----- Original Message ----- > 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 . . .
Annette I'd also say the student contacting them first is most appropriate. I did that with my program of choice and after several conversations (before email- I'm OLD!) I decided to reapply and got in. (So it used to work, at least!) We have a very good record of getting students into their programs of choice. Part of that is we have a fabulous person in our continuing education office who works very hard with most of our students on their personal statements. We have been told repeatedly that our students stand out due to this factor. I'd urge her to reapply and not "settle" as I suspect you are already doing. I'd also urge her to contact faculty at those institutions she is truly interested in and have email/verbal communication established *before* she sends her application. We always urge our graduates to do that and it seems to help. To be honest, the ones who ignore our advice (WHAT?!?!) do not do as well- but that could be due to other factors! Tim Shearon _________________________________________________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology [email protected]<mailto:[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=1380 or send a blank email to leave-1380-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
