What struck me as odd about his essay was the incredible naivete about science and neuroscience, given his lab experiences. His GPA and GRE (and strong letters, I assume) would certainly merit an interview but I would want to know how much he understood about what he was trying to do.
Rick Froman pointed out the odd use of the word, clairvoyance. I agree and I wonder whether he showed his personal statement to his mentors at UCR.
Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- On 8/30/2012 3:44 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote:
For those of you who haven’t seen it, interesting…. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/james-holmes-application-letter-iowa-163256614.html The connection to Dan Tranel, the prominent neuroscientist at Iowa, is especially intriguing. One can assume that Tranel was picking up on some salient things in Holmes’ file, some of which have not yet been made public (I believe). Some statements in Holmes’ letter of intent strike me as a bit odd, although admittedly I may be guilty of hindsight bias here (certainly, the letter is not patently psychotic). …Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology, Room 473 Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; 404-727-1125
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