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Why decline sshrc for ogs? I thought everyone declined ogs for sshrc...

Congrats to those who won the award! Any tips for applicants next year?

no option for none?

who did you guys/ladies apply to? i study @ ut...maybe i can help? pm me if you want

my prof told me i didn't make the invite list, so i assume that they've made their decisions already. i dont have any official confirmation from the school though. sorry if this comes as bad news.

got rejected from stanford social psy (no email, found out through my prof). kinda surprised but its a good wake up call. i was feeling way too cocky before

looks like fuqua marketing is starting to email out now

..so can i assume stanford social psych interviews have all been sent out by now?

i used a bunch of books and found barrons to be the most challenging

im a year younger than people in my year - from what im told by my supervisors, it has no effect on your chances of admission maybe if they are deciding between two otherwise similar applicants, but if you're stats are good i wouldn't worry.

yea i think what gellert said sums it up nicely. its congruent with almost everything ive read on other forums and from talking to my profs. i think 3.5 is a little low though, id say 3.7 is closer to the mark where gpa ceases to matter. on topic: applying to stanford, university of toronto, and university of waterloo gl everyone!

i think you should make a fake email account and email them with it can't really hurt i dont htink...just make sure you don't sign it with your real name

I, for one, liked it. lols

@lewin: are you at uoft?

originally 10, but thinking 7-8 now

if you dont mind me asking, who are you interested in @ harvard? someone's doing nvb there?

thanks behavioral - do you mean they won't even look at it? yea, anyway, i wish i could sub it out but letter from the prof i could get wouldn't even come close to the one I'll be getting from the postdoc

hi all, thanks for starting the thread...always nice to find other people in the same boat research interests are still very vague...nonverbal behaviour, person perception, motivation, selection, embodied cognition, emotions and decision making/social judgments are some of the topics i like..but I feel like I'm very flexible (probably not a good thing at this point) here are my stats: School: large public university in Canada Major: Psychology (Research stream) overall GPA: 3.89 / 4 psychology GPA: 3.98 GRE: 800Q, 650V, 5AWA research experience: 3 years of research experience in psychology labs and an OB lab at a large business school, completing senior thesis now no publications or presentations (have one in submission atm, one being written up soon - not sure if i can get it submitted by the deadlines, and will have a regional conference presentation in april) Letters of recommendation: 3 good-to-great letters, 2 from professors, one from a postdoc schools: 1 social psy, 1 i/o psy (both canada), then b-schools: rotman, hbs, duke, stanford, wharton, kellogg, booth, insead within the b-schools, there are a few where I'm split between marketing and ob...i would love to learn more about differences in coursework (ie. relative emphasis on psychology and quant-related topics) in these two streams i heard that some marketing programs force you to take courses in economics and other commerce-like topics, whereas this is less common in ob programs...is that true? any input is appreciated + good luck to everyone this year!

im also applying for social programs this fall, so I'm no expert, but i think your gpa and Bs in research methods/stats will probably hurt you a bit. your research experience looks solid though. i would apply broadly. ofc, you should talk to your advisors about this kind of stuff - they should have a lot better sense your abilities than anyone here

yea, the argument isn't really clear to me either; i suppose it means the applicant could've spent more time on research/school related things (Ex. maintaining high gpa)

not to be a downer (as your stats look decent), but some profs don't like seeing research-irrelevant ECs being emphasized (ex. psych club, organizing conference) - they might see it as a reflection of poor time mgmt

Hi everyone, I'm planning to apply to b-schools in OB this fall and I had a couple questions re: pubs. Are (first authorship) publications common among those accepted to OB programs at the top b-schools? Or are pubs seen more as bonuses to have, but not necessarily required, when applying to these schools? Thanks!

carolyn: i'm no expert, but I'm going to say social psychology programs are your best bet for that type of research, theres a huge variety of research areas in social

Hi everyone, I'm applying to graduate programs this fall and I'm having a hard time deciding between OB PhD programs, marketing PhD programs, and I/O psychology programs. Does anyone have any advice on how to make this decision? From what I've gathered, business school PhD programs typically do the same kind of research done in psychology PhD programs...what other factors distinguish these programs from one another? What are the advantages/disadvantages associated with each? I'm passionate about research, but I don't know if I'm creative enough to be a professor who designs their own line of research. Which programs prepare graduates for a career in industry as well? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Especially if it's from a Canadian perspective!

i'm in the same boat as OP. what should i include in the email? is asking if they are accepting grad students enough?