Psychology in Action

Category: Graduate School

  • Gap Years: To Take or Not To Take?

    Gap Years: To Take or Not To Take?

    The decision to take a gap year before graduate school can be a tough one. There are many benefits of a gap year and also countless obstacles to taking one. Either way, make sure you make the right choice for you!

  • Red Flags of Graduate Interviews

    Red Flags of Graduate Interviews

    What are the red flags you should look out for when interviewing for graduate school? In this article, we cover common red flags to look out for, and offer some general advice and questions to ask during your graduate school visit!

  • Do I Need to Know Statistics as a Psychologist?

    Do I Need to Know Statistics as a Psychologist?

    Psychologists work with very interesting and complicated data. It is important that we are motivated to understand how to make sense of such information.

  • A Student-to-Student Guide on Navigating Graduate School Applications: PhD

    A Student-to-Student Guide on Navigating Graduate School Applications: PhD

    Graduate school is a big commitment that is heavily contingent upon our own drive and self-direction. As a student who recently applied to graduate programs, I distinctly remember how arcane the whole process felt at the beginning. Where do you start? Who do you ask for letters of recommendation? How many do you need? Are…

  • Starting Strong: Advice for Your First Year in a Psychology Ph.D. Program

    Starting Strong: Advice for Your First Year in a Psychology Ph.D. Program

    Are you wondering how to get off to a good start in the beginning of your psychology Ph.D. program? Here are seven pieces of advice for your first year!

  • How to Get Ahead the Summer Before Graduate School

    How to Get Ahead the Summer Before Graduate School

    You’ve finished applications, interview cycles, admission processes, and now you’re bound for graduate school. You have three months of free time before you begin one of the greatest maranthon races of your life. So, what should you be doing now to get ahead?

  • 10 Pieces of Advice for Graduate School Interviews

    10 Pieces of Advice for Graduate School Interviews

    The interview process is different at every school, for every department, and no two students have the same experience. However, there are some basic pieces of advice that apply to a wide range of Ph.D. Psych interview weekends. 

  • Outreach Event: Demystifying the Graduate School Application Process!

    Outreach Event: Demystifying the Graduate School Application Process!

    Navigating the graduate school application process can be a very overwhelming and stressful experience. Potential applicants are understandably faced with countless questions, such as: “How many schools should I apply to?” “When should I take the GREs?” “What should I include on my CV?” “How do I know if a professor is accepting students?” “When should I…

  • Presenting Psychology: 10 Ways to Polish Up Your Research Presentation

    Presenting Psychology: 10 Ways to Polish Up Your Research Presentation

    Gone are the days in which promising scholars could conduct brilliant scientific work, write compelling and cogent articles and books, and be forgiven by all for having no clarity or articulation when attempting to talk about it in person! …If those days existed at all. Scientific communication takes many forms, but virtually all graduate students, faculty,…

  • My Graduate School Survival Guide

    My Graduate School Survival Guide

    Disclaimer: Technically, I have not yet ‘survived’ grad school. But, with three out of five years under my belt, I like to think I’ve acquired some useful wisdom. Although there is no one-size-fits-all model for successfully navigating grad school, here I’ll outline some strategies that I find particularly effective for maximizing efficiency and maintaining solid…