I will also be applying. I am a international student, I will be applying for Social Psych PhD programs. I have worked on two independent research projects, one conference presentation (small, unknown conference though) and have been an RA and TA in UG. My BS is in psychology, and I have a large number of research and stats classes. My Masters is social/health psych, with one semester being one of the independent research projects.
- Undergrad GPA: 3.8, Masters GPA: 4.0
- GRE: 159V, 158Q, AW still waiting (fairly happy with them, although I would have liked Quant to be a little higher)
I have worked with POI on one of the independent research projects (i.e. POI was my advisor), and I have expressed my interest to join the program where he works for next fall. Naturally, he could not promise anything, but he said he has enjoyed working with me and that it would be great to have me back. I am good friends with other grad students in the same program, which can't hurt I think. There are three more faculty members in the program that I could collaborate with. Everybody tells me that I should have pretty good chances of getting in.
I have a question though, I would love to get a LoR from POI, because I think it has been my best work so far and he knows me very well. Would it be strange to ask him for one, even though he knows I am probably only applying to him?