Duke的回复邮件彻底打消我考SUB的念头 [复制链接]

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我是本科在读，大三，政治学专业，GPA3.6左右，虽然托福、GRE还没考，但有信心可以考得挺好！想转专业申请美国大学的心理学PH.D，申请的方向是Social and Personality Psychology。但一直有3个问题困惑我，一是要不要考SUB，二是我这种没有心理学背景的人，人家大学愿意要么，三是奖学金。
前两天发了1封邮件给DUKE U的Department of Psychology and Neuroscience，问了几个问题，挺快就收到了回复，现在将邮件主要内容附在下面：
Answers are after your questions.
1) Can international students AUTOMATICALLY have financial support when admitted to a Ph.D program in psychology?
ALL STUDENTS ACCEPTED INTO ANY AREA OF PSYCHOLOGY ARE COMPLETELY SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY.

2) Does the department make a commitment to financially support all students, including INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS who admitted into a Ph.D program?
YES FOR THE FIRST 4 YEARS.

3) Is the department willing to accept a student who DO NOT have a background in psychology.
THEY WILL LOOK FOR SOME BASIC PSYCHOLOGY COURSES AS WELL AS STATISTICS CLASSES.

4) I know the department does not require GRE subject test. But If I take the subject test of psychology, will it be kind of compensation for my disadvantage in lack of background in psychology and lack of research experience?
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IS HELD VERY HIGHLY. YOU WILL BE IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER APPLICANTS WHO WILL HAVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. THIS WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST DISADVANTAGE.

我从这封回复邮件中读出的信息就是：1、SUB没有用， 2、research experience非常重要。
本来就犹豫要不要考SUB的，SUB今年大概也是在11月4日考，而且要1个月才出成绩，我想申请的学校大多是12月15日就截止，而且几乎都是要求所有申请材料包括GRE之类的官方成绩单必须在deadline之前寄到。ETS很难赶在deadline之前把成绩单寄到我想申请的学校。而DUKE的这封邮件彻底打消了我考SUB的念头。
我的想法是，与其花钱和精力考SUB，不如想想怎么弄点research experience！

顺便把DUKE的心理学专业的一些数据列出来，以供大家参考：2005～2006年，PH.D申请人数－录取人数－录取率
1）Clinical：287－8－2.8％
2）Developmental：26－5－19.2％
3）Social：52－4－7.7％

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