Hi Annette- I think that it would be perfectly appropriate (and useful) to contact some of the programs. I also think that it would be OK for the student herself to contact them to find out where they thought she was deficient. I always advised my students who had been turned down after a job interview to do a follow-up call so that they could be better prepared for the next interview.
The key, of course, is to make sure that it comes across as a request for information rather than a complaint about not being selected. Not everyone will give you a straight answer, but those who do will have provided you with very useful information Hope that helps, -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:09 am Subject: [tips] graduate program admissions To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > 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=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=1375or > send a blank email to > leave-1375-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- 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=1376 or send a blank email to leave-1376-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
