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greeneyes1

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  1. I have worked at a research center for almost two years. It's expected that RA's will end up going to grad school. So there is no negativity about the situation, and unlike several RA's that left this year for school, I have stayed for the "promised" two years. One of my bosses said that she "was more than happy!" to write me a letter of recommendation, and request that I send her my CV and SOP. She said she would review my SOP as well. She send in my recommendation which I know from the application website, but never said anything in person or by email about my SOP. I received no feedback or suggestions. I have worked hard for this investigator, taking over additional duties on the studies that I work on with her in the past when our project director abruptly left, and helping out on her other study which I'm not even officially on when an RA also left suddenly. She's not the type of person to forget to do things, and I'm trying not to take it personally, but feel hurt. Why offer to do something, and then not do it, especially when I have consistently worked so hard to help her over the past two years? Not sure what to think...
  2. I have take psych methods, and research methods classes ad received Bs. Psych methods was very statistics based. i'm also wondering whether it's worth it or not to at least re-take the pre-calc class.
  3. I will be applying this fall for graduate programs in epidemiology. I graduated in May 2009 with a B.A. in psychology with minors in biology and writing. I took a graduate class in the spring of 2010 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics and received an A. I have several years of clinical experience and am now a research assistant at a hospital established research center. In college I didn't place much emphasis on taking math courses. I took pre-calc the semester I got sick and got a c Now I'm worried it's going to hurt my chances on getting in, not only did I get a C, but also that i haven't taken calculus. One of the researchers I work with told me not to worry about taking calc, and just to study for the GRE's which she thinks is more important, and that she never took calc in college. However her background (PhD in clincial psych) is not the field I am going into (public health). Thoughts? Am I worrying to much about something that isn't going to really matter?
  4. I'm a 2009 grad with a major in psychology, and minors in biology and writing 3.2 (kinda low...i know) Did conduct my own research study during my jr and sr year with the aid of a psych dept advisor. Presented. Did not publish. Have spent the last two years working as a case manager at a mental health center for adult with severe mental illness. Just started as a research assistant in April. We are part a hospital, though we have our own building. We do studies mainly on weight loss. I am/will be working on 4 different studies. None of which I will be named on...as I am only a research assistant. When I was interviewed they asked me to stay for at least two years, which initially I was fine with. While I'm grateful for my new job it is also mind numbingly boring. I have spent my days thus far, quality checking packets for missed answers....bubbling for when we scan....and scanning. It's really basic. Especially when you've run your own study in the past. Volunteer wise, I've just begun volunteering for the Red Cross, right now as a Disaster Responder, and will begin taking their trainings and being more involved. I plan to go to grad school for epidemiology. Here's my questions: I'm am unsure of my chances of getting into a PhD program, which I would really like to do, and skip the MPH. I'm not sure if my work experience can help off balance my somewhat low GPA. If I apply for the next round between Dec 2012-Feb 2013 for most schools I'm looking at, I would have only been doing the whole research assistant thing for a little over a half year when I apply. I'm guessing being there longer would look better. As would the recommendation I could get if I honored my "2 year" verbal contract. (I wouldn't ask for one if I applyed Dec2012-feb2013) What would you do? Apply or wait?
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