spunky

Hi Spunky,

I noticed your name come up a lot on the forums on Quantitative Psychology. I recently found out about that area of psychology (I used to be interested in Clinical), and I think my interests can be addressed really well by Quantitative. Specifically, I'm interested in the measurement involved in psychological disorders with particular emphasis on personality disorders. In addition, I'm interested in applying item response theory to these different measures. Looking at the slim information on quantitative online, I think my interest could be addressed much better in these programs than Clinical.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. My big question to you, is what can I do to improve my application beyond the basic have a good GRE, good GPA, etc.? I am not applying for programs until the Fall of 2017.

Recently I spoke with a Quantitative professor that offered to teach me R in an independent study. Is that a good idea?

I'll admit I don't have a calculus background beyond Calc I, but I do have a course on multivariate statistics. Do you think this will be a problem?

My last question might be a kind of weird one. Is there anything that applicants say/do that is specifically a deal breaker in quant programs? 

Thanks for taking the time! I've been having a lot of trouble finding answers to these questions. When you look online for information about clinical, there's an abundance of information, but not for quant.

-Marieke

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