<p>Hey everyone, I'm new to this site, and I really need some good advice.</p>
<p>I'm a 24 year old recent college graduate, finished with a 3.26 gpa in January. </p>
<p>If i was to apply to a PhD or Masters program, it wouldn't be by this years deadline (December 2014), but next years deadline (December 2015). I would like to use this time to study for the GRE and score high on it. There's other reasons why I would wait this long to apply, which will be covered in the next points.</p>
<p>Here are the things that are causes of concern for me: </p>
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<li><p>I do not have any research on my portfolio as of yet, I want this next year and a half to be focused on contacting a few professors that I established a relationship with at my university, as well as a behavioral therapist I have networked with, and conduct two separate research studies. </p></li>
<li><p>I also was not able to intern my last few years of my bachelors due to a reason I will cover next. I would utilize this next year and a half to intern in a behavioral-oriented job.</p></li>
<li><p>I have a felony in my record, due to a car accident that I was involved in (as a driver) I drove recklessly, crashed and injured myself and the passenger of my car. This happened two years ago, I grew tremendously from this experience, although I was not one to drive recklessly consistently. It only takes one time to mess up horribly. </p></li>
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<p>Considering these 3 concerns, as well as my gpa, is my desire of entering graduate school for I/O psychology even realistic?</p>