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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.
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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.
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Haha thanks Lewin00. I wouldn't feel comfortable going casual- I don't even wear jeans to lab! (That's what happens when you work for a few years before going onto graduate school). But I'm glad that people aren't walking around in power suits. :-) I'll go business casual for my wardrobe.
I actually worked in Dan Ariely's lab for a year in college, but he was on a continued "temporary sabbatical" that ended up turning into a permanent one. We communicated via email and his grad students signed for him on all my forms. If I ran into him, I probably wouldn't recognize him. And I have no idea what he wore day-to-day!
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.
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You enjoy snowboarding and you went to Chicago?!!
As for me...it's a good thing I like CO, because I'm now in a joint-custody situation with my ex and moving would probably equal losing the kids.
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!
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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.
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Ummm. It's Boulder. They probably were 'on something'.
Seriously, MJ is legal for "medical reasons" in CO, and there are plenty of doctors who will write prescriptions for quasi-legal "medical reasons"...But people in CO do tend to be unusually nice. Living here has been good for my mental health; don't know if it's nice people or lots of sunshine or both.
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!
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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
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My department/supervisor provides free school supplies
Same here. Hence my picture with all the lovely free pens
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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
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This topic might out me as completely neurotic, but for those of you who still take notes and underline on hardcopies, what are your favorite pens and why?
I really like Uniball Signo Gel Grip pens (medium point) when I'm writing out notes because of how smoothly they write and how dark the ink is, but they do tend to run through quickly because of the medium point. It's hard to underline with them or write in books, too, because they bleed so much and splotch a bit (they have a gel ink, I believe).
I also really like fine and medium Papermate Flexgrip ballpoint pens for underlining and as more of an "everyday" pen. They're my favorite standby of the affordable/cheap pens out there.
Curious to know what others use! I'm celebrating a raise in my stipend by buying a supply of nice pens from the store (instead of only relying on the freebies I've snagged from publisher booths at conferences, hah).
Cosigned on the Papermate Flexgrip:
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I'm taking two classes this quarter (first grad quarter), and it feels like I'm having my butt handed to me. Getting sick sure didn't help right around the time of the first midterms...I dropped a class over that.
You're not the only one. My solution so far has been to make friends as far away from campus as possible just to get a mental break and a reality check a couple times a week.
I'm definitely similar in respect to your latter point.
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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.
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^ Because large, peaceful gatherings can turn violent and they want to be prepared. I'm going to bring up the Vancouver hockey riot again as an example
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.
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I wouldn't call the weather "mild" after living in coastal California, but the part about the sunshine is true. On several occasions I have literally seen sunshine in the morning and a blizzard in the afternoon. The blizzard generally runs overnight--dumping a foot or two of snow--and into the morning of the following day. Then, the next afternoon, it is sunny again.
I LOVE IT HERE.
And yeah, walking along Lakeshore Drive is a good way to freeze your butt off. (My sister used to live a few blocks from the lake.)
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.
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I live in Vancouver, and it was nowhere near "destroyed." Nor was Seattle at the WTO protests. And, according to my Canadian friends, Montreal has a riot just about every time they win a hockey game and that city still appears to be chugging along.
In any case, I think it is important to distinguish different kinds of violence. "Violence" at protests is most often directed at property. This is not to downplay at all the fear of being violently attacked, and of course it certainly happens, but when the word "violence" is linked to "protest" without qualification it is often misleading. You have to read to the end of the article to learn that a few store fronts were smashed in - upsetting, but absolutely nothing like harming another human being.
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.
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Aww, why not? Before I moved away from campus, I regularly got 20-30 mph winds at my place--and at least once every week or two, gusts would hit 50-60 mph. Of course, I lived right at the edge of open space where there was nothing to stop the wind: no trees, no buildings, etc. between me and the mountains. Nowadays I live in the middle of a tree-full neighborhood and things are a bit better, but I still get a reasonable amount of wind out there. And, of course, campus is close enough to the mountains to be hit with serious gustiness.
I know it's the wrong state, but sometimes I just want to sing, "OOOOOOOOOklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain!" It gets mighty windy here, too, Behavioral!
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:
Wind gusts at the Harrison Water crib, about 3 miles east of the lakefront near Armitage Avenue, were clocked at 59 mph at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m., with sustained winds of about 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service. -
thanks behavioral - do you mean they won't even look at it?
yea, anyway, i wish i could sub it out but letter from the prof i could get wouldn't even come close to the one I'll be getting from the postdoc
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.
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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.
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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.
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How does one carve mathematical analytic models on a pumpkin?
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Why, for instance, have they barricaded/blocked off Wall Street, only allowing people through once they've shown a work ID?
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.