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I'm still quite worried that my research isn't relevant enough to my field to get me into any schools. I've worked on a total of 3 projects (one in child development, one on environmental incompatibilities and their impact on mental fatigue, and one on restorative settings) and I'm applying to I/O Pysch programs. I'm doing my honors thesis on cultural differences in achievement motivation, but I'm not sure if that's what I want to do. I'm willing to drop schools from my list if they turn out not to be a good fit, because 13 schools is effing expensive, especially when I have to send out all those extra GRE scores.
In short, I guess, how much will it hurt me if I am interested in a project at a school but haven't researched anything related to it on my own? How do I sound passionate enough? Kind of like a recent poster, I would rather commit to a really interesting project than commit to a particular interest.
I'm getting down to the wire like the rest of you, and just wrote my first draft of my SOP like a week ago. I went back to read it right now and it's terrible. Any advice besides "chill"? That one's not an option. I've read really helpful looking stuff on SOPs but it doesn't seem like people who publish this stuff are willing to condone any white lies on your commitments. I'm not committed to a certain tiny area. But I'll work just as hard as anyone else, so I hate that that puts me in danger.
In short, I guess, how much will it hurt me if I am interested in a project at a school but haven't researched anything related to it on my own? How do I sound passionate enough? Kind of like a recent poster, I would rather commit to a really interesting project than commit to a particular interest.
I'm getting down to the wire like the rest of you, and just wrote my first draft of my SOP like a week ago. I went back to read it right now and it's terrible. Any advice besides "chill"? That one's not an option. I've read really helpful looking stuff on SOPs but it doesn't seem like people who publish this stuff are willing to condone any white lies on your commitments. I'm not committed to a certain tiny area. But I'll work just as hard as anyone else, so I hate that that puts me in danger.