Two go-arounds before, I had a student I worked closely with who did an NSF undergraduate research program for one year as well; she had pubs there; she was an honors student here and had research experience here; I mean she was the "whole package" so to speak.
The first time around she get in at NONE of the dozen phD programs she applied to; spent a year working as a research assistant at an R-1 school in the interim and reapplied the next year and got in almost everywhere she applied. One thing she did differently: she called each school before she applied the second time and made sure they were taking students; apparently the previous year many of the programs ended up taking no one because they had no support $$. So, no one should give up. Yes, the standards are high because there is more competition. I am so grateful not to be on the job market! Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:03 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re:[tips] Why Do People Need A College B.A.? Mike Wiliams wrote (among other observations): "We routinely reject applicants for grad school who have the publication credentials of people we recently hired as assistant professors." >From my personal experience, I know that from the first institution at which I worked, I achieved the rank of tenured associate professor; however, looking at ads for a beginning assistant professor at that institution now, I know that I would not be considered to be hired there. I also know of a recent student of mine who extended her undergraduate degree for a year to participate in a special undergraduate research program which resulted in her being a named author on two accepted for publication articles, and had submitted her own research for publication (which has since been published), yet when she applied for graduate school, she was accepted to only one of the ten schools she applied to. I think we are facing a qualifications inflation as well as a possible grade inflation problem. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=13624 or send a blank email to leave-13624-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@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=13631 or send a blank email to leave-13631-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
