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Taro_Taro

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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 :P

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