Chances for Psychology Ph.D. Programs

NeuroGrad
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:30:58 +0000

psych_ - He needs research experience for sure, but publications are secondary. Should he go work in a nutrition science lab (not sure why I came up with this example!) if it means he can get a publication? No, that won’t help him nearly as much as working in a clinical/social psych lab, even if he doesn’t get a publication.

Do projects and work in labs that are as related as possible to your research interests, regardless of whether you can expect a publication or not. If you get a publication, great. If not, you can still say “I worked in the lab of well-known person X doing this, this, and this,” which is what admissions want to see.