PsychologicalPlight

Submitted my fellowship application last week for Portuguese in Brazil. I was a Gilman Scholar last year studying Italian in Florence for an academic year.

Hello all!
I've read through almost all of the posts in the previous 2019 thread and noticed that no one has made a thread yet for fall 2020, so figured I'd go ahead and create it.
I'm looking for help in two things, for those who feel inclined to help.
1) Does anyone have good recommendations for initially reaching out to POIs? When to do it, what exactly to say or ask, etc. If I'm interested in multiple professors at one place, should I email them all at the same time or no? If no, what do you recommend?
2) I'm planning on applying for a PhD in I-O Psychology. Currently my "stats" are:
B.A. Psychology with minors in sociology and leadership from the University of South Florida Undergrad overall GPA 3.67, Psych GPA 3.98, Minor GPAs both 4.0 1.5 years of previous research experience in I-O labs, currently in an lab I-O lab (just started) at the University of Minnesota. 1 year Honors Psychology Thesis about LGBT+ student leaders which I received a $3500 grant for from Psi Chi. I've presented it at 2 conferences at school, it's being published in a magazine at school, and I plan on submitting it to SIOP for a poster presentation. Previous GRE score of 148 Q and 152 V. I signed up for the Kaplan course this summer and it's been helping a lot and I plan on retaking in mid August. I know these scores are my weak spot and are the reason I chose to take a gap year. Rec letters from my thesis adviser who is in I/O at USF and has been for a long time, one from my thesis professor who is a social psychologist at USF, and one from a previous grad student at USF who I did research with / had as an instructor who now teaches at an I/O program in Georgia (this may be replaced depending on how my summer/early fall goes in the lab at UMN) Research interests, broadly, are diversity practices and leadership. I plan on applying to these schools (I plan on taking 4-5 off my list in a few months once I have more research done) and would love any feedback on thoughts about the programs!
Rice University Penn State Texas A&M Depaul University Florida International University Portland State <- this is my top choice George Washington University  George Mason University Baruch College UConn Michigan State Saint Louis University University of North Carolina North Carolina State

Hello! I'm a  2018 AFLI Senegal alumni. 
I stumbled across this thread and thought that you all might benefit from this spreadsheet past applicants had put together.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dPxQ-JuMRxFKIp_kmm4x4hFUMn02uRH_EjEd5tgtlMc/edit?usp=sharing

Someone shared it in the thread last year and I didn't want the info to go to waste. It had been deleted but I managed to save it to my drive...feel free to edit and update information as you please!

Best of luck on your applications and if anyone has any questions about AFLI or Senegal specifically, I would be happy to answer the best I can!