What does it signify when a PI interviews you before submitting application?

I am interested in pursuing developmental- cognition phd and I recently met a prof from R1 university and we just had a really cool research focused chat and expressed my interest in applying and taking this forward.

The Convo was quite alright. I had no clue what to make off it. But it really made me wonder what the point of that conversation was all about.

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u/flyingcapa — 1 day ago

I intend to pursue PhD in psychology and I was wondering if my profile is good enough for a top tier uni

I am an Indian and I'm going to graduate with a Psych degree next April and I intend to pursue PhD further. Do you think I might have a chance considering below is my profile

  1. GPA: 8.99/10 (likely to go upto 9)
  2. Multiple research experiences in multiple labs across India, the US and Canada
  3. I won a very prestigious and highly selective fellowship to work with one of the best faculty in the world in a very famous lab and university
  4. I have about 4+ conference talks and posters both at an international level and national level (Went to Cogsci this year -- From what Ik its the topmost conference in the world for psych)
  5. I have won 2 grants for research alone over the last 2 years
  6. I have technical experience. Familiar with EEG, Eye-Tracking, fNIRS etc
  7. I am also on a merit scholarship at my uni
  8. I have a submitted a first author manuscript at the topmost journal
  9. I have 2 more manuscripts under preparation
  10. I am also working on my honors level thesis

Do you think I might have a chance at all?

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u/flyingcapa — 18 days ago

I want to pursue PhD in cog sci directly after BA. Please gauge and lmk your thoughts on it. Do you think I might have a chance?

  1. I am from India and i have a gpa of 8.97/10
  2. i have a publication under review at a top journal - first authorship
  3. I have gone to 4+ conferences both nationally and internationally and have given international talks
  4. Got a very prestigious fully funded fellowship stint in Canada at the top uni with a very famous faculty
  5. I am conducting EEG and eye-tracking studies
  6. got academic merit scholarship throughout my 4 years of BA
  7. Working with a people from the US on embodiment
  8. I am also working on my thesis that is theoratical and computational in nature
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u/flyingcapa — 21 days ago

I want to pursue PhD in cog sci directly after BA. Please gauge and lmk your thoughts on it

  1. I am from India and i have a gpa of 8.97

  2. i have a publication under review at a top journal - first authorship

  3. I have gone to 4+ conferences both nationally and internationally and have given international talks

  4. Got a very prestigious fully funded fellowship stint in Canada at the top uni with a very famous faculty

  5. I am conducting EEG and eye-tracking studies

  6. got academic merit scholarship throughout my 4 years of BA

  7. Working with a people from the US on embodiment

  8. I am also working on my thesis that is theoratical and computational in nature

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u/flyingcapa — 21 days ago

I have an animated clip for which I need to automate the dynamic AOI on Eyelink. How do I do that?

I am analyzing eye gaze data and I am quite stumped as I dont want to manually draw AOIs on Eyelink. How to best design the AOI without manually doing it? Does eyelink have automatic interpolation? If yes, how to do it. any idea? Is there a python database to define it?

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u/flyingcapa — 3 months ago
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I have an animated clip for which I need to automate the dynamic AOI on Eyelink. How do I do that? How to best design the AOI without manually doing it? Does eyelink have automatic interpolation? If yes, how to do it. any idea? Is there a python database to define it?

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u/flyingcapa — 3 months ago