u/FelixAxellus

I just graduated with a B.S. in psychology, and I'm looking at PhD programs in Health Psychology and Public Health/Health Behavior.

I'm sort of an odd situation:

• 4.0 GPA
• Conducted one original research project
• Zero publications
• TA'd statistics and research methods, won the department promising teacher award
• Conducted a literature review that I presented at a regional undergraduate research conference
• Turned that literature review into a book that was a finalist in two book awards, sold thousands of copies
• Related career of 20 years

From what I'm reading on here, most people spent like 2 years in labs, or published and presented multiple times, or worked in a lab after graduating. It sounds like I have nowhere enough research experience.

On the flip-side, I have a career that points in the same direction, is what worth anything? A literature review I turned into a book, is that something?

I know I'm sort of an unusual case, but I can't tell if I have any shot at all (without getting a research masters or quitting my job to work in a lab).

Anyone have any thoughts?