Cognitive Science Options from CS /u/DisgorgeVEVO CSCQ protests reddit

I graduated with a BS in Computer Science w/ constitution in Software Engineering & minor in Bioinformatics and a Masters in Information Technology w/ a concentration in Web Development.

I’ve been in the industry for a couple of years, I enjoy the work and it pays well but I’m interested in going back for a PhD and moving over to research. My research and statistics background is very limited, I did take a statistics course in undergrad and worked on one research project for a semester. It looks like that can make it harder to find a PhD program though.

I’m very interested in Cognitive Science. Freshman year I was 50/50 between CS and Psych, some of my favorite authors are Cognitive Scientists, I enjoy reading adjacent authors like Merleau-Ponty, and my favorite course in grad school was my Cognitive Science course. In that course I learned about the overlap between CS, mostly coming from how interdisciplinary CogSci is.

Does anyone have advice for this career shift? Anyone work in the industry then go back to school for a PhD? As an undergrad I assumed I wasn’t smart enough to get a PhD but I’m feeling a little more confident now and realized I would really enjoy working as a research professor more. I like my job well enough but it isn’t fulfilling and the money incentive has worn off. I have no desire to work up the chain.

Some practical question: how do I pick universities to apply to? How feasible is it for a CS major to get into a CogSci program? It still fills like a distant dream but a more attainable one than it did before I graduated. Thanks for any advice!

I graduated with a BS in Computer Science w/ constitution in Software Engineering & minor in Bioinformatics and a Masters in Information Technology w/ a concentration in Web Development.

I’ve been in the industry for a couple of years, I enjoy the work and it pays well but I’m interested in going back for a PhD and moving over to research. My research and statistics background is very limited, I did take a statistics course in undergrad and worked on one research project for a semester. It looks like that can make it harder to find a PhD program though.

I’m very interested in Cognitive Science. Freshman year I was 50/50 between CS and Psych, some of my favorite authors are Cognitive Scientists, I enjoy reading adjacent authors like Merleau-Ponty, and my favorite course in grad school was my Cognitive Science course. In that course I learned about the overlap between CS, mostly coming from how interdisciplinary CogSci is.

Does anyone have advice for this career shift? Anyone work in the industry then go back to school for a PhD? As an undergrad I assumed I wasn’t smart enough to get a PhD but I’m feeling a little more confident now and realized I would really enjoy working as a research professor more. I like my job well enough but it isn’t fulfilling and the money incentive has worn off. I have no desire to work up the chain.

Some practical question: how do I pick universities to apply to? How feasible is it for a CS major to get into a CogSci program? It still fills like a distant dream but a more attainable one than it did before I graduated. Thanks for any advice!