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The angst isn't uniform. There are a lot of incentives for faculty, especially junior faculty to take students. And not all labs have been impacted by covid equally. My lab works with pre-existing data sets and does simulation work, so our research pipeline hasn't been drastically influenced the way that wetlabs have been.

I did halt nearly all simulation work and dedicated those resources to folding@home (for COVID research)

If neuroscience programs have weekends where you visit and see the school, I don't think talking with current grad students in advance (unless you know them) makes much sense. If the super personal things indicate why you're going to be an incredible neuroscientist, include them. Otherwise I probably wouldn't. Here are my thoughts on a personal statement: https://medium.com/@greenescientist/why-do-you-want-to-be-a-scientist-e4a94a93af78

Good luck!

I'm deleting this account when the new privacy policy comes into play on Jan 1st. I'll be around in the community tho. No idea what my new Username will be, sorry.

Also, sorry if I sounded harsh to OP, but the better it gets, the better the chances. OP, try this book, it is really short too and will help tighten up your English and writing a bit with fairly little effort: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134

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Read this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Graduate-Admissions-Essays-Fourth-School/dp/1607743213/

Everything I did is in that book. It was suggested to me by a professor whose research team I was in during undergrad.

Shameless plug, I just released a GRE prep app on the play store. Right now it only has reading comprehensions, but I'm thinking of adding more stuff as well, sentence completion, vocabulary etc. depending on what my users want. My selling point: The app is free, has no ads, works offline and has a better UI than most other GRE preparation apps.

I'd love some feedback :)

Is there a particular school you're looking at?

Also theInsider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology has a pretty thorough listing with whatever GRE info is available for each school.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justicearman

Here is my linked in. You'll be able to see the resume I applied with a bit down the page.

To be honest, I was a little scared about my work experience, because I graduated undergrad in April. I had only been working for a couple months when I had my interview.

I think work experience can definitely offset grades and even scores as long as the numbers in those two categories are not significantly low.

I was a GM for a persian restaurant, however it was family owned, and much of my work experience is short-lived because of my summers in TN and school in UT. However, I was formerly pre-medical student (changed my mind), so I had a fair amount of experience in the health-field. My MBA program is for Healthcare Admin, so I'd say the nature of my work helped more than the companies itself.

As for all my restaurant experience, much of it was management and I feel that helped for MBA status.

Here is a Notion template I made that helps to organize every aspect of your grad application (as mentioned in Point No. 7) - https://www.notion.so/Admission-Applications-Organizing-Template-9eddb3b3939f4344a8cd23a598243fca

How about a book? I finished one the other day that deals with imposter syndrome, intrusive thoughts (and other stuff). It was good! Take a look at it here maybe?

Great advice!! In the minutes before interviews (or any stressful situation) I like to spend a few minutes doing deep calming breaths too, but I don't have any meditation experience so I use sites to guide my breaths, e.g. https://www.calm.com/breathe.

For at least the life sciences, I don't think a lot about the tone with which something is written. What does need to shine through is your excitement about research and innate curiosity. I wrote a short blog entry on medium about the things that I like to see when I look at statement of purpose: https://medium.com/@greenescientist/why-do-you-want-to-be-a-scientist-e4a94a93af78

Very good advice, I second this! I was using natural readers to do this.

Another thing I did was record myself reading my own statement and playing it back. I cringe at my own voice recordings but it was very helpful. It works on two fronts: reading it out loud helps catch mistakes, and playing it back helps you hear the tone. Also if there are parts you're stumbling on hard while reading your own writing, there's a good chance it's worded poorly or has syntax issues.

Can't provide my source (seems like the lab I saw filled the spot) but many labs hire Lab Managers that are not undergrads because they want them working full time. I just said you get paid $38k as a lab manager.

I mean here's a posting

Where BA required and MA perferred. Aint in school to do that.

Part time volunteer work is fine, nothing wrong with that. But if you have to choose, obviously you'd want to choose the opportunities that pay you before you go for the non-pay route.

I actually worked for NASA on-campus for a while. I like NASA and was able to complete the project I was assigned. But for my first experience with NASA, I hated how I had to figure out how to use NASA software and programming languages when there wasn't a lot of resources about it online and when the few colleagues I worked with weren't programmers. (It wasn't a student internship program, so I guess that's why the job was pretty difficult for me.) Now, I occasionally look for NASA student internships related to "computational physics". Preferably, I wanna work with some teammates instead of programming alone like last time. But if that option isn't available, then I have to work harder on working independently (and trying to gather information on new and developing NASA software / programming languages online 😂). The requirement for student internships is usually a 3 GPA, and I'll most likely get that GPA by the end of this summer session.
Do you have any advice on applying for student internships, doing research, or anything else? If not, then that's fine.

I'm glad you caught it! :D Congrats!

Heads up friends, if you have Gmail (Not sure how other ones work) You can add a specific filter to prevent anything relating to a schools email from landing in spam!

There may be something similar for your email type (Definitely google around), but set this up!

https://www.jotform.com/help/404-How-to-Prevent-Emails-from-Landing-in-Gmail-s-Spam-Folder

Here you go if you are willing to dig around some Latex.
https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/modern-cv-and-cover-letter-2015-version/sttkgjcysttn
If you are new to this, using overleaf avoids the hassle of installing the packages and it is straightforward to replace stuff to make this template your CV.
I am interested in this thread to see what other people in other fields (I am in math and physics) do for a CV. In my opinion, if you are accomplished and showcase your success with brevity, the template won't matter. Please don't make the mistake of sending the same CV to all programs (unlike me).

It sounds like you're a strong PhD candidate and you're definitely off to a good start with this. A couple of things stood out to me thematically that might be worth your consideration: 1) I agree with /u/ov3rsight that your theme of "disappointing your family" doesn't convey what you want it to. It comes off as joking but doesn't really add to your narrative. I think it is possible to incorporate humor into an SOP but it must be done deftly and I don't think it's worth the risk of coming across as unserious in this case. 2) It sounds like you have done quite a bit of research and your interest in the program is heavily informed by these experiences, which is great! I would maybe emphasize the specific project goals over the methods you learned in these labs, if that makes sense. Schools aren't going to expect you to have experience with every single technique used in their labs but they will want you to be able to demonstrate that you can see the bigger picture of your research. I think you're halfway there but should expand on what you were doing in the lab beyond techniques and instrumentation. 3) Just a little trick that helps me - you write well and your paper is largely free of grammatical errors (good job) but I always like to use a program like Natural Reader to check for potentially awkward phrasing and other little things that can be hard to catch.

I hope this helps, let me know if anything is unclear. Best of luck to you!

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If you've never done these kind of problems before, you're in for a rude awakening once you hit the job market in the Bay afterwards as they ask the medium/hard questions. Im guessing this interview will prob be some easy questions though.

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OP- this is an amazing resource. Breaks down everything you need to know including acceptance rates. Kinda gives me a panic attack as well 😂 Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology: 2020/2021 Edition (Insider's Guide To Graduate Programs In Clinical and Psychology) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462541437/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KPCY5YMHCZ4EQFBKN4AE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

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Your stats aren’t horrible, but clinical psych programs are incredibly competitive. Especially the fully funded programs. Depends on the program you’re looking for too. Are you looking for clinical science programs (research orientated) or more balanced programs? If you’re looking for the former well those are the most competitive. I would suggest retaking your GRE, taking a gap year to get more presentations and publications out or doing a master’s first. If you’re looking for a balanced program, those are still competitive but you’re not entirely out of the game. You’ll have to look into each program and see for yourself if you have their minimum requirements. This book is a lifeline. Couldn’t recommend it enough.

I’m a first generation college graduate too!! I’m applying to grad programs this cycle and someone recommended this book to me. I haven’t gotten it yet (I’m focusing on my GRE at the moment) but I think it can be helpful!).

Graduate Admissions Essays, Fourth Edition: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice (Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way Into the) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1607743213/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Q6HdFbEKHKTSS

This was my favorite book in my Higher Ed Master's program and one of the few I kept after graduation.

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https://www.amazon.com/Student-Services-Profession-John-Schuh/dp/0470454989

To help with your personal statement, I highly recommend this book. (To save some money, see if you can get it through your library.) I found it really useful when I was going through the process, and it includes a ton of examples.

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I prepped for 14 days. I got 156V, 162Q and 5.5AWA.

I do not know your standards/requirements. But for the amount of preparation I did, that was the score I got.

Here's how I studied.

Verbal: Not much at all. I downloaded the Magoosh app and spent like 30 minutes on it everyday (distributed, not in one sitting). Now and then I would look at sample questions from GRE guides.

Quants: 4 hours everyday for 10 days. Two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. I used this book. I don't remember which edition. I did every single problem in that book.

Last 4 days: Practice tests during the day -From the official GRE guide, a bunch of other random GRE books, and the official online practice tests from ETS. I got 319 in my first test and 315 in my second. AWA during the nights- I took sample questions from again the official guide, random books, random websites. I sent my essays to my friends and family and asked them to critique it.

I'm just telling you what I did. If you are the kind of person who can cram then you can adopt this if you want. It also depends on what you are good at naturally. Also keep in mind that during these 14 days I had absolutely nothing else to do. No school, no job, nothing. I was literally at home all day.

Good luck

You're looking at the Clinical Psych program for UNC Chapel Hill -- I was pulling that information for the ~~Counseling~~ Clinical Psych program in Charlotte. Totally different program. Probably should've clarified.

I'm getting my information for those schools directly from this guide.

This book is focused on writing the SOP, but there's a lot of great advice about the entire application process. If you're getting started this late in the season, though, you should probably wait to apply until next year.

This is what I used to formulate my essay when I was applying. Lots of good advice and examples from many different fields.

> I have too many questions and know little to nothing on how to apply for one or how to choose one

Honestly, since you know so little about how law school works in the US, you should consider reading a basic tutorial on how the system works. Something like the "for Dummies" series is a good starting point.

http://www.amazon.com/Law-School-Dummies-Rebecca-Greene/dp/0764525484

If you rely on reddit you risk missing out what others think is obvious, but you have no idea you have to consider. So please help yourself by learning about the US law school system comprehensively.

Good luck.

Don't bother with a course - just learn it on your own. If you're going to need to learn and do proofs use http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918. If not, you can use pretty much any other textbook.

On paper, it sounds like you are the ideal graduate student candidate! c: The only thing left is whether you'll be a good fit for the specific school/program/lab in question. That can be nailed down with a stellar personal statement tailored to the specific program (along with a good interview whenever that comes along). If you need any help with that, I highly recommend this book -- it was incredibly helpful to me throughout the application process, especially coming from a family without experience in higher education. It includes details down to waiving your rights, as suggested above.

From what I've seen, the real "above and beyond" thing you can do is establish a meaningful connection with the professor you want to work with at this school. For instance, if the school offers a summer research program for undergraduates, you can apply for that and request to work with that specific professor. In another case, you can attend a scientific conference, seek out that professor, make conversation with them about their research (and make sure your interests are known), and follow-up with them over email so that they have a good impression of you and your ambitions by the time they receive your application. Bonus points if you're presenting at that conference :D This option requires a little bit of networking or cyber-stalking to see which conferences that professor would be attending, haha. My research domain is very specialized so it was easy to locate my prospective advisor in a small conference, and besides that there's a huge generalized one that everyone remotely close to my field goes to (Society for Neuroscience). Maybe there's some equivalent in anthropology? c:

Wishing you luck in your applications! n_n

I so did. I started seeing a therapist for an unrelated issue and mentioned this in passing-- I was procrastinating on submitting the apps because I was afraid. But what was I afraid of exactly? Not getting in? I would certainly not get in if I didn't submit, and I was increasing the likelihood by not investing my time wisely.

I also read a book yesterday that might help: not very scientific, but very relatable and useful as a model, at least to me.

Based on GPA alone you have a moderate chance of getting into a top program. You should ace the GRE and cross 100 on the TOEFL. A lot of schools have a 100 cutoff for the TOEFL that'll help you out. Use Yocket or edulix.com for more info on the admit trends at grad schools.