nyo
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ya.. my gpa was low for taking like the 'general ed' courses... but all my other courses like advanced stats... neurociences courses are all B+ n As... like i said.. after my second year.. every semester i had GPA of over 3.5.. and if i look at only the last 60-60 hrs.. its 3.6+..my major gpa is also 3.5+....I am no longer in uni but i have done been a RA under my professors.. unfortunately i ddint get any chances to do publications... I know i cant change my gpa.. i did concentrate on other things like gre and recommendations letters and ofcourse plotting out my interests....
I am scared and doubtful about my success..but at the same time a little hopeful...
with GPA it matters what classes you did badly in... if they are "hard" courses such as physics, calculus, etc... that will hurt more than if you just did bad on some random humanities course or something. my gpa wasn't stellar but I got good scores on all my math/research methods/physics etc type of tecnical courses, so what if I flunked a course in architecture, it doesn't say anything about me as a researcher.. people will look at EVERYTHING and put together a story about you based on your application. its not just an arbitrary scoring system.
and research is super important, given your GPA you really need to shine in research. that means not just "research experience", but authorship on papers, presentations at conferences, perhaps take some graduate courses and do well in them.
know that phd programs look for researchers, thinkers, and curious minds.
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Thank you all for keeping me in check with the possibilities.. My goal is to become a researcher in autism.. I know my GPA is not that great which is why i tried to concentrate on the things i can change now like GRE and took GRE subject psy.. to show that i am capable of doing the phd program regardless of my GPA...I guess i need to strategize carefully to which universities to apply.....does looking at the ranking of universities help?
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Hi ,
I am going to apply to Ph.D in cognitive/behavioral neuroscience
I was wondering if anyone can help me in deciding which uni's to apply to. I am thinking of uChicago, Duke, Vanderbilt, Upittsburg, Boston, University of Rochester, Brown, Utah, UCDavis, Santa Barbara, brown, Johns Hopkins, Columbia Northwestern, UMass (Amherst), Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) and Rice
...n couple more... I know they are lot.. hence if anyone can keep me in check with my chances to get into any of these.. ?
Degree: BS psychology
GPA: 3.12 - my first two years were crappy so my gpa was very low.. but my third and fourth year semester GPAs were above 3.5 and was also on dean's list..
GRE: 1325
GrePsyc: 690
Yrs of experience: 1.3 yrs in cognitive psych field.. 1 yr in non cognitive psych field.. but research related..
What else do i need to do to increase my odds
Help is appreciated... Many Thanks ?
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I am currently in process of finding a research topic. I have done some literature review but I am unsure howi formulate a Question. I feel I am jumping ahead and thinking of methodology...I have gone back to the drawing board and re read some of the literature. I have some type of question but dunno if it really a question ( dunno if I am making sense). If anyone in development psychology or psycology( or anyone) willing to listen please reply and help me out if I am on right track...would be greatly appreciated..
If I haven't stressed this part....I NEED HELP!!!