My name is Amy, I was born in 1981 in northern England and made the trek to the U.S when I was 12 years old. I have been living in central North Carolina ever since. I graduated Appalachian State University in 2001 with my bachelors degree in psychology and decided it best at the time to tackle the big wide world head on. Well it’s now…quite a few years later and I am embarking on a journey back to school to obtain my doctorate in psychology after a significant hiatus from institutional education. Becoming a non-traditional student is certainly more than I bargained for but sure to be worth it in the end!

The steps that I have undertaken so far are both challenging and fun, a break from the monotony that I had been living behind a desk as a self employed web designer, but oh so challenging. A few refresher courses in the summer of 2009 got my brain kick started and ready to go, and after taking my GRE in September and completing those lengthy and expensive graduate school applications it’s now a waiting game.

I intend to become a doctor of Social / Forensic psychology with a focus on deviant behaviour: deception, threat and kinesics. Where I will obtain this degree is very much still up in the air and mostly hinges upon acceptance and tuition waiver/stipend offerings.

School selections: University of Nevada in Reno, University of Arizona, University of Illinois in Chicago, Boston College, University of Virginia and the University of California in Riverside.
GRE Score: 1250 (660 Quantitative, 590 Verbal,  5.5 Analytical Writing)
Undergraduate GPA: 3.04
Continued Education GPA: 4.0
Expected graduation: 2015
Age upon graduation: 34

Mevolving.com is intended to not only give me a place to share my journey as a non-traditional (a nice way of saying older) student venturing back to school while juggling a family life and the responsibilities that come with being “non-traditional”, but it is also intended to provide information on products which prove themselves to be useful to both students (traditional and non-traditional alike) and jugglers of multiple life roles.