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I am currently a senior at NYU and will be graduating by the end of Spring 2017 term. My academic interest is to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist and further specializing in neuropsychology. However, before I apply to Ph.D. programs, I first would like to earn a master's degree and gain research experience in neuropsychology. I've already applied to the experimental psychology program at one of the CUNY schools. Additionally, in my correspondence with a clinical neuropsychologist at that particular CUNY school, I was offered a research position at Albert Einstein Medical School to work in her neuropsychology laboratory. This professor also happened to be one of my advisers when I was part of a neuroscience project at that school.
The problem here is, although her research work is interesting, and she does incredible research work on dementia and Alzheimer's disease, I am primarily interested in traumatic brain injury and developmental psychopathology from a neuropsychological perspective. Now my question to you is: What should I do? Do I accept her offer and pursue my master's degree working on my thesis based on her current work? Would Ph.D. programs consider the fact that despite my research experience in neuropsychology being outside of trauma, I still would like to pursue a research laboratory working with traumatic brain injuries?
I apologize for asking too many questions. Thank you and enjoy your day.
The problem here is, although her research work is interesting, and she does incredible research work on dementia and Alzheimer's disease, I am primarily interested in traumatic brain injury and developmental psychopathology from a neuropsychological perspective. Now my question to you is: What should I do? Do I accept her offer and pursue my master's degree working on my thesis based on her current work? Would Ph.D. programs consider the fact that despite my research experience in neuropsychology being outside of trauma, I still would like to pursue a research laboratory working with traumatic brain injuries?
I apologize for asking too many questions. Thank you and enjoy your day.