Regarding the highly qualified student who was rejected from all the social/forensic programs to which she applied:
I have three possible reasons: 1) The economy has caused many more students to apply to graduate schools instead of looking for jobs. 2) It used to be that a plurality of my advisees wanted to be "child psychologists." Nowadays, that would be "forensic psychologists." They all want to profile serial killers for the FBI. I can only wonder if they don't get a bad taste in their mouths when some of these social programs hear that a student wants "forensic psychology." Unless the student was very specifc about her interests, I might assume that she was a) trying to "back door" into clinical/forensics or b) was clueless as to what most forensic psychologists do. 3) perhaps the economy has dramatically reduced the amount of support available in social sych and the schpools are loathe to admit students without such support. I'm just free associating here. And I DO feel for tnhis poor student. Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. --- 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=1435 or send a blank email to leave-1435-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
