beyondaboundary Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Read this, think it is quite helpful: http://psychology.unl.edu/psichi/Graduate_School_Application_Kisses_of_Death.pdf wisescience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 probably a good read before applications, but now that mine are submitted, there is no way I'm looking at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 This just revived paranoia about what my references are REALLY saying about me… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crucial BBQ Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Good reading, but I believe these mistakes should be ones that applicants already know to avoid with the possible exception of I want to save the World because...Or, perhaps, not fully researching the program. I mean, who really writes their own LOR? Or gets their boyfriend/girlfriend to write one on their behalf? As for LORs, my understanding is that if a professor agrees to write one, they only do so because they have positive things to say about you and believe you have the ability to perform well in graduate school and with research. I have never heard of a professor agreeing to write an LOR with the sole purpose of discouraging the admissions committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginagirl Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Crucial BBQ- I concur. One of my LOR writers has always said she will refuse to write a letter for someone she doesn't believe is well-suited for grad school, and I think that is the way it should be overall. beyondaboundary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyoshakaramazov Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yeah, don't read after your applications have already been submitted. I'm petrified now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crucial BBQ Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Yeah, don't read after your applications have already been submitted. I'm petrified now. I see you are a psychology major.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usmivka Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) This is the same article that folks bring up every year. eg We ought to permalink this at some point. Edited February 13, 2014 by Usmivka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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