I had a student who is truly a top student--she has a great gpa (3.87), has good GREs (in the 600 range each), has had extensive research experience with several conference presentations, two manuscripts under review and one as a co-author that has been accepted. I know she had strong letters of rec because even though she is not off the scale genius she is extremely motivated and a hard worker.
She applied only to social programs, primarily dealing with forensic/law subareas of research. That is the area she'd like to pursue. She applied to 16 programs and got into none. I am floored. She did apply to 4 law programs and got into one but is now having second thoughts, thinking she might try again next year, preferring to go the phd/law combined route. However, she is coming a this decision from a perspective of being very down in the dumps about it all. I was wondering if anyone on the list, who is in a program with graduate programs, think it would be appropriate for me to contact some of the programs and ask them what more I could have done to mentor her; or if there was something really amiss in her application packet that I didn't see and am not picking up on? Any ideas? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1375 or send a blank email to leave-1375-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
