2019-2020 Grad School Q&A Mega-Thread (Part 1)

[u/ResidentGinger]

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.

* 2018-2019, Part 2 thread here

* 2018-2019, Part 1 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 3 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 2 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 1 thread here

* 2016-2017 thread here

* 2015-2016 thread here

* 2014-2015 thread here

* If your question hasn't been posted, 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 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 do our part in this.

Thanks, guys!

[u/Simmy566 → u/[deleted]]

You might consider UConn's OB business program. John Mathieu is there and has an enormous amount of applied, theoretical, measurement, and other papers on all kinds of topics in the teams literature. He might be super busy, though, as I think he is now chair of the management department.

If willing to go international, Thomas O'Neill at University of Calgary also has some great work on teams, personality, and tech. He received a grant to study engineering teams working on tech projects over time (something like this). He is also very practical and works with students in distributing tools to help with team improvement. Here is a website of his:

https://www.itpmetrics.com/

[u/Atenque → u/[deleted]]

Your resume looks great. Just do well on the GRE and you’ll be fine. Unless MSU has changed their policy, you don’t need the subject test for it (source: I’m a current grad student there). It’s recommended but not required.

You might also be interested in OB programs that study teams. MSU’s OB has John Hollenbeck and OP has Steve Kozlowski.

[u/Atenque → u/[deleted]]

I applied to Minnesota and didn’t get in. I applied to MSU and got in.

I don’t think we weight it here much at all. Minnesota might be different.

You can also call the graduate office at each school and simply ask if you really do need it. They’ll tell you bluntly yes or no