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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-pushes-for-more-scientists-but-the-jobs-arent-there/2012/07/07/gJQAZJpQUW_story.html and this article is talking about the sciences in general... I'm guessing psych is even worse. for a professor job at the top schools, I'd say a 1-5% chance, maybe even lower

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I lol'd

yes, there are definitely jobs outside of academia to be had with a PhD, but there are similar, better paying jobs that you can get with job experience and a master's in statistics/MBA/etc, and there are more of the latter kind of jobs. Even if the economy gets better, there are so many post-docs out there working to get professor jobs that will continue to snatch the jobs from the newly graduated and it will stay that way for at least another 10-15 years... I'm bailing though not sure if you had better luck than me, but good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Just got rejected all around too. It's not a big deal though, as everyone said, even if you do get a PhD, the competition gets even more intense afterwards when everyone's scrambling to get a professor job. CMU just hired one professor. They most likely received 200+ applications and only interviewed 4. All had worked at least 3 years as a postdoc, and the guy who got hired had worked for 6 (!), which means he got his PhD in 2006, just BEFORE the economy went to hell... so just try to stay positive. I know it's hard, but just know that in the long run you're probably going to save yourself a lot of time, grief, and will instead spend time working and MAKING $ (instead of slaving away at research while trying to survive on $1400 a month)

I have the same question, but about the Dartmouth poster. official rejection email? thanks!

can the dartmouth poster who got accepted PM me if it was an automated acceptance email or if it was specifically from your POI?

someone posted and said they got accepted on the 27th for social psych

try this site out. hercjobs is the one for the entire country, but this link is only for jobs in new england, so lots of boston jobs http://www.newenglandherc.org/c/search_results.cfm?site_id=660&page=1&keywords=psychology+research+assistant&search=SEARCH&t2204= if you go to individual college websites, there's usually a jobs page that has available positions. but your fiancée should definitely try emailing individual professors of interest to see if they currently are looking or think they'll need a research assistant in the near future

maybe about good areas to live in and ask if anyone needs a roommate for the next school year? also, random, but depending on where you're moving from and where you're going to it might be a good idea to set up a new bank account in whatever the dominant bank of the area is. so figure out what that bank is. that's all I got for now

pitt already did all interviews, sorry

it's ok though, everyone in the department is getting pretty old, has retired recently, is planning on retiring, or is being recruited by some other school so... yeah i'm sure you'll get in somewhere good

if you applied this cycle they would show up, but if you're not applying until this fall you're in luck either way, like rkg2012 said, I really doubt they'll care since you obviously were able to improve your scores http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_asrform.pdf "GRE SCORES ARE REPORTABLE FOR 5 YEARS FOLLOWING THE TESTING YEAR (JULY 1 TO JUNE 30) IN WHICH YOU TESTED. CURRENTLY, GRE SCORES EARNED AFTER JULY 1, 2006, ARE AVAILABLE."

Hey, don't worry, this application process sucks... I just tried to find the article but can't, but I read that a 2005 study (pre-recession) found that only 23% of applicants to psychology programs got at least one interview, and of course the actual "admit" rate was even lower. Clinical and I/O psych were between 5-10% if I remember, and all the other psych subfields were between 20-25%. And remember this is for ALL schools! Even "less-known" schools are extremely competitive, and as you can imagine the Ivies/Stanford have even crazier stats. Here's Duke's info, one of the few transparent programs out there... http://gradschool.du...cs/admitpsy.htm In other words, don't get down on yourself, better luck next time (if you are planning on applying again, but good luck in general )

it really is a crapshoot. everyone said I was a shoo-in at CMU but my boss ended up not taking any students this year and the other professor I wanted to work with got a bunch of unexpected applications from computational students and decided to take one of them instead of me. I'm non-computational, interest in fMRI/behavioral/neuropsych, in that order... this professor is non-computational, interest in neuropsych/fMRI/behavioral! wtf... btw I applied to princeton even though both professors (todorov and turke-brown) said they probably wouldn't take anyone this year, so if you wanted to work with them, don't feel bad

First off, I would realllly look into what exactly it is you want to do. From your post, it sounds like you want to go into clinical psych, which I believe is the second most competitive kind of psych grad school. Find someone at the career center to talk with about your current situation and future plans and get feedback from them. It would probably be good to try to talk to some of the psych faculty at NYU too, maybe even the grad director, to get his feedback. Most people who go to grad school in psychology majored in psychology or at least in a related major while taking psych classes, but your case is definitely interesting and I'm curious to see what the career counselor/faculty have to say. I'm sure you can get into PhD programs, but the questions to consider are "what will it take to get in"? and "is the time, energy, and money required worth it?" Also think about what kind of therapy you would want to do. I could be totally wrong since I don't much about counseling psychology, but I think high school counselors just need a master's, so if that's an attractive career choice, that is something to look into (and you'll save time!). I'm sure there are many other counseling jobs available without a PhD, but yeah, definitely not an expert here But if you're looking to go more into research, or decide that a PhD is in fact the best choice for you, I'm still not sure that a second degree is necessary/worth the time and money for you. Instead, look into: http://ce.columbia.edu/Postbaccalaureate-Studies/Psychology-Certificate-Program especially since you're already in NYC. And of course, look into other postbacc programs. Something else to discuss with the career counselor/psychology professor. I have a hunch that if you do decide to go for the PhD, that a postbacc and a solid RA/lab manager job for 1-2 years is the better route (and more intellectually stimulating ) way to go on a final note: not to scare you, but to really illustrate how competitive getting into a program is and how important it is to get as much expert feedback on your chances of getting in: http://gradschool.duke.edu/about/statistics/admitpsy.htm and this is Duke. great psych program, but not top 10 in any one area I believe... Good luck!

also check out this thread and I forgot to mention: I kind of implied this but definitely talk to all your current and past professors and mention you're looking for a job and ask if they know of anyone who needs an RA/lab manager. and also: if you know of any specific professor(s) you would like to work with, just email them! It's helpful if you have some tie to them that you mention in your email ("My name is X and I'm looking to go to graduate school in psychology to study Y and Z. I am currently working for/took a class with/met with Professor A and he suggested I contact you.... etc)

http://cogneurosociety.org/newsletter only thing is you have to be a paying member to see the current newsletter, which comes out at the beginning of each month. but you can see every other one. when I was looking for RA jobs, my advisor was a member so I just met with him at the beginning of each month to see what new positions were available also http://www.hercjobs.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=793 definitely ask around! I unfortunately started the RA job search late (late march) so I didn't get any position at my undergrad institution but one of my professors, who had just moved from Pittsburgh where he worked at Carnegie Mellon, said he would ask around, and ends up a professor was looking for an RA and I got the job but before that happened, I also did a google search when I woke up and then at night of the following: 1)"psychology" "research assistant" "(put whatever your field of interest is here" 2) "psychology" "lab manager" "(put whatever your field of interest is here" when I first started I had it only display results from the last month , and when I got through all of those, I had it display daily results only.

didn't apply to NYU or Harvard but I applied to the four cog psych programs in my profile. CMU sent out interviews before the new year (!), princeton/vanderbilt sent out interview around the 15th I think it was and I heard from dartmouth on the 18th... I would assume most programs would have sent out interviews by now... also you're right. Vanderbilt developmental psych sent out emails a week before cog psych did, and Princeton neuroscience sent out invites like 3 weeks before psych (completely different depts I know, but still you'd think there'd be some overlap) so I imagine that there is some variation within departments at some schools

lol. I wasn't expecting to get in (super competitive+both PIs I was interested in working with told me back in October that they may not take any students this year) so add that with the fact I haven't heard about interview weekend and I assume I'm not being considered anymore

someone posted that they got an email invite for an interview at princeton (social psychology) on january 14th

damn, so that's all psychology that weekend? oh well

wow, pretty late review! hope that turns out well so has anyone heard from vanderbilt!?

yea timing is huge, but I think it helped me a lot to start off NOT worrying about the timing. so, doing practice problems and just making sure I understood how to arrive at the answer. In addition, this let me break down my own strategies to see if I was really being most effective or not for different sections/types of problems. Then when I was pretty confident in my ability to answer most of the questions correctly if untimed, I started doing timed practice tests to make sure I knew exactly how long I had on each section. I think from about two months before the test to the week before I was doing two timed tests a week

and of course I'll send mine too