Ellenapply

Hello! I'm a first-year master student, planning to apply for PhD in 2022fall. I would like to hear from you about where I should look at, which areas I should work on, etc. Research interests: trauma psychology (focus on the parent-children relationship and family influences)/cross-cultural study (immigrants, identity crisis) Undergrad: T70 LAC Major: Psychology and sociology GPA: 3.3 Research - An independent project focusing on how social media influenced college students' communication with their parents, and how social media caused a gap between generations. - A field research about how to help get adapt to college-level education after they graduated from high school. - A study about the students' study abroad experience, and the discriminations/challenges they have faced. The result has been writing into a guide for the college to use in the future. [not related to my majors]-A project about how romantics contributed to ecological writing. * I have no publication or poster presenting Internship/Volunteer: I have on-campus work as a writing center tutor and also work for our alumni office to do some networks. For off-campus internships, I worked for a non-profit origination that aims to support homeless families. The other works were related to marketing (data analysis), and admission. Graduate program: counseling psychology ( the program is not a top one, but the school itself is ranking high Research - A field study in a school siting. Tracking students' individual growth and also the team dynamics. Just get started so don't know how things will be... Internship/Volunteer - Writing articles (mainly about mental health) for a non-profit organization which provide supports to international students - A peer counseling program GPA and GRE are my two main weaknesses I guess, but I don't know how strong they will affect my PhD applications. I am interested in social psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, and maybe interdisciplinary studies. I'm kind of confused about which way I should choose. Thank you for reading this piece! I'm looking for advice on how to improve my background, please feel free to share your thoughts with me!