abbyf Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Hi all! Good luck to everyone applying! You all sound like you have great things going for you! My journey to I/O Psychology is a little roundabout. I received 2 bachelor degrees -- one in music and one in psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience. I really wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts, so I went on to get a master's degree in music. To support myself, I got a job at a small regional firm at which I'm currently directing operations. Through my experiences there, I became really interested in i/o psychology. I'm excited about a change in career path and I'm really excited to by applying to PhD programs! Does anyone have any advice for a non-traditional student applying to schools? Any idea what my chances might be? My undergraduate GPA was a 3.88, Psych GPA was a 3.92 Master's (in music) GPA: 3.97 2 Years of research experience, 3 semesters of which were spent on an honors thesis. GRE Q: 155, V: 161, AW: 5.5 Congratulations to all who are hearing back! Edited January 25, 2014 by abbyf
Caitlinelise10 Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Does anyone know what the funding is like for Georgia Tech's I/O PhD program or Baruch's I/O PhD program? I checked their websites and the SIOP website, but I'm not finding anything.
Qwerty101 Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Hi all! Good luck to everyone applying! You all sound like you have great things going for you! My journey to I/O Psychology is a little roundabout. I received 2 bachelor degrees -- one in music and one in psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience. I really wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts, so I went on to get a master's degree in music. To support myself, I got a job at a small regional firm at which I'm currently directing operations. Through my experiences there, I became really interested in i/o psychology. I'm excited about a change in career path and I'm really excited to by applying to PhD programs! Does anyone have any advice for a non-traditional student applying to schools? Any idea what my chances might be? My undergraduate GPA was a 3.88, Psych GPA was a 3.92 Master's (in music) GPA: 3.97 2 Years of research experience, 3 semesters of which were spent on an honors thesis. GRE Q: 155, V: 161, AW: 5.5 Congratulations to all who are hearing back! non trads are no different from trads. what's gonna get you far is your behavioral neuroscience. if you talk that up you'll get into tons of programs. they love science and math so if that's what you love you'll go very far. also, get research experience and try and publish, of course. Also, go ahead and figure out who you'd like to work under now so you can taylor your activities and essays to them. if you need more advice PM me i've researched this to no end.
BeingThere Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Thanks, Bugle and Qwerty! and congratulations on your acceptances to Illinois! I went there undergrad. It's been a few years since I've been down there, but let me know if you have any questions about living down in Urbana/Champaign. I've yet to hear back from anywhere....but I suppose there's still plenty of time left. Good luck all! Yes, there is still plenty of time left, depending on where you applied. (Some schools have made decisions already.) You can check the Results board (up at the top, "Results Search") to see when the schools you applied to notified students last year.
BeingThere Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) To whoever posted in the Results board you were contacted for an interview by your POI at Virginia Tech, can you tell me who your POI was? Thanks! (Could message me if you don't want to post it here.) Edited January 25, 2014 by Bren2014
abbyf Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Yes, there is still plenty of time left, depending on where you applied. (Some schools have made decisions already.) You can check the Results board (up at the top, "Results Search") to see when the schools you applied to notified students last year. Thanks, Bren! Edited January 25, 2014 by abbyf
IO guy-o Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has heard anything from USF? Thanks!
Maziana Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has heard anything from USF? Thanks! Not yet! IO guy-o 1
roebuck1 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has heard anything from USF? Thanks! Not yet! Yeah, me either. IO guy-o 1
roebuck1 Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Well, Central Florida just sent out their rejections...
guagua Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Hi everyone I am new here . Has anyone heard from George Mason? One of my friend told me that they have made decisions on January 27th. But I have not seen any offer posts. Just want to make sure if they have already "sent out" offers.
leSpyFox Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I see someone posted something from Virginia Tech on the results board. Anyone know any details about it?
BeingThere Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) I see someone posted something from Virginia Tech on the results board. Anyone know any details about it? I'm wondering the same thing. I haven't heard anything from them yet. I'm wondering if it's only a particular POI. I don't see anything on the Results board from last year about VT interviews, phone or otherwise. Edited January 29, 2014 by Bren2014
leSpyFox Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I'm wondering the same thing. I haven't heard anything from them yet. I'm wondering if it's only a particular POI. I don't see anything on the Results board from last year about VT interviews, phone or otherwise. I thought that was strange too. My status online is still "Acknowledged" so I guess no official bad news yet...
tomtomhesse Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I thought that was strange too. My status online is still "Acknowledged" so I guess no official bad news yet... Have you checked the Guest Banner website? That might have more details than the application page.
iopsychohmygerd Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Just received the email that I've been waitlisted at the University of Central Florida! If anyone receives an offer, please keep me updated as to whether or not you accept it. Thanks guys! Also, congratulations to everyone who's getting into top schools like UIUC. With a 3.6 GPA, I didn't even dare apply, haha. You guys certainly earned it!
iopsychohmygerd Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Has anyone heard from Clemson, UGA, or FIT?
Arseni Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I was waitlisted at Wayne State this afternoon via email. They said the decision will be finalized within a month.
will2493 Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Has anyone heard from Clemson, UGA, or FIT? Hey, I'm currently a first year in I/O at UGA. All of the professors here admit their students at their own time, so don't worry if you haven't heard anything. If I remember correctly I heard mid-february last year via phone call that I was accepted, and set up a visit the following weekend, which was when I immediately knew UGA was the school for me! Let me know if I can answer any of your questions about UGA!
iopsychohmygerd Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Hey, I'm currently a first year in I/O at UGA. All of the professors here admit their students at their own time, so don't worry if you haven't heard anything. If I remember correctly I heard mid-february last year via phone call that I was accepted, and set up a visit the following weekend, which was when I immediately knew UGA was the school for me! Let me know if I can answer any of your questions about UGA! Awesome, thank you so much! I'm sure I'll have more questions once I find out more information about the status of my application. My sister actually graduated from UGA, and it's only about three hours from my home town, so I'm pretty familiar with both the university and Athens. It's one of my top choices, so I'm practically on the edge of my seat waiting to hear back, haha. Fingers crossed!
IOSearching Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Anyone know anything about Bowling Green? HDFStakeover 1
guagua Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Haven't heard anything since the last email from the graduate secretary in mid Jan. Decisions have been made. About 4-5 offers out of 12 out of 20. Others were wait listed.
BeingThere Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Just received an email from a POI at Wright State asking for a time to "chat" by phone. I don't know if it will be a telephone interview or what, so didn't post it in the results board yet. If you applied to Wright State, I guess they are starting to contact folks now. Edited January 30, 2014 by Bren2014
guagua Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 So if I haven't been contacted, is that a waitlist? Or rejection? If you are not in the 20 it should be a rejection, in other cases I am not sure. I think you can contact your POI to see if you are in the waiting list.
Melissa Jo Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 So I am curious if I have a fighting chance of getting into a PhD program for I/O. Overall GPA with a major in psych 3.75, psyc GPA 3.9, Quant 150, Verbal 164, An 3.5. I have one year of work experience in human resources and I was a RA during my undergrad for a year and a half in a social psyc lab. Any input is appreciated.
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