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I did not mention clinical interest in my SoP. But I did include some clinical experience in the CV.

Hi, Thanks for the suggestion. I did notice that UNC seems to have an excellent program. I am not applying to UNC for philosophy because I am applying to UNC for Psych. I was worried that if I apply to both psych and phil (with two statement of purpose), I may seem dishonest and/or kind of all over the place. I worried that this may significantly reduce my chances of getting in either program, so I wanted to stick with the psych program for UNC. But if I get admitted by the psych program (which is fairly impossible considering how competitive that program is), I would seek opportunity for either directed reading or auditing classes with the phil department for sure.

Hi All, I am an international student going to a US uni. I don't think I am as competitive as most of people here, but I figured I'd just give it a try. I would like to study Spinoza/Schpenhauer. I am particularly interested in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology (the order indicating the level of my interest). My writing sample is currently under development about proposing a model interpreting Spinoza's "Essence." My GPA so far is comparatively "bad," 3.5 cumulative (philosophy: 3.55; psychology: 3.7; mathematics: 3.4). Since I am also applying to some psych programs that I feel I have better chances of getting in, I am aiming high for phil programs. My recent GRE score is disclosed in my signature with AW score pending.

We can trade our SoP and everything else if you would like to? :D

Update: I have done some "introspection" and I have found that my interest in quantitative psychology goes into two directions: One is relevant to clinical psychological assessments for routine use (the idea that we should quantify treatment outcome based on regular data collection in order to justify or calculate the cost-efficiency or the effectiveness of psychotherapy). This one seems to, to my knowledge, involve psychometrics, IRT, longitudinal analysis, growth modeling (for identifying the crucial points e.g., when to alert the therapist that the therapy tactics employed are not working), and potentially CAT (I had a crazy idea of trying to combine CAT into routine assessment in order to achieve similar or better result of doing all generic, diagnosis-specific, idiosyncratic surveys in a more efficient manner) The other is relevant to more theoretical side of research methodology, which includes formal epistemology (causal inference for example, agent-based modeling for another example), and some interesting facts that people seem to have done, to my knowledge, limited research on (e.g., the selection bias by using psych class subject pool, how exactly does this bias the data, what tactics can we employ to help adjust it; careless response; missing data). School (Faculty) I have looked at and am sure to apply to are: UNC-CH (Patrick) UCLA (Jennifer) UIUC (Chang) OSU (Edwards) Cambridge (Rust; MPhil in social and developmental psych) CMU (under philosophy department, Logic, Computation, and Methodology) Some schools I am thinking but have not identified the specific faculty are: ASU/Notre Dame/U of British Columbia/Boston U I would really appreciate if you may give me some suggestions on faculties/school based on my identified interests. Thanks!

Hi, I am interested in applying to quantitative psychology in Fall 2016. While my honor thesis is on psychometric evaluation and cross-cultural adaptation of an instrument, I still have little clue in terms of selecting faculty members based on their interests. I know little about IRT and psychometrics......some experience with longitudinal data analysis...... But I have zero clue about other things faculties list in their interest. Also, there seem to be no well-known rankings for quant psych. How do you guys choose programs and faculties? Thanks a lot! Know that I am commiserating and stressing out with you together!

After a long conversation with my mentor, I have been convinced that I have been trying too hard on "getting into a grad program" instead of actually having figured out what I want to do and why I want to do it. I am just curious how you figured out what you want to do and why you want to do what you want to do. I wonder if you can share your motivation, your thought processes in making this decision of applying for/doing graduate school. Have you thought about what you want to do after your grad school? What is it? (especially for those clinical psych/quant psych people) Thanks.

Re PsychandPhilo: About publication in philosophy, rework course essay again and again and have a nice faculty member. According to my professor, undergrads with publication in well-respected philosophy journals are actually of a big number, especially for those who apply to philosophy graduate program. About other philosophy stuffs, I do plan to apply to several philosophy program with emphasis on continental philosophy. About advice, thanks so much! I am really worried about my GPA…… I guess I will have to work on it more. How's your application status? Are you applying for Fall 2016? Re TenaciousBushLeaper: Do you have any recommendation in terms of quantitative psych programs? I am a bit puzzled on the ground that I really can't estimate my "fit" with a quantitative psych program. For clinical programs, I can somehow see if the faculty's research interest matches mine. But for quantitative psych programs, I can barely grasp a sense of what they are researching on. My limited quant-psych related research experience has been on using specific measures for monitoring/profiling patient progress; and DAG and causal inference. I cannot quite see how my research experience may help me target one specific program. Again, thanks for detailed response! They are all very helpful!

Hello Everybody! Does anyone have any recommendation for schools/faculties whose study focus includes Schopenhauer?

Hey everyone, so I am in my junior year. I just want to see if you guys would have any advice of what I should do next in terms of getting prepared for grad school. I plan to apply to graduate programs for 2016 fall, so I will start my application in my senior year. Also, I wonder if you guys have any advice on choosing grad schools. I am interested in clinical psych and quantitative psych. Mostly interested in PhD programs, but open to funded master programs. background: Overall GPA: 3.33 (goal is to reach 3.5 before application); Math major GPA: 3.4 (confident in increasing it to 3.6); Phil major GPA: 3.4 (confident in increasing it to 3.7); Psych Major GPA: 3.6 (confident in increasing it to 3.8) Currently in process of BS in psychology, and provisionally enrolled in psych honor program; also in process of BA in math and phil, also enrolled in phil honor program. Research Experience: RA in a clinic/lab for two years; another lab/hospital as Lead RA for a year; psych-related interdisciplinary independent studies*2; psych independent studies*2; psych honor project*1; summer psychiatrist assisstantship*1 Publication/conference: School-ish undergraduate conference*2, National conference*1, and several philosophy conferences/publications... GRE: Verbal: 158 Quant: 170 Analytic: 3.5