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True, I think focusing more on my job would be the way to go, I’ll definitely think more about it. I’ll look into online conferences as well, I think the prelim data we have currently can definitely be turned into a poster. Would POI’s scheduling calls with you be a good sign, or would that only increase the chances slightly?

I don’t have any posters/pubs, I was gonna be working on a paper with a postdoc at one of the labs but COVID-19 really messed with those plans (visa issues on her end). I do have a lab meeting presentation, though, and I’m planning on writing a paper to provide as a writing sample that encapsulates my work done thus far at the lab. Thing is, I’m not too sure about this cycle. I was pretty confident-ish initially, but I feel like, after doing my fair bit of reading on the ~PhD life~ that I need a bit more experience. I also don’t think I can afford submitting 10 apps this cycle, unfortunately. That being said, I would like to submit a few to know where I stand. Which schools would you consider to be the most prestigious (I’m guessing BU and UCSD)? Are there less prestigious ones I should consider? Also, I forgot to specify in my original post, but for UCSD and UMD-College Park I’m applying to their Cognitive Science programs!

Based on my experience/qualifications I don’t know if I should even apply. I’m having really bad bouts of Imposter Syndrome, and it’s been interfering with my ability to make decisions, so I don’t know if I’m beating myself up too much. At the same time, though, I know that BU is quite prestigious, and looking through accepted students’ profiles, they have a few more years of experience than I do. Here’s my profile: Undergrad Institution: Rutgers University - NB Major: Cognitive Science (neuroscience track) Minors: Philosophy, Korean Studies Overall GPA: 3.52, Major GPA: 3.76 GPA is a bit low-ish because of personal things during my first year and a half. Thankfully, I’ve gotten A’s in most of my core classes (B+’s in others) so I’m hoping that fact will help a bit. Honors: Dean’s List, High Honors in Cognitive Science, cum laude GRE: 160 V, 158 Q on practice exam taken in July (I’m taking the actual thing at the end of October though, so fingers crossed for a 325-327!) Research Experience: Will amount to about 1.5 years by December, two labs. One is at my undergrad lab, where I worked for credit for a semester, then volunteered until now. I’m in the process of getting hired there to work full-time as a “Technical Specialist,” lol. I worked on and off on about 3-ish projects, all neuro-based (very technical, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, mouse genotyping, etc). However, I’ve been remote for about 6 months now due to COVID-19, and waiting on getting hired officially in order to come in, hopefully sometime in September. The second lab is a developmental psychology lab (just started August 2020), having to do with children’s representation of numerology and cardinality. The project I was assigned to has to do with ability to keep track of beliefs. As evidenced, I’m very interested in the intersection between neuroscience and cognition, and would like my future research to be interdisciplinary. Should I bite the bullet and apply? Or leave it till next year? I’m only applying to about 4-ish schools (UCSD, University of Maryland - College Park, and Rutgers New Brunswick, Boston University) due to...the circumstances we are in currently lol + I’d like to just test the waters this year. Any kind of advice is welcome, thank you!

I am a recent graduate from Rutgers University - New Brunswick who majored in Cognitive Science (neuroscience track) and double minored in philosophy and Korean studies. I'm looking to apply to Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience/Behavioral Neuroscience Ph.D. programs this upcoming cycle (I've included a list of the schools I'm looking at, as well as their programs). Overall GPA: 3.52 Major GPA: 3.76 (should I include this in my CV?) GRE: 160 V, 158 Q (still haven't taken it yet but hoping to get a 320-325 when I do). Research Experience: Will amount to about 1.5 years by December. I'm looking to volunteer at another lab simultaneously. I unfortunately don’t have any publications; due to COVID-19 the one I was slated to be included in was pushed back. My question(s): How competitive am I for these schools (I guess chance me haha)? What other mid-tier programs are there for cognitive psychology, if most on my list will be too difficult? What advice do you have for someone overwhelmed by the application process? List: Rutgers Newark - Behavioral and Neural Sciences University of Maryland - Cognitive and Neural Systems Uconn - Behavioral Neuroscience OR Perception, Action, Cognition UCI - Cognitive Science UCSD - Cognitive Science Boston University - Brain, Behavior, and Cognition NYU - Cognition and Perception I would say that my top choices as of right now are UCSD, BU, NYU, and UCI Thank you so much for your help, and I hope you're all staying safe!

I am a recent graduate from Rutgers University - New Brunswick who majored in Cognitive Science (neuroscience track) and minored in philosophy. I'm looking to apply to Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience/Behavioral Neuroscience Ph.D. programs this upcoming cycle. My overall GPA is a 3.52 (3.76 major GPA, idk if I should include this in my CV as well). I've been doing research at a lab at my undergraduate institution for about a year now, and will hopefully continue doing so full-time until August 2020. I can probably get two LORs from my lab, and another from a past professor. I unfortunately don’t have any publications; due to COVID-19 the one I was slated to be included in was pushed back. I took an official GRE diagnostic test and scored a 318 (160 in Verbal, 158 in Quant), and I'm shooting for a 320 (160 in both sections) by August, which I believe is quite possible. I may retake the GRE in November in order to bring it up to a 325, since I would like to offset my low-tier-ish GPA. My current list of schools thus far is below. However, I do think I may switch out some of the more difficult to get into schools for some not-so-difficult ones. I don't really know how competitive UC Davis and UCI are in terms of their psych graduate programs, but I really want to get into those two schools the most. My question(s): How competitive am I for these schools (I guess chance me haha)? What other mid-tier programs are there for cognitive psychology, if most on my list will be too difficult? What advice do you have for someone overwhelmed by the application process? Rutgers Newark University of Maryland UCI UMich Boston University NYU University of Delaware UC Davis UCSD (maybe) Thank you so much for your help, and I hope you're all staying safe!