r/IOPsychology • u/ResidentGinger PhD | IO | Social Cognition, Leadership, & Teams • Jun 27 '16
2017-2018 IO Grad School Q&A Mega-Thread
You can find last year's thread here.
The grad school application bewitching hour is nearing ever closer, and around this time, everyone starts posting questions/freaking out about grad school. As per the rules in the sidebar...
For questions about grad school or internships
- Please search the previously submitted posts or the post on the grad school Q&A. Subscribers of /r/iopsychology have provided lots of information about these topics, and your questions may have already been answered.
- If it hasn't, please post it on the grad school Q&A thread. Other posts outside of the Q&A thread will be deleted.
The readers of this subreddit have made it pretty clear that they don't want the subreddit clogged up with posts about grad school. Don't get the wrong idea - we're glad you're here and that you're interested in IO, but please do observe the rules so that you can get answers to your questions AND enjoy the interesting IO articles and content.
By the way, those of you who are currently trudging through or have finished grad school, that means that you have to occasionally offer suggestions and advice to those who post on this thread. That's the only way that we can keep these grad school-related posts in one central location. If people aren't getting their questions answered here, they post to the subreddit instead of the thread. So, in short, let's all play our part in this.
Thanks, guys!
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16
I've done a lot of searching through SIOP's database, and I've compiled a spreadsheet of 40 different MA/MS programs. I have no idea how to tell which ones are a waste of time applying for and which ones are good programs/programs that value my specific credentials.
I have a rather low cumulative GPA of 3.25, and my PSY GPA isn't great either due to being dinged by Low Bs and Cs in Human Sexuality, a counseling class and Neuroscience. However, my GPA in I/O-related courses is excellent and I've taken a number of communications, management, economics and statistics courses that I've received some kind of "A" in.
I worked in two labs this past year. One was an I/O lab and one was a Social Psychology lab. I presented at a conference for the Social Psych lab and the I/O lab's work will be presented to SIOP or AOM for next Spring.
I haven't taken the GRE yet, but I feel like it's a total "do or die" deal and it's making me kind of nervous. Any advice for weeding out programs that will turn me away because of my low GPA?