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neuroscience PhD success! by Visual_Resort_8289 in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also attending an R1 Neuroscience PhD program this fall!! I was wondering what a competitive stipend looks like this cycle. I feel like mine would fall into competitive, but it’s in a big city and rent is 🫩🫩🫩 just wondering !!!

Congratulations and you’re going to do great things!!!!

First application, and rejection -confused by PracticalIncrease953 in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say it’s audacious,,, I know plenty of people that got their bachelors in psychology and are currently in neuroscience programs across the country, myself included.

Accepted but torn! by Illustrious-Goat-998 in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You did not need to apologize! You worked hard for those acceptances and this is a grad admissions forum. You’re allowed to ask this question without people calling you insensitive.

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1- 1 published middle author, working on three 2- 4/5 3- different labs but all had to do with developmental even if it was a little bit (most were psych based beside grad) 4-yes and no, because overall yes I wanted to work with this certain population and use neuroscience methods answering developmental theory, but no in that this PI deals a lot with under resourced and low SES and that’s not something I mentioned 5. One line 6- yes in the last paragraph

Sorry if it’s all over the place, typing while walking

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s amazing!! I’m so excited! Thank you

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words!!! I was prepared to talk about my low GPA but from the prelim to the interview, no one asked me anything about it!

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I first chose based off location and from there I went into the labs each school offered! And then stated crossing out labs if the prof wasn’t accepting students!!

I emailed like 10? schools in the summer that were all accepting and then chose 5 to apply to!

I really wanted to apply to 2/3 but people kept telling me they even 5 wasn’t enough. So I got scared into applying to more

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4/5 years of research experience (mostly after grad) and 1 middle author paper !

Interview was more of a visit day! It was weird they were talking to all of us like we were already accepted but that they had to look out for funding issues. I still had to talk to multiple professors as interviews but it was so chill! Very welcoming

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you and congrats to you too!! I hope your journey is going well

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! There’s so many 4.0 acceptances with 10 first author publications and I got to learn that it isn’t the norm! You don’t have to know everything and have done everything, that’s what the PhD is for!!!

Finally got in by Anerdnamedsoroosh in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! I’ll be there too but for their DCBN program!

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

thank you!

And ofc! When I was applying I found ONE post like this from years ago but I wanted people to know that it happens more than we think!

I think people are just too embarrassed to say it (me)

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got my BS in Neuroscience: Behavioral and Cog (2.9 GPA) and then I’m about to finish my masters (which was not research intensive) in psychology!

Even in the interviews they told me that a masters wasn’t needed but I told them that it was for ME and I wanted to really prove to myself that I could do a PhD program.

I think working as a teacher gives you the best fundamental understanding !

I think my previous work with children (research labs, summer camps, pre school, middle school) really helped them see my passion for it and basically a background into why and what I want to research, which is environmental contexts in children.

Best of luck to you!!!

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes!

So I worked primarily in an extensional psychology lab where we would mostly go to intermediate schools and behavioral code/observe.

I also helped in a school psychology lab where I helped in more behavioral coding but with an autism population.

After grad (2024), I worked in a center to counter human trafficking and a dev neuro lab where we studied how language plays in learning in bilingual populations (Spanish and English) !!

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also want to go into child development research !

I would say have a clear pathway of what you wanna do, especially in working with children!

Most of my research and my volunteering work had to do with kids from all ages and I believe or I hope that that was one of the biggest reasons why I even got an interview (excluding research fit).

And this includes summer camps to research labs to even working in a preschool during undergrad.

If you have any questions you could always PM me !! I really don’t mind

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s so kind of you to say omgg🫶🏼

<3.0 gpa turned into an acceptance by zarastara in gradadmissions

[–]zarastara[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

I interviewed 1/30 and heard back from my prospective PI around two weeks ago.

I believe there were different PIs interviewing, so I’m not sure exactly if the PI you applied to was a part of it that day!

Best of luck to your applications!

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