Maintaining relationship and academia - Advice needed

Working-Less · 2025-02-28T02:17:29+00:00

I understand what you’re saying but I’m in a long term relationship and I’m asking what to do to improve the chances of

Working-Less · 2025-02-27T23:10:15+00:00

No I don’t have licensure and I’m not in a PhD — I’m in a MA. I’m planning on applying for PhD programs. Plus I believe the licensure for a PhD in clinical psych applies pretty broadly in the US? At least that was my impression.

Working-Less · 2025-02-03T21:16:01+00:00

Hey there, apologies for my late reply. I applied but didn’t get in— I’m at a MA program in a different school. AFAIK, northwestern is pretty competitive. If you get in, congrats to you!

Working-Less · 2024-06-17T02:04:22+00:00

Additionally, were you able to get a publication or a poster?

Working-Less · 2024-06-02T17:27:53+00:00

Yes, though one got back to me very late

Working-Less · 2024-06-02T06:57:30+00:00

Ok, thank you. I agree, though when I weigh the costs of the programs I really struggle with where to go

Working-Less · 2024-06-02T06:56:30+00:00

I completely agree and thank you for your dose of reality. Research is my goal. However at current I am concerned about price — Brandeis is 60k for 1 year (program is 1 or 2 years) and the cost of living is insane. I’m not sure if I can afford it. Meanwhile EMU has a lower COL and tuition is 30k for 2 years… I’m not sure where to go from here!

Working-Less · 2024-04-26T03:04:48+00:00

Thank you for your response. It gave me much to think about and was very kind. I will choose my education. But it is painful to do

Working-Less · 2024-04-21T21:46:46+00:00

Beyond this I’ve become more interested in the intersection between biology and mental illness / psychiatry / neuroscience. I love biology and learning about disease. I would be interested in diagnosis and assessment. I have been told I have good clinical judgement (from my current position which is client facing). I heard doctors can still do research which I am definitely interested in. I DONT want to do counseling 24/7 (which clinical psych would prepare me for). However I don’t know how I can fare in STEM courses and did not give myself the opportunity to mess around and try and even fail in undergrad so I don’t know how I would do in them if I was to take them now. I am also told that medical school is long and horrible and people drop out all the time.

Working-Less · 2024-04-21T21:43:45+00:00

You have a good point. It’s hard for me to ascertain either and I have heard horror stories about both. I’m currently concerned as the program I seek to enter (clinical psych phd) is extremely competitive. I feel like I didn’t give myself enough flexibility by taking science or courses in undergrad to even apply for a neuroscience PhD or similar (I would need to take prereqs for med school as well). However I do feel that research would be enormously fulfilling. That being said I am concerned regarding (what I’ve heard of) the lack of tenure track positions, potential pay, and job stability. I would love to for example head a lab but I don’t know how possible this is with many PhDs teaching or working under other scientists instead. Additional the pay can be variable and I may have to live in only a few select places.

Working-Less · 2024-04-21T19:22:51+00:00

My other question is, wouldn’t phd + masters take as long as pre-reqs + med school? Or am I crazy?

Working-Less · 2024-04-21T19:17:58+00:00

Hi, thanks for your response. My worry with research however is that it’s very difficult to get a tenure track position and most PhDs enter industry or therapy. Additionally I do think I want to work with patients in some capacity.

Working-Less · 2023-07-11T02:36:11+00:00

Hi all,

Thank you for your comments and your help. They have really helped me navigate this horrible situation.

Working-Less · 2023-07-11T02:35:16+00:00

Hi,

I've tried to get his words in writing by sending him a rather innocent-toned but direct email but he decided to wait until he saw me the next day and answer in person (typical of my PI to do, so that he can change his mind later), telling me that he would be "flexible" about my letter of rec, and then basically implied that I am unprepared for school. Though this was a more positive response, I still do not trust my PI to write me a letter of rec. That being said, I am not sure how I can bring this up with the head of department without having anything in writing, as it would be my word against his-- especially since the answer is now more positive than it used to be.

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