt, & it may not be a super useful course but i think it provides great exposure to "math based thinking". ALSO, if you plan to take a probability & statistics course it will most likely involve material from calc 1 through calc 3, a simple example are problems involving cumulative distribution functions, where you'll need to know how to integrate and differentiate(things you learn in calc). Take linear algebra, multivariate statistics is linear algebra(to an extent). If your'e up to it, consider a course such as discrete math or a foundations on proofs(or something to this extent) course. The reason I mention these courses is because you'll learn how to define terms mathematically, you'll learn how to think through problems in a specific way. You'll learn how to interpret many types of problems which you may have had problems with beforehand.

Hearsay! Mathematicians do it all the time.

Honestly...just no. But if that's your take away point from this then so be it. I'm sure no undergrad here would say "the work i've done as a senior is the same as the grad students in my lab". HOWEVER, just because the undergrad isn't doing that same amount of work doesn't mean he/she isn't capable of it, if put in that environment(maybe they already can but just don't need to yet? hence development). If I were solely talking about the obvious advantage of experience (by this I mean being a first year grad student and having those experiences) then I would more clearly see your point but I'm not just talking about experience.

I'd rather you not assume my opinions & then outright state them to be mine. Maybe the problem is, it seems we have completely different opinions of what *I* mean by an undergraduate senior in this context. What you apparently know I mean and what I know I mean are two completely different things. Also right, because there not being a significant difference in the development of a student(let's say intellectually) from senior year in this context and the first year of graduate study for that same person immediately means I'm equating the sum of activities and workload encountered in the first year graduate school to the sum of activities and workload seen in one's senior year. & Ok, if the work I've done in my graduate courses really isn't graduate work since as you've said they're graded differently no matter what I may think, then why does it matter? And for the record, I don't just take classes and go home, I spend at least 20 hours in my lab on a weekly basis, but I'm not going to go into detail about why I'm am or am not this or that.

About the money thing, no, full time employees(which I would be) of the university get full tuition remission.