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  1. I think it's okay to have your supervisor write a letter. A lot of schools I applied to specifically required at least two letters to be from academic sources (though I don't think they specifically said they had to be psychology professors now that I think about it), but the third letter could either be from a third professor or work supervisor. I would feel uncomfortable submitting two letters from sources outside of the psychology field though. I would try to get a letter from a second psychology professor instead of your Spanish professor if you can. You might think you have only cultivated a strong relationship with one psych professor, but did you take classes with any others? Were any of them perhaps small classes in which you had at least some contact with the professor? Did you take any classes that overlapped with the area of research you are now interested in? If so, did you do well in these classes? If you did well in a psych class, the teacher at least recognizes your name (for positive reasons), and you clearly explain your interests and future plans to them (especially if their interests align with yours), you might be surprised how willing they might be to help. Of course that also depends on their personality and how busy they are, but in a pinch, I think you could get a solid letter from a professor in this way. If that's a possibility just make sure to approach them early, give them as much information as possible (personal statement, CV, description of interests, schools you're applying to and deadlines) -- help them help you.
  2. If it makes you feel any better, I was asked why I got a B in one class (somewhat jokingly I think), but was not asked about my W, which is literally the first class that appears on my transcript first semester of freshman year.
  3. Still waitlisted at my top choice. Followed up a week ago and was told I would (hopefully) be notified in about a week. Resisting the urge to ask about my status again. I'm assuming if there were any changes I would be notified, but it's just so hard waiting.
  4. Congrats! So so exciting and awesome
  5. I was waiting on the security line at the airport on my way to an interview. Refreshed my email for roughly the thousandth time and saw an email from one of my schools. It didn't start with a straight up "Congratulations!" so my heart sank for a few seconds, but then I kept reading and realized I was accepted. I kept the tears under control at first but could not wipe the huge smile from my face. I then kept tearing up at random moments when it popped into my head that I was accepted. Walking through the X-ray machine? Tears. Paying for my food at McDonald's (treat yo self)? Tears.
  6. @emmm Love the idea of making a bullet point list of points of pride and practicing the thank you/elaboration. Taking a few seconds to think about my answer is also definitely something I need to work on. Thanks!
  7. @fuzzylogician @ChrisTOEFert Thank you both so much for your thoughtful and applicable advice. I really appreciate it and definitely have some things to take into consideration when preparing for my last interview weekend.
  8. Congratulations!! Well deserved, I am sure Hoping to know the feeling some time soon!
  9. Just wanted to say that I feel you on this. I keep missing the same class and the work I have to make up is piling up and the concepts are getting difficult to teach myself. As far as problems go, it's a good one to have, but it is still very very stressful. I'm considering turning down an interview because I'm just so behind, but it's creating such a dilemma for me.
  10. So I got my first post-interview rejection today and while the program wasn't my top choice, it's safe to say I'm pretty crushed. It just really hurts considering how much programs emphasize that everyone at the interview is qualified on paper. Leads me to believe I'm awkward/boring/hard to get along with. Luckily I have one more interview weekend coming up, but I seriously can't stop thinking about this rejection. Any tips for bouncing back/things you've done to improve from one interview to the next? Any advice would be much appreciated.
  11. Back when I was learning geometry proofs in 9th grade or so, I thought CPCTC (corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent) was so fun to say. It's been my username on a bunch of different sites ever since.
  12. This was my experience at my first interview!! I had compiled a long list, probably excessively long, of questions to think about that might come up and while I was happy that my interviewers didn't fire questions at me, after I just kept thinking, "what did we even talk about?" I basically just had conversations, which was nice, but also made me wonder how they are picking applicants. I feel like I was only asked like two or three main questions and just talked about things that came up from there.
  13. Seconding this. It's easy to get caught up thinking about your mistakes, but every day you don't submit it the chances of this turning out positively go down a little. They might accept your application, they might not, but submitting it can only improve the situation you're in right now. If it makes you feel any better, I got an interview to one of my schools with a document missing (provided that I submitted that document), so you never know.
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