5 skills psychology grad students must develop now to GET AHEAD

It took me 7 years to finish my 5 year PhD. Here are the top 5 tips that helped me complete my dissertation and get out of grad school.

My top 5 tips:
1. Understand your procrastination
2. Invest in self-care
3. Find your people
4. Get involved
5. Build a professional online identity

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THE PSYCH SHOW! Making psychology fun and easy to understand. Produced, written, and edited by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice.

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[drali]

My top 5 tips:
1. Understand your procrastination
2. Invest in self-care
3. Find your people
4. Get involved
5. Build a professional online identity

What are your favorite grad school tips?

[StacksFacts]

My #1 advice is *hit up your university librarians* early & often!

Librarians are a researcher's best friend, which is why grad students actually use the library at a higher rate than undergrads. Aside from being able to help folks find *the best* research literature that's relevant to an individual's needs, they also offer classes on all kinds of things:
- Doing annotated bibliographies & systematic reviews
- Making citation management painless
- Thesis formatting and workshopping
- Programming for statistics and data analysis
- Finding hard/obscure data
- Sharing your research in impactful ways
- And more!

Excellent work, Ali -- super relevant and has me thinking about ideas for my channel now... *thinking emoji*

[GetPsyched]

It was a real pleasure doing this video with you Ali. Happy to hopefully help some others that are going through the undergrad process.

[bensonmengullo]

Thanks for this, Dr. Ali - very insightful 😄

I am an aspiring Psychologist who just started my Grad School / Masters's in Clinical Psychology this year. I am very grateful to have come across your channel for your content. As your other videos helped me deal with coping and other stuff, this content would be beneficial as I start this career in this field!

(though this video is already 4yrs old, it's still relevant 😅)

Indeed, I will watch out for any of your new videos! Cheers

[JaykJayk]

I just want to say thank you for your content. I’m a third year psych student and wanted something educational but entertaining to watch in my down time and this is perfect. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

[traqueliacooper]

My daughter just graduated from Alabama state accomplished her bacholars in psychology with honours like highest GPA of her class and she black I'm so proud of her hut besides my point I came across your inspirational video and just sent it to my daughter I want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge with others such as myself and you and your family remain blessed and safe

[poojalarouxja]

Thanks so much for this! I’m currently in a masters program to pursue mental health counseling. :) much love!

[renee]

You get me, you so get me! Thank you sir

[DD-jmug]

Another great video 🙇 Thankyou for sharing 💜

[stevencalixte]

Thank you very much for this, very helpful and I like your page.

[sofiesheldon]

I saw that ucla sweatshirt!! Go Bruins!!!

[sashagunpat]

Thank you very much for this content! Your tips are really helpful. Do you have any advice on balancing clinical training with research when going through the clinical PhD program?

[dimpleyadav]

Hi Ali, I did my Bachelor's from Psychology but post that I went on to pursue MBA and now I'm working in a company as product manager. I still think and go back to the idea of pursuing Psychology and opting for Masters in it. Is it a crazy idea? I really feel my heart is in it. I stumbled upon your channel while analysing Everything and it seems you might help me. 🙂

[lionheart]

Do you really consume books on research? Any suggestions on research approach.

[Leshenn]

I am a bit late watching this video, but I have a question for anyone who might be able to help. I moved to a different state with a culture I don't exactly mesh with, and have had difficulty bonding with my cohort and many people within the department. We just have very dissimilar interests, personalities, levels of privacy, at different stages of life, and low key there is a lot of department drama I try to stay away from. Being 4 years into my program, I am emotionally exhausted and feel pretty lonely, and at this point am willing to accept that I just probably won't be close with my cohort and a lot of people in the department, and that is ok. Do you know of any other ways to find people outside of the department's small community? any tips about how to become social again after having years not talking about anything but work?

[PebProductions]

I can't watch the rest of this video until after "Letter B" drops.