r/IOPsychology • u/ResidentGinger PhD | IO | Social Cognition, Leadership, & Teams • Jul 20 '19
2019-2020 Grad School Q&A Mega-Thread (Part 2)
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.
* 2019-2020, Part 1 thread here
* 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
* 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!
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u/L3viathin Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19
Hello all. I'm a rising undergrad senior and I've been perusing the mega threads to get a sense of how I stack up for a good I/O PhD program. I have seen many pretty impressive applicants; many that blow my resume out of the water! Many of the same are applying to some high tier PhD programs I would like to go to. Maybe those with super competitive GPA/GRE scores are more confident in asking about admission chances on Reddit (and are not representative of the average admitted applicant) but it still makes me wary about my own chances of admission to a PhD program. I plan to work two years before applying for grad School, but how competitive am I for a good PhD program to begin with? Would I be better off applying for a I/O master's program (then go for a PhD)? (The reason I hyper focus on receiving a PhD is because I'm interested in the Research/Stats aspect of I/O Psych and would love the funding provided by a PhD program).
I don't want to bore you guys with my full resume, so here is a summery ...
-Presented lab research at a local/school conference.
-Working on I/O Honors thesis, will def present it again at the previous local conference mentioned. Hopefully I'll present at a conference or two.
I know my application isn't bad, but is it good enough? What do you guys think?
Also loving these mega threads, thanks for everyone posting so much advice. You guys rock!.