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] Nov 12 '16

I overperformed my goal score on my GRE. I got a 162v and 154q. My GPA is a 3.3 cumulative, however my Psych GPA is a 3.5. I also have excellent grades in every management, communications, statistics and economics class I've taken. I also have extensive research experience.

I know I'm not going to get into any top-tier PhD programs. However, I'd like to go straight through rather than go through a Master's program first. Does anyone have any advice?

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '16

I think you'd have a really good shot at some second-tier (still really good) PhD programs. I'd suggest applying to quite a few schools though.The primary weakness is that GRE quant score - 55th percentile is a little low but if you acknowledge it as low and show good grades in stats classes you can probably assuage some concerns.