Am I a competitive applicant for Fall 2010?

[dk4299]

Hi All,

What are my chances are for being accepted into a psychology program for 2010?

BS Applied Psychology GPA 3.6 cum/3.7 major

GRE 1330 (610 Verbal 720 Math)

2+ years in research experience

post-bacc year-long research trainee (health disparities research training program)

2 poster presentations (senior thesis at school conference & regional health conference)

1 abstract accepted by APHA conference

1 year working at CBO

Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[swisnieski]

Hi All,

What are my chances are for being accepted into a psychology program for 2010?

BS Applied Psychology GPA 3.6 cum/3.7 major

GRE 1330 (610 Verbal 720 Math)

2+ years in research experience

post-bacc year-long research trainee (health disparities research training program)

2 poster presentations (senior thesis at school conference & regional health conference)

1 abstract accepted by APHA conference

1 year working at CBO

Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Looks pretty solid to me. Your GPA's not the best but your research experience makes up for it well enough, I think. You probably won't get into any Ivy Leagues but I think you'll be a good candidate anywhere else.

[cheesethunder]

ahh iduno its hard to say

its all relative to say if your SOP is weak then .....its a no go. strong LOR are alwaysneeded, also have you seen that guy's 'how i got into stanford' site? he had a B gpa and got in with a 1350 gre scores I think he was trying to say you can compensate for weaknesses in your application but really you can't 'gurantee' getting in anywhere

I'm applying to ivys with a 1070 gre, 4.0 psycgpa, 3.8overall

but ive been in contact with potential supervisors, visited the school, have a strong letter from one of my research assistant ships

if a prof wants to work with you then hell get you in is what ive been told