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  1. Hi everyone, so my question is: Are you including 2 faculty of interest in the SOP or just focusing on 1? Context - I was recommended by another person to indicate 2 faculty of interests in SOP as a way of showing good departmental fit. So in my current draft, I included a paragraph discussing how my research interest converges with 2 people in the department. But this limits the depth in which I can elaborate on how our research interests align. For one of the school I'm applying for, 1 of the faculty finally got back to me after my cold-email and expressed that they are retiring, so my SOP for this school only had 1 faculty hence it had more content elaborating on how our interests are fitting or what useful skills I can contribute (I've interviewed this PI's current grads to get an idea of their lab direction, so I'm pretty confident about explicitly describing this interest alignment). So now I'm second-guessing myself and considering rewriting the other 4 by focusing on the top 1 faculty I'd like to work with. Thank you! P.s. All school APPs included a place for me to indicated my faculty of interest so that's still reflected on my application at somewhere, just not my SOP.
  2. Thank you for being curious haha~ my research questions revolve around bicultural integration and biculturalism. This has a lot of do with my personal experience as an immigrant and assessment experiences on students' sense of belonging in college. In short, I wanted to know 1) how do people integrate cultures and if there's a critical age for cultural integration similar to language acquisition and 2) how does biculturalism and its associated cognitive flexibility help to improve interracial dynamics/biases. I've had a lot of discussions with colleagues and professors on whether my questions can be better explored in a psych program vs education program, in which I find most of the faculties I'd like to work with resides in psyc department.
  3. Wanted to give a quick update and bump this post - I am applying this cycle! I got a paper acceptance and poster acceptance, which hopefully can boost my CV. I've also connected with a psychology post-doc and trying to start another research project with her. I'm going the "unconventional" way and only applying to my reach and match schools. I've mentally and financially prepared myself in case I have to apply again next year. ❤️ Would love to hear back feedback on SOP and hear any advices on career transitions~ P.s. GPA: 3.46 undergrad, 3.93 MA, GRE: V 159/Q 161
  4. Hi there, first of all - thank you so much for taking the time to write such extensive and insightful reply!!! Without even reading your words, the sheet length and details of your feedback is so encouraging and heartwarming, so thank you so much for being so gracious about sharing your experiences and insights. Your suggestions tips definitely helped me to reflect more about this application process. Luckily I've witnessed my best friend's PhD application cycle (twice) so she had helped realized some expectation vs. reality conversations. Either way I will do my best to carry out my study and hopefully wrap up the writing by September, and I will definitely remember your words when evaluating some of my next step decision! ❤️
  5. Hi everyone, I am looking for some feedback in regards to my next step as I am hoping to apply for Fall 2021 Social Psyc programs. To make this thread as streamlined and simple as possible, I've organized my situation in the following topics: Basic Info Psychology B.S. with Honors, C/O 2015 - highlight include finished a 2-year honors program within 1 year, finished a research project (unpublished, presented 2 times in school conferences/showcases) Higher Education M.A., C/O 2019 - highlight include finished an independent and funded research using a psychology framework studying college students (published in 1 higher education journal, current R&R for another, presented at 3 conferences) Have about 5 years of research experience total: 2 year in undergrad, 2 year in grad, and currently I'm conducting an independent study as well Have about 5 years experiences working in higher education - highlight include presented 17 times at different regional and national conferences (but all of them were education related...), conducted assessment in different offices, and hold different chair/leadership positions in national associations (but again...mostly education related) Have another published journal article and 5 blog posts/non-peer-reviewed articles Have received both academic and professional awards from local and national organizations - But still mostly higher ed related... Challenge I believe my experiences and CV are good for Education related doc program, but my research interest is more in line with cultural psychology or social psychology. Because I've already applied grad school once so I have a good idea of the LoR, SoP, and GRE I need to acquire. My biggest concern are the following Lack of Psych faculty connection and direct psyc research experience: because of my career path, most connections and experiences I've built are within higher education. I know I can elaborate more in my SoP about how my experiences align with psyc research, and I know I can still highlight my own research, but I do worry that I'm not competitive enough. This also means that it'd be difficult for me to get a letter of rec from a psyc faculty....since most faculty I've built a relationship with are within higher ed... Faculty choices: I have identified 3 faculty that has similar research with me within education related PhD, but most faculty I'm interested in working in is within psyc/social psyc with a focus on identity and culture. This is one of the reason why I want to apply for some psych porgram but also worry about my own experiences and skills. I've started to cold email psyc professors, so far only heard back from 1. Question Currently I have two options - 1) As someone who luckily have accumulated a good amount of saving prior to this pandemic, I could use this fall to do more volunteer research work by reaching out to faculty, sharpen my research skills through more quant/qual classes, and finish up my own independent study (my IRB expire in Feb 2021). My saving would allow me to sustain myself without a job for at least 4-6 month, and I can also spend more time with my family in China (yes I'm flying back home after being away for 14 years! T.T) or 2) Work remotely and still apply this fall. I have a potential offer from a tech ed company that allows me to work remotely. But this would reduce the time I could contribute to research experiences. I know the answer to my question is personal and largely depends on myself, but I do want to explore more and hear some feedback from the community: 1) If you were me, which option would you go for? 2) What are some tips or feedback you have for someone who is applying to Psyc PhD from a different discipline? Thank you!
  6. Hi everyone, Since sharing is caring here are my results: I applied Masters in Higher Education Student Affairs (the title of the program various a lot, but since my emphasis is HESA all programs share similar curriculum). I got accepted by University of San Francisco, USC, San Diego State, University of Washington, Columbia University Teachers College, and New York University, which are all the programs I've applied this year. My first acceptance was USF in January and I got my last acceptance in TC on Monday (more like used a trick to log in admitted student portal prior to admission status update). My top choice is New York University, and I just got matched with my top 1 assistant-ship this past weekend after the Recruitment Days. The actually formal admission letter isn't out yet, but I know where I'm going now.
  7. Hi Yumiko, No I did not. I actually received my admission letter today. Hope that helps!
  8. I'm in! Thank you for the reminder~ And just for frame of reference for some other folks: I applied for Higher and Postsecondary Education M.Ed., but was accepted by their M.A.
  9. Hi Blue, Do you think this happens to Master applicant too? I applied for M.Ed. but now I have two applications as well, the second one has the submission date being today 3/13/17, and the application was marked as waived. Do you think I was deferred from M.Ed. to M.A.? Because someone told me that in the case of a M.A. candidate being overqualified, they would bump their information up to M.Ed. admission committee...
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