EastCoasting

Far West is great. Myself and many others I know live there now, and intend to continue living there for the remainder of our studies/post docs

I suppose the RAship will depend on your adviser, but as someone who has been an RA for the past 2 years (and also have up a 5 year fellowship for it), I don't think I've done anything different from what I would have done had I received a fellowship.

I think that if you conducted some research and took the require psychology courses (probably about 5) you would even been a good doctoral program candidate with your experience

After meeting people who completed NYUS masters, I would never personally want to do it myself. I would rather reapply next year if I were to reject the PhD offer.

An international student in my department first worked as a lab manager in the lab that she is now a student at. You might be able to look into lab manager positions in the US as well, but it might be hard if you have no experience in the area that you are interested in studying. Just a thought.

Someone posted a while back that they interviewed there. Not sure about whether they heard back or not.

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If your adviser has a grant than it is probably negotiable. Even if not, you can always ask. I don't think I would phrase it as asking them to make their offer as more interesting to you. Rather, I would mention that although they are your first choice (only say this if true!), you are forced to contemplate an offer from a school you prefer less due to financial concerns. They should be able to pick up the elephant hint, or you could ask if there are any fellowships you may be able to receive or whatever (I did this and received more money as well as a small fellowship).

It depends on the professor. Some will only accept masters students, some prefer it, and others don't care.

I think CUNY recently opened a clinical psychology masters. You could be done with schooling in 2 years, and CUNY grad tuition is usually about $7,000 a year, which is cheaper than anywhere else...

At my institution a few students completed their undergrad their as well. To my knowledge, the only stigma there is, is against getting a tenure track position as your doctoral institute. I don't know who the prof would choose, but the student may not necessarily want to go there. Also, recruits don't always apply to study under faculty they've priviously worked with, and often undergrads don't really cultivate meaningfull relationships with the lab's PI.

You should also have a professor who you did research with address the grade in their letter, and explain that it was a fluke and that you really are good at stats.

I was really stressed. I am usually really stressed. There was a nice article on stress a while back in the NYT, that spoke about how stress can be a great motivator for preparedness. I just tried to channel the stress to feel more prepared. Because of stress I woke up really really early every interview weekend, and just used the time to read more about the faculty. I didn't actually need to know nearly that much for the interviews, but it did make me feel more confident. I got into most of the programs I interviewed at. Give your stress meaning, if you can. At least part of the weekend will be enjoyable, so try and make the most of that. Good luck!

I wore flate, and jumped over puddles and mounds. It retrospect should have gone with the nice boots approach...

I wore nice dresses with either tights or leggings underneath all three days (3 different dresses). I took the same thing for interviews so u wouldn't have to think about it. I don't think I had any pocketbook. I think I just used my backpack at all times, but it is possible I am misremembering.