ForeverJung

I am a third year student in a Master's/PhD Program. I received my masters and have been published twice since applying when I did not have any publications. I am finding myself frustrated with my department and do not feel I have the support I would like to have in a graduate program. I have talked to it with my adviser and it has not improved. Since I am a bit more viable of a candidate, I am considering dropping from this school and re-applying to PhD programs as a student who already has their master's degree. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful.

Greetings, hope all is well. I will be starting my graduate studies and the fall and have started to outline a few national conferences that I can be mindful about in the next year or two. Currently I have learned of SPSP, APA, and APS. Are there any other psychology conferences that I should be aware of? I am new to the conference scene and do not want to miss out on an opportunity to present and view research.

Thanks everyone. Grateful for all your help

I ended up getting accepted to 2/8 programs I applied to. One PhD and one Master's program. I elected to choose the PhD program as the research match was too good to pass up (Plus who wants to go through this process again if they don't have to? #noMoreGRE) Have registered for courses and looking forward to class in the fall! Have been in contact with two faculty members I will be conducting research with in the fall and am excited to meet members of the cohort. Waited two years before I applied, so I am excited to get started. Very blessed to get into a program in my first application cycle. Hoping anyone reading this finds this site helpful, a lot of nice folks here makes the awful application process a bit less awful

Hey everyone. Where do you look to get psychometric scales for studies you conduct? In prior years I would traditionally google search them and hope to find them on a faculty member's website or the faculty member I work with would provide me pdf copies, but I was wondering how you obtain the measures you use for studies you conduct? Is there a website that has PDF copies of measures? I am interested at looking through measures and use new scales in upcoming studies and was wondering where you find the scales you use? Thank you for your time.

Question: does the fact that April 15th is on a weekend change anything? Or could someone get a call on a Saturday about a grad offer?

I was referring to the University of Minnesota - TC, I got my email from them today. It was anticipated.

I think it really depends with the culture of the lab. I imagine some programs are more laid-back and do not think these types of folks would gel well with the program. Especially with smaller cohorts where there are only 2-3 in it.

Nothing like a rejection email to start your Saturday Am I the only one who uses these types of emails as motivation? At least now I have a clear-cut number 1 school on my rankings.

Congratulations! Hard work and consistency pays off!

Thank you for this thread. I agree that the GRE is more of a get your face in the door type of an exam. I feel that once you get invited to interviews you can essentially through the GRE out the window. If they liked you enough to have you travel and take time for interviewing you, I imagine a GRE score is not going to hurt you. By definition, an "average" score in my opinion would be the 50th percentile. Though one could probably argue that the average scores for Psychology PhD admits tend to be higher due to the volume of folks in our field.

Could an additional factor be the residency of the candidate? IE: if they are in state their tuition would be less for the grad school to cover? I feel this would be a long shot in terms of influence but if a University is having budget issues (like a lot are at this moment) could it play a factor? Thank you everyone for your feedback, I feel this has provided an interesting dialogue with different perspectives which is greatly appreciated.

No, they applied, asked the POI if they could volunteer in the lab, started to volunteer, eventually got accepted by the same POI and joined the lab as a grad student. Sorry I wasn't very clear before.

I can recall a candidate relocating to my campus to volunteer in a research lab. 2 months later it is announced at lab that she was accepted into the program at this very campus! Is this common?

I have heard about a few folks getting invited to interview weekends at their undergrad university. Theoretically, if their POI is someone they have done research with and the research fit is good, would you anticipate they have an edge on other applications? To an extent I can see there being an advantage, but at the same time you'd think the POI would find other applications more interesting as they are just meeting that person during the interview. What are you thoughts?

From what I heard from Professors, it is getting very difficult to get tenure track positions as a lot of departments are getting rid of them. He advocated that the ranking of the schools make a big difference as there are a lot of people getting their PhDs and only a few tenure track spots. By going to a top school you would have a better chance at getting a good Professor position. In my opinion however, I feel that you make your own destiny in terms of the work you accomplish in Grad School. I think it depends on who you ask.

Thanks for the info!

Happy February Fam! Has anyone been officially wait listed from the University of Minnesota - TC? I have seen people post their acceptances and rejections but my online status has yet to change. Hoping February brings an end to some of the silence we've had. Have a good day everyone!

Thanks for letting me know. Good username by the way.

Has anyone heard from the following schools: University of Illinois - Urbana University of Iowa University of Delaware University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Have heard some acceptances but has anyone been rejected or wait-listed yet?)

Congrats! This is a major life accomplishment. It is very nice that they were able to get back to you so quickly.

Someone could correct me if I am wrong, but in the event that you are accepted into a graduate program you could defer enrollment until the Fall of 2018. Perhaps by then the Visa ban would no longer be in place?

Hey folks, in comparison to having a publication, does having a senior honors thesis make a bigger "impact" on the CV? I have heard mixed thoughts and was curious to what you all have heard. Have a good feeling for good news today

If it makes any of you feel better, the Kansas basketball team ended their 18 game win streak today.