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Good morning All!
Sadly, I didn't make it this year for a PhD, it looks like. I'm not terribly surprised, as I had deficient research experience. I am active duty military, so I am now looking for something after work that I can do to boost my research experience to reapply in December. This means I will only have about 9 months to get any experience I can manage!
Here are my stats:
UG GPA: 3.75, Magna Cum Laude, Student of the Year for Graduating Class (BA Political Science)
Psychology GPA: 3.75, including Stats and Research Methods. Approx. 20 units of upper division
GRE: 158 Qual, 157 Quant, 5.0 W
Subject Test: 660 (will likely retake after studying more)
Research Experience: UG Honor's thesis--meta analysis of psyche of terrorism studies, case study of USS Cole Attack. One semester data collection for Survey & Political Research Institute.
I am not sure if I should look exclusively at labs that pertain to my areas of interest, or any psychology labs. I'm leaning towards the latter so I can cast a wide net. I am wondering if you all can lend some advice as to how I can get the most bang for my time before next application cycle!
Also, I plan on diversifying my applications: contrary to this year, I plan to apply to a variety of PhDs in Clinical and Counseling. Also, I will probably reapply at some of the ones I was rejected from this year.
Thanks so much for any and all insight!
Sadly, I didn't make it this year for a PhD, it looks like. I'm not terribly surprised, as I had deficient research experience. I am active duty military, so I am now looking for something after work that I can do to boost my research experience to reapply in December. This means I will only have about 9 months to get any experience I can manage!
Here are my stats:
UG GPA: 3.75, Magna Cum Laude, Student of the Year for Graduating Class (BA Political Science)
Psychology GPA: 3.75, including Stats and Research Methods. Approx. 20 units of upper division
GRE: 158 Qual, 157 Quant, 5.0 W
Subject Test: 660 (will likely retake after studying more)
Research Experience: UG Honor's thesis--meta analysis of psyche of terrorism studies, case study of USS Cole Attack. One semester data collection for Survey & Political Research Institute.
I am not sure if I should look exclusively at labs that pertain to my areas of interest, or any psychology labs. I'm leaning towards the latter so I can cast a wide net. I am wondering if you all can lend some advice as to how I can get the most bang for my time before next application cycle!
Also, I plan on diversifying my applications: contrary to this year, I plan to apply to a variety of PhDs in Clinical and Counseling. Also, I will probably reapply at some of the ones I was rejected from this year.
Thanks so much for any and all insight!
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