Link to the post: http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/new-gre-score-conversion/
Quick bonus GRE vocab! Learned today that "inter alia" means "among other things.." If you didn't know that already, well, now you do.
Found a Magoosh blog post today that provides a handy table for converting GRE scores in the old format to the new format. Perfect for when you're trying to assess how likely you are to get into grad schools!
Link to the post: http://magoosh.com/gre/2012/new-gre-score-conversion/ Quick bonus GRE vocab! Learned today that "inter alia" means "among other things.." If you didn't know that already, well, now you do.
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I love writing, but even I can't help but feel nervous about writing personal essays for grad school. Although I haven't started drafting my essays, I came across these tips on how to write a captivating personal essay on the Harvard Psychology Department's Graduate Program web page, which I thought I would share with you. I haven't read tips like these before, and they seem like they would make for some mature and well thought-out essays. "In essence, essays that capture my attention are ones that develop ideas, propose experiments, point to holes in the literature, and do these things with passion and excitement. These very general comments, which will certainly not capture every advisor’s perspective, or even the majority, can be distilled to a few essential ingredients, presented below as questions: It's likely a psychologist helped develop the alert system in your car, or even your hospital's website. Although it seems like the last place a psychologist would be (aren't they just people who sit on chaise lounge chairs and ask people how they're feeling? Quick answer: no), psychologists often do play a role in the industry, solving research problems with a direct impact on society. At Westat, a research corporation based in Rockville, Maryland, with several branches worldwide, psychologists of all levels and specializations conduct research for industry clients, who are often government agencies seeking statistics on a specific issue or assistance conducting digital media campaigns. Today, me and the other APA Summer Science Fellows had the unique opportunity to visit Westat and meet with several of its senior study directors, research analysts, digital media directors, and graphics designers.
As bachelor's degree holders, they are often involved in many aspects of the research process, including providing input to design studies.
Similarly, Laura Lourenco mentioned there is no hard and fast rule when it comes to getting either a master's or a doctorate degree to enter industry research. Laura is a Senior Project Manager in the Health Communications Group, and is involved with website development and information architecture for various public health campaigns. Although it is not a must for industry researchers to have a Ph.D., it would certainly be a benefit to have a master's degree at an earlier stage. An in-house graphics department supports Westat by crafting the end-products of research - logos for the safety alert systems in cars, informational brochures, and even flyers advertising the company's fitness center to its employees. I don't know about you (and maybe I'm biased), but I feel good having psychologists be behind this research, knowing that the user will always be the focus of their work. ...of grad schools! I think I'll call this week in my life, "The Week of the Future." I don't think I've ever thought as much about what I want to do for the next five years of my life. Of course I've thought about the future, but never so systematically and intentionally. In case you, too, are making a list of graduate schools to apply to for next fall, here is how I'm recording the details for each university program I find interesting. My graduate student mentor, Christian Gonzalez, provided this basic format: University: Program: Department: College: Location: PhD Stipend/Financial: Strengths: Consider..
Weaknesses: Consider all of the above again, and anything else in addition Potential Faculty: List potential faculty you are interested in working with. Look at their profiles to read about their research. Rank: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's an example of one of my entries... University: Georgia Institute of Technology Program: Human-Computer Interaction, Master of Science Program http://mshci.gatech.edu/node Department: Interdisciplinary – offered by three schools: Interactive Computing; Literature, Media and Communication (LMC); and Psychology College: (the three schools above are in the College of Computing, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and College of Science respectively) Location: Atlanta, GA PhD stipend/financial: (Total estimated cost per year $43,000)
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Potential Faculty: Rank: 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to making this list, I am also keeping a more simple list on an Excel spreadsheet. Want to start making your own list now? Download the basic Word template below.
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About the AuthorEureka Foong has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Linfield College, Oregon. She is a surfer of the digital kind and is curious about the way we view others, learn languages, and are affected by the media.
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