On November 18th, 2013 from 2- 7PM, at the Grand Hyatt at Grand Central Terminal CUNY graduate center will be hosting a graduate fair in which students can learn about Master and Phd programs that CUNY has to offer. Preregistration is required.
To preregister visit, http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate/fair.html
Hi everyone,
I noticed that several people have already posted helpful sites and articles about how to approach writing the personal statement. However, I found some additional sites that I think also offer great insight into writing a strong, compelling, and personal piece:
1. For more general advice about how to structure the personal statement, see: Writing in Psychology
2. This article highlights how to approach the statement with a clinical psychology program in mind; It is called Applying to Doctoral Programs in Clinical Psychology: Writing an Effective Personal Statement. (I am worried that the article might be outdated, as it was written in 1999, but I do feel that a lot of the advice can still apply to applicants today!)
Also, there are a great number of us REU students who are interested in clinical psychology, particularly working with a child and/or adolescent population. I found this article (or manuscript!) written by a student at the University of North Carolina to be extremely insightful–The author discussed applying to a clinical psychology program, and focused on students who were interested in taking a year or two off to build their application before applying to graduate school. This is something many of us, myself included, are looking into, as well. I also liked that the author highlighted the specific types of experience and research he did to get into a clinical psych program!
The article is called “Before You Apply to Graduate Programs in Psychology: Knowing When You Are Ready and Gaining Post-Bac Experiences.”
I hope you guys find this helpful!
Daphne
I know everyone has been very busy with class, graduate school applications, and work in their labs. To the extent it may seems as if there is little time to consider changing our daily decision that do not cause an immediate and direct negative impact. But, in the wake of the devastating typhoon haiyan and other recent natural disasters, I think we all need to be taking the extra moment out of our day to consider our decisions and their long term impact on our environment and the consequential destruction of the planet we share. In addition to make small efforts to engage in a more proactive role rather than a bystander role.
If you get the chance you should take a look at the article linked below and watch the video of Naderev Sano speech at the UN climate talks which is currently taking place in Warsaw, Poland. Sano is a member of the Philippines Climate Change Commissions.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/12/typhoon-haiyan-climate-change-blame-philippines
Hey all,
I don’t know if any of you feel the same way, but for me writing the personal statement has been a very daunting process. Many schools ask really vague questions to which there seems to be no single good approach. While struggling with what to write for my statement, and how personal is too personal, I have stumbled upon Essay Edge website. It has some really good advice about the things that you should and should not write about. There are a few lessons on specific things that the personal statement consists of, which are very helpful. I hope you look through them if you need more guidance with your paper!
http://www.essayedge.com/graduate/essayadvice/course
Best,
Olena.
Hi everyone,
I’ve posted some sites that I thought could be helpful in picking a research topic now, or for the future. It seems like such a daunting task because there are so many options, but I think it comes down to what interests you most, and what you would like to learn more about through completing an intensive project. Luckily, we have our mentors and other professors to help guide us in this process.
Here are the links; hopefully they spark some new ideas:
Psychology Topics by the APA
Stanford’s Undergrad Guide to honing in on a topic
Brandeis possible thesis topics (I really like this site, because it specifies different questions within various areas of psychology–health, clinical, social, neuro)
Hope this helps!
Daphne