yale psychology

[cheesethunder]

sooo i saw you can upload a cv, awesome

but there is also a writing sample......option? do you know if you are supposed to submit one because i totally dont have one! anyone?

[ridgey]

I don't know about psych, but I got a "remember to press submit on your application" from Yale and it said that even though a writing sample is not required, one could be uploaded at the same place as the CV if desired.

[LifeIsGood]

Did you check the psych department Web site? The history one had a specific list of what was required.

[cheesethunder]

Did you check the psych department Web site? The history one had a specific list of what was required.

i did it said encouraged to submit research work

so i submitted a cv.......

[swisnieski]

I uploaded a PDF copy of my senior thesis (which was accepted for publication but has not yet appeared in print). I figured it would demonstrate my familiarity with publication style and graduate-level statistical analysis and therefore couldn't hurt. But no, it's definitely not required.

[cheesethunder]

I uploaded a PDF copy of my senior thesis (which was accepted for publication but has not yet appeared in print). I figured it would demonstrate my familiarity with publication style and graduate-level statistical analysis and therefore couldn't hurt. But no, it's definitely not required.

yay! publication noway!

my senior thesis is NOT STARTED

ugh. 1 semester on it wasted.

[swisnieski]

I don't think there's much harm in not having a writing sample available, esp. since the department doesn't appear to require it. My contact at Carnegie Mellon (whose program is only slightly less prestigious than Yale's) told me they don't even expect their incoming grad students to have publications.

[moralresearcher]

I didn't really have anything worthy of uploading, so I thought it would be better to not submit anything than to submit something other than absolutely awesome since it was optional. I did submit my CV.