brainwrangler

Yep--I'm applying to clinical psych programs with an emphasis on neuropsychology. I'm also looking at some neuroimaging labs. My programs of choice tend to be very research-oriented. Unfortunately I don't really have volunteer experience (the options I tried out fell through); most of my interest in specific populations is driven by research questions.

Lab manager with 5.5 years of research experience in a few different fields. List of schools is still in flux, but definitely applying to UT Austin, Boston University, Northwestern, and UCSD/SDSU's joint program. 3.9 psych major/neuro minor at well-regarded SLAC 2.5 years of developmental psycholinguistics experience 1 summer working in a behavioral pharmacology lab (loved working with clinical population, but changed my mind about drug research) Worked in a cognitive lab as an exchange student (1 semester) 1 year in clinical neuropsychology lab (honors thesis earned highest honors from my department, gave presentation to departmental audience, presented this at regional conference) 1.5 years in cognitive neuroscience lab I have a number of first authored posters, mostly at school-level conferences. Two first-authored posters at larger conferences and some middle authorships (including on a presentation). I'm a middle author on several publications currently in submission and have just submitted a first authored paper. I'm also working on another manuscript (won't be submitted by Dec 1). I have background in programming (mostly MATLAB), neuroimaging, psychophysics, statistics, and some neurobiology. GRE 170V/157Q*/6AW, 800 on psychology GRE. Rec letters from psycholinguistics prof, neuropsychology prof, and cognitive neuroscience prof. All three of them were very happy to write for me, and I've been assured the recommendations will be good. I'm concerned about my lack of clinical experience, slightly subpar quantitative GRE, and irrelevant experience in my first few years of undergrad. I can definitely tie my background in cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology to what I want to do, but I don't actually have experience with the populations I want to work with. Anyone have thoughts on this profile? *I reported a slightly higher quantitative GRE on some other sites, but just checked my scores again--turns out I was thinking of my practice score. (D'oh.)