ryelvertron

Hey I'm late to this thread but I'm going to be starting the applied developmental psychology PhD program at PSU this fall! I'd love to chat with some other people who are going to be moving there cause I'm really nervous about moving to a city that I don't know anyone in, hah.

Hey! I was wondering how many of you are applying to masters programs vs Ph.D programs, and why you decided to go with whichever you decided to go with? Also, I was wondering if any of you are applying to Ph.D programs from Masters programs, and why you made the decision to do a masters initially, and what you think of that choice now.

Oh, that's awesome; UC Santa Cruz is the one purely developmental program I was considering applying to, although I probably won't in the end. Boulder does have a good Ed Psych department, but the faculty at Denver is more closely aligned with my research interests. I hear you about the taking the year off thing. Mine will definitely be very useful-- I'm doing a lot of relevant work and will have a lot more credentials under my belt by the time I'm applying because of the work that I'm doing currently, but I'm really worried that I still won't get in anywhere. I'm from an experimental sort of school that doesn't use grades as an evaluative tool, and while I'll have great recommendations and extracurricular type stuff, not having a GPA is seriously stressing me out. I'm taking the Psych subject test to try to demonstrate that I really do know the subject (yaaay, another GRE to study for!), but I don't know if that will really even make a difference. It's good to meet you; it's nice to know other people who are going through this same process. : )

Hey there! I'm in the same boat-ish, except I am really mostly going for educational psych programs. Which programs are you applying for? I am applying to Masters programs at UW, UC Denver, and Portland State University for sure, and then trying to decide what other programs to apply for. There are a ton that look good, but I'm feeling pretty unconfident about my ability to get into the best ones and I don't want to blow a ton of money and time trying to apply to places that are too much of a reach. I am so sick of studying for the GRE. I feel like no matter how much I do, I keep getting the same scores on all of my practice tests. : (