UndecidedMan

i wish to know too......

just give up man. if you haven't figured it out by now, chances are you never will.

Has anyone attended or heard information about this program? It is offered under the Education department. http://education.uic.edu/images/documents/coe/MESA_Flyer_Online.pdf I'm considering applying for it, but wanted some feedback on it.

has anyone attended this program or has any information on it?

What kind of background does one need to apply to Human Factors programs? What is a typical day at work life for someone in this profession?

i just feel like if i skip this...i'm going to be undecided forever. what ever shall i do?

It seems as if this isn't a well known program. Maybe it is better to just skip it.

I am also very interested in Mental Health, but it seems that many of these programs focus on public health. Do you have any advice on how to use a MPH toward working in the mental health field?

Hello, Has anyone considered the MPH program at the University of Illinois in Springfield program? It appears as the online MPH is the same program that is offered to in person, and there is no difference denoting you did the program online. Does anyone know anything about this program? It's usefulness, or quality of education? Thank You!

Hello, thanks! Could you give examples of where people might find employment outside the academy with something like this? Ah! I should take a look at that one! Loyola University Chicago has one: http://www.luc.edu/education/programs/organizational-evaluation.shtml University of Illinois also has one: http://education.illinois.edu/edpsy/areasofstudy/queries What interested you to get into this field? what do you see as some of the prospectives of getting a degree in this?

So using the conversion chart posted by ets, your verbal score is a 550 and quant score is a 690. I certainly think that obviously the better the score, the better the chances, but to me these score seem on par with what an applicant would need. However, since psychgurl has actually gone through the application process, i would hold her word higher. What made you look into clinical/community programs instead of just clinical? And how did you narrow down to those programs?

So i'm still stuck trying to find programs that emphasize on program evaluation. I know they exist, because even this article from the APA talks about the great growth in I/O and specifically mentioning Program Evaluation. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/04/careers.aspx However, when I try to find programs under psychology, they are far and few. When looking at the list under the american evaluation association, it is mostly programs filled with Educational departments. http://www.eval.org/Training/university_programs.asp I'm more lost now than I was in March. =/

What is your answer to this? To me, it seems like "quant psych" might be too broad of a topic, something that might fall under applied stats, or under I/O, but I could have it all wrong.

Thank you! I appreciate your input. I am going to look into those programs. My worry is that I want to make sure I can go into something that also has a sustainable career and is worth the cost of the program. I work at a research center and am involved with evaluations and love them currently, but am wondering how to break into doing evaluations for private companies, etc. and actually turn what I like to do, into something that I can make a living out of. I originally wanted to go into clinical psychology, because of the prospects of being able to teach, research, and do clinical work. It seemed as if that was a good way of spreading yourself and ensuring security, but it looks like that may not be the case. As I started working more and more as a program evaluator, I have liked it more, and want to continue working in this field, but am having a hard time breaking away from the non-profit world.

Hello, I came across a master's degree in Research Methodology under the school of education, and I had a few questions about it. I was wondering what people thought about this degree in terms of job prospects and types of markets one can apply too? I currently work at a research center and we do lots of mixed methods applied statistics, and I was thinking of how this might make me more competitive for other jobs. I appreciate any feedback received.

I think this is a good thing for yourself, as imo the one place where you can improve greatly on verbal is reading comprehension. If you notice, reading comprehension tend to ask similar types of question and the goal to them is being able to summarize a paragraph into a sentence quickly. So go out and read difficult passages either via scientific jorunals, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Short Stories and begin to make those same kind of skills.

For the people getting rejected...what were your stats like?

I am growing to be more of a pessimist as the economy continues to lag behind...but I would not attend a unfunded program unless you were passionately crazy about the field and had already tried applying multiple times (and improving your application each time). Do you have school loans currently? If so, i'd consider the TFA much more... although you will not get rich from it, some school loans will be paid back, and you will earn a teaching certificate (if i remember right) in the state, no? You've now opened yourself up to another possible career market, as well as, can apply back into IO Programs and hope the economy has improved and attain funding. Likewise, you can talk to POI and discuss if you can be put on hold since you were accepted for TFA...many schools allow that I believe.

Thanks. From what I gather is that you can do progam eval's and survey design either as a consultant or as someone who works for some large entity (e.g. navy). Stemming from that, my take is that most IO's work near larger cities? I guess my next step is learning about job outlook, student debt, etc. and look into some more specifics. I'm wondering for those that went into IO Psych... what made you decide you wanted to go to a IO Psych program?

Hello Everyone, I'm trying to gauge whether IO Psychology might be right for me. I did some research and had a somewhat difficult time extrapolating what IO Psychologists can do. Many resources indicate companies that their graduates go on to work towards, or websites that explain in general a IO Psychologist looks at a person in the context of work (whether that's worker improvement, retention, etc.). My current job does lots of program evaluations for non-profits and I'm wondering if IO Psychologist do this as well, though for the private sector? More specifically, I'm wondering how this is done...is it through a consulting group filled with IO Psychologists, or do companies tend to have a few on staff at all times? I guess I'm simply wondering about the specifics of a IO Psychologist and what his/her daily work might look like. Thanks.