esotericorigin
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Will either either of you hopefully future OU quant students be coming this weekend? If you can't make it, feel free to shoot me a message with any questions you have about the program!
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Still waiting on UNC as well. WTF! Anyway, I'm counting it as an unofficial waitlist, because it makes me feel better.
ditto. kind of lame of them to not give any decision before the 15th.
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zumba, hahaha.
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accepted off my waitlist today! feels like a total weight off my shoulders. time to look into houses...
i hope everyone else gets good news soon!
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am i the only one wondering whether the deadline is BY the 15th or by the end of the working day?
oh god, tomorrow y'all...
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I don't think not hearing back by the 15th means rejection if you know you've been waitlisted. My POI told me that she can't even start to consider other applicants until the 15th... which leads me to wonder, are there people who get multiple offers and don't bother to decline the schools they're not interested in?
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thanks! i'm hoping this works out. i've only got two waitlists and no acceptances... my POI seemed to expect a response from the other student. this school didn't conduct interviews, so her email would have been an opportunity to ask some questions about the program. who knows though... 10 days til i can find anything out for sure!
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I emailed a professor that told me I was her alternate about a month ago just to see if she had any indication from the other applicant whether or not he would be accepting the offer... she told me she hadn't even heard from him (!!) and doesn't expect him to accept. I can't believe someone would actually not even respond to a personal acceptance email. What are the odds that this person actually accepts the offer by the 15th without a word to the professor who accepted him over a month ago?
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@bionica: did vanderbilt email you about the child studies program? they contacted me about that... i think it's because there are some quant professors involved in that program, but seriously, what a stretch!
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just india arie in general. so much positivity.
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You could put something on the forum and see if the other person gets in touch with you. I would say don't bother though, not because I think the other person would feel super uncomfortable with talking to you (it's awkward, but not that awkward), but because I don't think he/she has a concrete answer to give you. Odds are, that person is still waiting to get all the final decisions from other schools and won't be able to make a decision or tell you anything helpful yet.
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Georgia Tech quant? Thanks!
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I do this too! Looking into an area actually got me a lot more interested in a school I wasn't sure about. I'm obsessed with using zillow to look up places to live near the schools I'm considering. A better program doesn't look as good when you realize that the only apartment you'd be able to afford in the area is the size of a closet.
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Love this thread! I interviewed with a POI and got an email from another professor in the same program requesting an interview as well (he knows I already spoke to the other prof). Part of me worries that the first POI I spoke to decided he wasn't interested, but the email said that my application generated interest from several faculty in the program. I'm gonna take this as a good sign!
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I've had my share of crazy roommates. You should absolutely move out. It's not worth the stress. If his girlfriend is living there, she should be contributing to rent/utilities (especially utilities if she's watching TV all day). So... seeing as your roommate already has a replacement lined up for your room in 9 months, he ought to let you out without waiting a month so he can get to babyproofing the place.
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plan a: get into a phd program.
plan b: uhhh, apply for masters programs to be more competitive in phd admissions? then return to plan a.
i'm glad i'm not the only one without a real plan b. i hate when people try to act encouraging and say i can find something else to pursue. no way!
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Rather than look specifically for sports psychology programs (there aren't many, West Virginia, Denver, North Texas are a few), it would be better to look for professors whose research interests involve sports.
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it's pricy, but this book is a good next step in stats. he uses a lot of examples and it's not as bad to read as most math books.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1111835489/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
Quantitative Psychology: what are the PhD programs like?
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1. like any area in psychology, the program will be a great fit if you can find a professor whose research interests match your own. there are plenty of quant programs that are measurement focused (psychometrics) and more general quant programs that have professors who work in measurement and assessment.
2. i came into my program with no calculus (except AP in high school, but who remembers that?). they required that i take the calc sequence once there, but it wasn't a big deal that i didn't have it at entry.
3. coming up with new methods is really only one aspect of quant, but what you describe is much more applied than typical for quant research. my master's thesis (and a lot of quant work) involved testing the effect of violating an assumption on a specific type of analysis - this often uses simulated data, not real data.
4. i came in with very little experience on SAS or R. my program typically uses SAS, though a lot of students in other areas in the department use SPSS. that kind of learning experience would definitely be helpful, plus if you could get a letter of rec from a quant person, it would be a bonus.