melek Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hi everyone! I'm new to this site but it has been really helpful and interesting so far. I would really appreciate if anyone could provide me a profile evaluation. I'm mostly concerned about my age (I'm around the youngest I have seen on this site) and my lack of a grad degree. Program Applying to: Management/OB/HR Undergrad Degree/GPA: BS in Psychology from a high-ranked public school/3.9 (major GPA is 4.0) Age: 22 GRE: 327 (165 in Verbal; 162 in Quant; 4.5 Writing) Work experience: 2 years full time during undergrad (unrelated) and 2 years full time post-undergrad as a manager (I graduated at 20), 4 years volunteering, including 1 year running a non-profit Teaching experience: no real teaching experience, but I assisted in teaching elementary school students and have tutored 10+ college/grad students in Math/writing Research experience: 3 years undergrad (research assistant in 3 labs) and 2 years post-undergrad as a lab manager (all psychology), 6 months assisting OB professor in negotiations research Letters of recommendation: 3 from psychology professors currently conducting research (2 are big names, the other is head of psych dept but not well known) Research interests: OCB/prosocial behavior Schools:I'm applying to 15 schools (wide range of rankings) I have been in contact with some professors in the programs that I met through recruiting events and working with OB professors and current grad students, who all sounded very encouraging, but I really have no clue where I stand. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myndfood Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think your profile looks pretty good. I imagine you'll get some interest. I agree, though, that for some programs, age might be an issue--although not all. There are certainly plenty of OB programs that like students with little/no work experience. All in all, I think your profile looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melek Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDPlease Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I would say looks very good. Personally I wouldn't be very concerned about age discrimination. I think younger applicants on average have had less time to accomplish things, but you 2 years of post-college work experience and a lot of research experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthusARES Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I would say looks very good. Personally I wouldn't be very concerned about age discrimination. I think younger applicants on average have had less time to accomplish things, but you 2 years of post-college work experience and a lot of research experience. I don't know much about OB, but all of this sounds correct. Your lack of "real world experience" should be more than made up for by your research experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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