Quant_Liz_Lemon

Here's a list of sections I put on my cv. Maybe that will help you. Education (majors, honors thesis advisor, overall gpa, psych,methods, math gpa, major gpa) honors and select awards research and teaching positions representative undergraduate papers professional employment (I had a psychometrics consulting gig and a data analysis summer job) representative presentations (school and work presentations) works in progress (honors thesis, coauthoring papers, ongoing work research projects) general research interests university service workshops attended technical certifications and select software proficiency language proficiency relevant quantitative coursework (I debated including this, but in quant, there's a wide range of prep that applicants had. Plus, none of my schools have transcripts yet, so I thought I might as well include it.) select eclectic hobbies references associate chair/thesis advisor/RAing/TAing, senior prof in experimental methods, assistant prof in quant methods/coauthor boss for research consulting gig It seemed to work well for me. I have a scheduled visiting weekend with one of my top choices in a few weeks.

Have you taken a practice GRE? I wouldn't make any assumptions about your percentile until you've taken a practice test.

I'm still initiating emails with some of mine. Mind you, I'm mostly in quant, with only a few social pois.

You called them? I think that might be your problem.

Why don't you just ask them over email?

I'm not sure I agree with the other posters. It really depends on how your transcript looks. If you had one really really bad semester and then steady improvement, you should be fine as long as one of your letter writers addresses it. Rereading your post, it looks like you have a continuously spotty transcript. Then I think taking a few classes as non-degree seeking would be a good plan of attack (and having a letter writer address it).

You should post this in the psych section.

I know that this thread is dead, but quant psych is a field. Although a lot of quant psych people have an applied twist, you can work exclusively in the methodological aspects. That's like saying that biostats isn't a "field"

Here's how ets suggests adcomms read the score. source: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/987217.pdf

I'd pick the stats phd option. Econ is really competitive even for those with strong training in econ AND math.

Any other future quant psych people applying this year? I know it's a bit early in the season, but life is short... Out of curiosity, how'd you discover that quant psych even existed?

If I were you, I would. Quant is pretty easy to prep for if you give yourself enough time.

How did you earn these credit hours? Were you a research assistant, or were these concurrent with courses?

At my school, our psych department does a LOT with memory/cognitive research. For undergrad involvement, you don't need to be familiar with neuroscience. They're usually content with a major in psychology or any prior experience in lab work. When I got involved with my lab, I was still just an econ major. On a semi-relevant note, one of our cognitive profs did his undergrad in mechanical engineering with only two undergrad courses in psych. My general sense is that you don't need a major in neuro or psych to do research, but to be a competitive grad school applicant, you'll need research experience. Does that make sense?

Might have helped if you listed the other programs explicitly.