Behavioral

APA/APS usually give honors to exceptional junior faculty (Derek Rucker, Aaron Kay, Pete PcGraw, and Ed Vul come to mind). You can use that as guidance.

I applied to 11 (10 Marketing, 1 Social and Decision Science) programs last year. Surprisingly, it was only the "safety" schools that rejected me. I got into all the ones I expected to be reaches.

Classes are, overall, still pretty easy, but they're definitely getting a little heavier with the assignments. More readings per week are expected from us; higher breadth and depth in discussion in seminars; short (< 8pg) papers have started being due this past week, with medium (< 15pg) papers being due pretty soon; and balancing this with more responsibilities with the professors I'm doing research with. Still, I feel like it could be much much worse.

And compared to other fields, Psychology seems to attract more students who are more-than-capable researchers, but are scared of math/stats -- you'll definitely get support from your cohort and will probably be able to study and prepare for exams together.

I met with a few times over the course of a few weeks when I was doing an REU in Chapel Hill; the guy is like any other superstar in the field -- too busy to attend to everything. I just met him again at this past conference and he recognized my face, but totally couldn't remember from where. Because of these things, I'd definitely be wary of applying under 'superstars' since they may not be the best advisors.

Very sorry to hear about your situation -- I really hope the best for you! And yeah -- it's weird how I study behavioral economics and 'rational decision making' yet I go ahead and do that!

Like lewin said, make an impression talking about research and don't ask petty questions. Professors get enough emails about that, and I've come to learn over the years that conferences tend to be where colleagues and friends just like to have fun. Given they're academics, talking about research is still fun, too. And don't stick out like a sore thumb. I'm in a business program and even the business professors don't dress up business formal at conferences (unless they're on a committee or something). Dan Ariely just gave up our keynote speech at ACR and he did it wearing a tshirt and khakis. Most people just wear jeans or slacks with either a button up shirt or a polo.

California doctors (ahem, doctors who still had valid medical licenses, but were pretty much retired already) prescribe mj to just about anyone without a criminal record. CU-Boulder's definitely up in my list for top choices once I hit the job market. They have a strong research faculty there now, I enjoy the city, and most importantly I'm a huge snowboard enthusiast and Breckenridge is so close!

I'm not affiliated with the school, but thought this'd be of interest to a lot of you https://register.applyyourself.com/?id=upenn-phd&pid=2938&eID=38684&rid=1

Same here. Hence my picture with all the lovely free pens

Well, I'm not applying to Social Psych programs, but that Northeastern certainly sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of your schools! haha

Cosigned on the Papermate Flexgrip:

I'm definitely similar in respect to your latter point.

I work the opposite (but paradoxically a similar) way from StrangeLight: I like lists, too, but instead of crossing things off, I compile papers I've read, meetings, assignments, etc. throughout the day until I feel like my day was productive. In undergrad, I did exactly what StrangeLight did, but I'm quickly finding out that I always need to do more than what I can jot down on a to-do list, so I just accomplish prioritized tasks first, and then read some papers, work on my lit review, or whatever.

I already brought that argument up and runonsentence pretty much ignored it explicitly. And KitKat, public parks are government-owned and have rules and regulations that are enforced: one being curfew hours. It's the right for any citizen to occupy a public zone given proper sanctions (i.e., either abiding by the curfew hours or obtaining a permit giving one a right to occupy said zone after hours). Also it's fallacious to use anecdotes like your tax-paying friends when they're not a complete representation of the entire movement. If there's no law stating that I can't occupy a public area without a permit, what stops one from building a makeshift house on public property without paying real estate taxes? That's one of the reasons for the permits being enforced for overnight occupations in public areas. Also, if violence is being directed at OWS unfairly, don't retaliate thinking there aren't any consequences. A lot of this is being caught on video--if you want to go ahead and protest a 'militaristic' and/or fascist police, you can put a dent on them by filing lawsuits against the city and respective police departments. And as much as the KKK is obviously a group that shouldn't exist, they're at least aware of certain laws/rules so that they can't be arrested. Many people in the OWS is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of such rules and subsequently being arrested.

I'm from Southern California (LA/San Diego), so yeah -- CO isn't as mild as what I'm used to, but all things considered with how bad it could be in the rest of the US, I think it's pretty mild. And yup! Something with the climate, proximity to some of the best ski/snowboard resorts in the US (and legalization of certain substances) really seems to make me feel as though CO residents are among the happiest people I've run into as a whole. It seemed as though everyone was 'on something' during my weekend in Boulder since (coming from LA) everyone was so unusually nice! And ack. I live about .5 miles from the lake shore in Evanston. Even with some protection from the buildings on Northwestern's campus I get pretty bad gusts hitting my apartment.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2011-06-16-vancouver-riots-follow_n.htm And this is when the cause of the riot wasn't even attributed to a group of people in general.

I think I'm experiencing an availability bias (Tversky & Kahneman, 1973). I totally wish I were in CO--when the professor said they got 300 days of sunshine and extremely mild weather (while still experiencing seasons in Boulder, compared to California), I got really giddy haha This was from today: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-high-wind-lakeshore-flood-warnings-issued-20111019,0,98419.story

No idea what happens once it reaches a professor's desk, but I've gotten unanimous feedback from professors saying to not solicit letters from postdocs and grad students.

Also, if you can replace the postdoc letter with another professor, I'd do that. As it stands, very few schools place ANY weight on postdoc/grad student letters.

You should be able to get at least a good amount of interviews/flyouts from your list, yubby. Just make sure you nail your SOP.

How does one carve mathematical analytic models on a pumpkin?

Have you not seen how fast mass gatherings escalate into riots (i.e., G20 summit, Vancouver riots, etc.)? If people can destroy a city like Vancouver without even directing violence towards a certain entity, then I don't blame the city of NY for enforcing the safety of the people working proximal to where the protests are being held.

Is there a reason you want to go there specifically? INSEAD numbers make it seem like a top school, but historically their placements are nowhere near top 10.

Yeah, Rahm shut down an entire protest at a park after curfew hours (when the protesters lacked a proper permit). Protesters were warned of the law and were told that they'd be arrested if they didn't leave -- they didn't leave, and 175 people were arrested; the city is considering fining the arrestees up to $500 each, too, but it's up in the air whether or not the city will seek fees.