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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to kalman_gain in Gender Discrimination   
    alas, the word traditional now == sexist
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to ilikepsych in Who received UCLA cognitive psychology official letter ?   
    I can't speak for cognitive psych, but I got a letter detailing the funding package from the developmental area the day I found out I was admitted. This was in mid-February, and so I think all letters should have gone out for all areas by now if you were admitted. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from bobafett in Princeton, NJ   
    Not sure about LGBT question but as for the latter.  One way is to fly into Newark Liberty international airport, take the airtrain at the airport to Newark airport station, buy a ticket towards Trenton and ride the train up until Princeton junction. From there take the dinky to Princeton Station.  
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to soc13 in Boston & Cambridge, MA   
    If you're the type of person who worries a lot about safety, don't live in Dorchester, just because other people will scare you with their tales of it, even though they've probably never stepped foot in any of the neighborhoods.
    Ashmont is gentrifying. It's more than fine. Especially right by the T station.
    Boston is as other east coast cities are: most of the language and fear-driven hype around certain neighborhoods is racially coded language about Black folks or immigrants.  Most victims of violence/crime are the people born and raised in these neighborhoods, not a random person walking down the street.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from bluejay93 in Perception and Cognition Fall 2017 Applicants   
    During my recent interview at Princeton from talking to the other prospectives Stanford and Pitt have sent out and scheduled interviews. Pitt should be in 2 weeks if I remember correctly, and the Stanford Psychology is also later in the month / beginning of March I don't remember the exact date.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from YES!!! in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    Not sure what you mean by "funded", but make no mistake, there is no phd student at Harvard who isn't funded, in fact the reason why things are so ambiguous and unsystematic is because they have so much damn money. Also I believe the Harvard site explicitly states that all phd students are guaranteed funding for 5 years. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to jeanetics17 in Post Interview Rejection   
    In preparation for interview season, I have a burning question for applicants from previous cycles. For those of you rejected post-interview, do you know why you were rejected? Did you feel that you would be rejected immediately after the interview (i.e. the interview went poorly)? Or did you ever find out from the school why you were rejected? 
    I'm just trying to figure out what would warrant someone being rejected post interview. Any feedback would be great, thanks. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from eternallyephemeral in Academic Politics - Something to Consider When Choosing an Adviser/Department   
    IMHO the reputation of field far outweighs the delicate egos of some researchers. Why wouldn't we want to preregister a hypotheses we are confident about?  I think the answer is obvious and preregistering in no way precludes being respectful and or cordial. Pre-registering simply keeps you honest, and before anyways starts with "honesty should be assumed" we aren't talking about a relationship between two people, this is suppose to be science.  Also, I'd argue that exploration isn't "bad", so long as you state it as such.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to academicdoll in GRE   
    Hi there! The most obvious way to improve your score is independent-study: complete as many practice problems as possible, take full-length practice exams under timed conditions,etc. A tutor may help with some fundamentals strategies and approaches to questions that you may not have considered in the past. A third-party can also add value by analyzing your strengths and weaknesses, and customizing a learning experience to your needs.
     
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to Deadwing0608 in First-generation student (or not)?   
    I am a first generation student. Neither of my parents went to college. I grew up well below the poverty line in a single-parent household and was completely supporting myself by 17. Academia has been a huge adjustment. I know some working-class students, but I did not grow up in the working-class. I do not have supportive but clueless parents. It makes for awkward conversations when faculty ask very basic questions about my family (what do your parents do? where did you grow up? are you going home for the summer/holiday/etc?), and I can't answer because I don't really know them, when i did live with my mother we moved constantly, and the home I have built for myself here is my year round home. At first I as intimidated by all things academia, being in rooms with people that had tutors, went to Ivy league undergrad (I'm in an ivy league phd but went community college to no-name state school for the BA), but that mostly faded. The only real, persistent difference I notice between my peers who come from middle/upper (and sometimes working) class backgrounds and I is the ease with which they express themselves and how quickly they can articulate their opinions. Believing that you have something worth saying and knowing how to say it are skills that I know I lack, and I am sure many other first generation students do as well.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from nruppe in Fall 2017 Applications   
    After sometime on this forum I'll finally be applying the coming application season. A part of me feels like an old man applying to grad school, if I get in somewhere I'll be 25 when I start, so not tooo old but compared to someone who just got out of undergrad it seems like a lot of time in between the transition.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to clinpsy in Fall 2017 Applications   
    There's no use comparing yourself at this stage in the game. We all take different paths. What matters is that you're pursuing your passion. There are truly no 'shoulds' or 'should nots' when it comes to academic and professional careers. I've worked with PhD students who were in their late 40s, and others who were early 20s! 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to JoePianist in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    Pro-Tip: Next time, focus your time and energy on funded Ph.D Psychology programs at public universities instead
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to JoePianist in Rejection Thread!   
    Going by your credentials on paper, I'm honestly also confused why you haven't received any offers yet  :-< My GRE General Exam scores weren't as high as yours and I have far less research experience, but I managed to receive an official offer from a doctoral clinical psychology program that provided tuition remission and stipend. This is my 2nd cycle applying - last year when I was rejected after interviews, I did reach out to the POI's at the schools who interviewed me for some constructive criticism on my application, and I worked on it.
    Personally, my biggest issues were my own anxiety going into interviews (one POI said that I appeared "overwhelmingly tense" during interviews) and another said it was just a matter of fit between our research interests. So over the past year, I worked on my anxiety through outside help and honed my research interest through introspection and dabbled in different psychology research labs.
    Also, I didn't waste time applying for the *extremely* competitive programs like your Harvard, Yale, UCLA, etc. I applied for programs not based on U.S. News ranking or "name brand," but based on its training quality and its general fit with my interests. For example, I realized over the past year that I'm really interested in programs that emphasized Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology training, so those are the programs I focused on applying for. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from StressedFutureGrad in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    Not sure what you mean by "funded", but make no mistake, there is no phd student at Harvard who isn't funded, in fact the reason why things are so ambiguous and unsystematic is because they have so much damn money. Also I believe the Harvard site explicitly states that all phd students are guaranteed funding for 5 years. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from J in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    Not sure what you mean by "funded", but make no mistake, there is no phd student at Harvard who isn't funded, in fact the reason why things are so ambiguous and unsystematic is because they have so much damn money. Also I believe the Harvard site explicitly states that all phd students are guaranteed funding for 5 years. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from JoePianist in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    Not sure what you mean by "funded", but make no mistake, there is no phd student at Harvard who isn't funded, in fact the reason why things are so ambiguous and unsystematic is because they have so much damn money. Also I believe the Harvard site explicitly states that all phd students are guaranteed funding for 5 years. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from JoePianist in Good temporary jobs until grad school   
    Oh fine, I will quantify my statement, that is what some people will take away. 
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to FeelTheBern in Interview weekend attire   
    For the events hosted by the graduate students (socials, dinners, mixers, etc.), my SO is wearing a button down with an argyle, v-neck sweater over and dress pants. Based on what people have been posting on here, I am assuming that this may be a bit overdressed, but in this situation I feel like overdressing can't hurt one bit. Better to be overdressed than under-dressed is usually my rule of thumb.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to slowbrowin in Harvard 2015 Psych Applicants   
    seems like harvard doesn't have an interview weekend. everything is done at POI discretion..
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to EveryDay in So what's your Plan B?   
    This is my second and last time. My Plan B is to change careers completely. I landed a good research job, and there is no growth in what I want to do without a Ph.D.
    Might move to one of those lucrative fields and complain about my job along with all of my friends.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to JoePianist in Post Undergrad Research?   
    There was actually a thread on this exact topic a couple weeks ago, and people gave some good references you can look into. Here's the link: http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/71373-plan-b-clinical-psych-paid-lab-positions-if-grad-programs-dont-work-out-this-round/
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to notcoachrjc in Most of you won't get tenure-track jobs   
    That should be the baseline realization of applying to PhD programs in political science. Below are placement statistics for the past few years from the APSA. 33% of applicants in any given year get tenure-track jobs. The placement is worst for political theory, where 16% get jobs. Note that this statistic only includes those people that actually tried to go on the academic job market, not those that didn't make it through grad school or saw the writing in the wall and didn't try. So the statistic for the percentage of those starting grad school to tenure track jobs is likely 33%*50%. 16 percent. 8 percent for theory.
    http://www.apsanet.org/Portals/54/APSA%20Files/Data%20Reports/Employment%20Data/2014-15.APSAGraduatePlacementReport.pdf
    Now, you may say, well, people still get post-docs or "non-tenure-track" jobs, like VAPs or Lectureships, etc. Maybe they can get something tenure-track afterward. True, but the 33% rule per year applies. With each passing year, you jump into a new pool with new people that's more and more competitive. That's what the statistics show. In five years, it's likely to be far more selective. 
    Think about that for a bit and then reconsider what you're getting yourselves into. I'm one of the lucky ones that got a TT. Are you going to be?
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    TenaciousBushLeaper got a reaction from ravyn in So Many Area Titles in Psychology-Which area should I search for a program in?   
    Your interest seem a tad bit scatter. Within psychology, it is usually the case that if a lab does animal work, they usually don't do research on humans as well. I imagine this is so because if you're doing animal work, you now need to dedicate an entire lab to it. But now, what are you going to do with your human participants? Can't have them in the same room where you conduct your animal research can you? 

    Anyways, in regards to cognitive neuroscience (a term you didn't mention but one that I will assume your interest fall within it's scope) if you're interested in speech / language & and how that relates to individuals with ASD, then you're probably going to want to look at labs that do neuro-imaging, that is, EEG, MEG, & fMRI. Usually these labs use one or two of the acronym tool soup i just mentioned, some even use all 3. Those are the main tools currently used for cognitive neuroscience (I should also mention TMS). If these terms seem alien to you, google them. 
     
    Within the realm of cognitive neuroscience and studying ASD there are a ton of labs you can potentially look into. I myself am most familiar with cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science in general, and not "behavioral neuroscience" which at least to me seems like a term mostly used when doing animal research. I would suggest using google scholar or something similar to search for papers that peek you interest, read them, look at the universities and people associated with these papers and go from there. Also, look at the bibliography of these papers and repeat the steps above. 
     
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    Just wanted to add, you might want to take this time or spend an additional year beyond what you were initially planning on to get some research experience in a lab that best suits your interest. I do not say this lightly.
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    TenaciousBushLeaper reacted to fuzzylogician in How do you determine what is "a challenge" and "beyond your capacity"   
    In general, you never know if you'll solve a problem or get stuck. TakeruK described a reasonable thought process. It's hard to be more specific without knowing more details. One thing I'll add is that it often helps me to know how "stuck" I really am to talk to others. Even just formulating the question and thought process helps, and if multiple smart people who I've shown the problem to are stumped, that tells you something. If they have suggestions, then I have new leads to follow and I can figure out what I think about them. Also, sometimes taking a break and doing something else for a while can really help.
    I think your question comes in the context of "I have too many things to do already, is it worth it to work hard at solving this problem, when I have all these other things I could be doing." That's a hard one. It depends on so many factors, such as what else you have going on, what stage of your career you're in, if there are upcoming deadlines for anything, what potential outcomes you expect the project to have, if all goes well, and more. It's easy to overcommit, so getting the balance right is a learning process. I think it's important to be strategic and to prioritize according to what makes sense for your career right now. 
    I personally need to have multiple projects going on, I can't really do just one. When I get stuck in one place, I have other things happening that I can move to and not get stuck for too long. The way I choose what to work on often ends up being decided by external factors. I have a deadline for X application/grant, and it would be good to have Y paper out by then to show skill Z. Or there is a conference deadline coming up with theme ABC at a nifty place I want to visit. Or a co-author is really into working on a joint paper, so my attention goes there. Or I'm teaching about X in class now, so it's convenient to work on a paper in this area, too. It really depends. Right now I'm working with monthly to-do lists that I revisit and adjust every month, that try to take into account the other things I have to juggle (such as teaching, service, my life). Some papers I would really love to be working on have to get postponed to a later time, because it's just not feasible to do them now. I try to take good notes so that I finally get back to them I know what my thought process was and what needs to happen next, but I accept that I can't do everything that I want. 
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