Psych/Education/DS profile evaluation request

[Taro_Taro]

Hi y'all! I'm currently an undergrad senior applying for master programs for the Fall 2021 cycle. I'm interested in interdisciplinary studies combining education, psychology, and data science/statistics. Below is my profile, and I appreciate any comments/feedback/recommendations!

Undergrad: a prestigious (I think?) women's liberal arts college

Major: Psychology (currently doing an honor thesis), Quantitative Economics

GPA: 3.99/4.0 (Psychology: 3.96 Econ: 4.0)

GRE: I haven't taken GRE yet, but I hope to get a score of 325+.

Coursework: 

• Psychology: cognitive development (summer school, A), language acquisition (A), psycholinguistics (A), developmental psychopathology (A)
• Statistics/Data Science: research design (i.e. ANOVA, A), multiple regression (A), educational statistics (A), Bayesian theory (currently taking), econometrics (currently taking)

Software: 

• Stat: R (familiar), Python (intro), SPSS (intro), STATA (intro), SQL (minimal)
• Research: Qualtrics (familiar), Filemaker (familiar), Lookit (will be familiar)

Experience:

• research assistant at my undergrad institution language acquisition lab for 2 years; hands-on experience on various projects; the most inspiring one is to conduct Rasch analysis on a language assessment test
• summer researcher at the same lab (language acquisition lab)
• remote summer intern (because of the pandemic) in a developmental lab at a very strong research university; main job is to test children through Zoom
• remote research assistant starting from this September in a language acquisition lab at another strong research university; current job is to design an experiment on Lookit
• a remote HR member at a non-profit org in China that aims to empower underadvantaged children through remote education
• TA of intro stat classes for Psychology, Government, and Sociology

LOR:

• a LOR from my PI at my undergrad institution language acquisition lab; I have taken many classes with her and have worked with her for 2 years, so she knows me well; also she knows a lot of ppl in developmental psych
• a LOR from my summer internship PI
• a LOR from my current research lab PI; however, I have just started working with her and asking for a LOR right away seems very purposeful; OR
• a LOR from a professor I have taken a class with

Award and funding:

• summer research fellowship at my undergrad institution
• summer internship funding
• conference funding (will present a poster at a data science conference deriving from my class proj) 
• dean's list every year

School list:

• Stanford educational data science (EDS): this is my fav, but I'm afraid I cannot meet some of the math prerequisites; also it's a brand new program
• Columbia Teacher's College - SMART: this program aligns with my interest well, but the curriculum seems somewhat easy to me
• UPenn: I actually haven't found a program that fits me well at UPenn; but I love UPenn and Philly so much!! 
• Boston College - Psychometrics: I don't know much about this program, but from its website I like it

 

This is a short school list, so I need your help to give me some recommendations!! Thanks

Edited September 21, 2020 by Taro_Taro

[t_ruth]

I work exactly at the intersection of education, psychology, and data science/statistics. PM me if you want and we can chat!