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cloudless_climes

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    Female
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    Wichita, KS
  • Interests
    readin', writin' and 'rithmatic...but not so much that last one.

    roasting marshmallows, making campfires and general conviviality without moral debauchery (we'll keep it clean) are always solid fun.
  • Application Season
    2013 Spring
  • Program
    Counseling Psychology PhD (applicant)

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  1. Truthfully, a mass email at the time of decision would be just as difficult as a mass email weeks after decisions had already been made...weeks after candidates knew of their standing with TC - this would mitigate the hundreds of phone calls problem. But I guess a mass email is exponentially more difficult than an online letter?
  2. So ask yourself, would you REALLY want to go to a program that is so overtly inconsiderate (and borderline unethical - this causes psychological strife) of its applicants?
  3. Panzertorte, it largely depends on what area of psychology you are looking into (social, I gather from your profile) and which schools you would be looking at for a more prestigious PhD - for instance, do these top tier schools seem to want a MA before a PhD? Would having an MA bolster your credentials, meaning might you be able to get a publication out the NYU MA program? (Talk to current students to discern this, or even a particular professor you'd be interested in working with there in the future.) Also, you have to keep in mind that if you're not fully amped on the PhD programs you've been accepted to, ask yourself if you can stay in those programs for 5 years? Would you be happy? Would you be getting the intellectual stimulation/publication experience/expertise you desire? Five years is a helluva lot longer than two. Taking another two years isn't necessarily a bad idea...after all, you'll likely live well into your 80s, and I don't assume you're 78 right now. And while MA programs might seem as though they're money makers for schools, this doesn't mean you can't turn your money suck into a money-maker (or reputation maker) for yourself during your stint. And, honestly, NYU is NYU...just like Harvard is Harvard. Many people (and employers) would pay for a basket weaving degree from these institutions... These are just some flip-sides to consider.
  4. Yeah...it's even more awkward when your newfound friends try to sneak you into graduate social events ; )
  5. So I've got chocolate, hugs and spiced wine for the really young applicants and the older ones because I've been there (or am there - sort of). I was 20 when I entered my MPP program, and didn't turn 21 until November (this was a year out of undergrad). Now after after an entire life upheaval that has left me feeling more 35 than 25, if I'm so lucky as to get into a PhD program, I'll turn 26 shortly after the beginning of the year. For the older students: bunches of students with life experience get into graduate school - from what I've heard the trouble comes with med school (or dentistry etc...) that said, I've known one person over 40 who was accepted into a top pre-med program and someone in his mid 50s that just received his MD. Point: the only two exceptions I've run across are the only two older people I've known to apply. For the younger bunch: age doesn't matter. Seriously.
  6. That's rude. I suppose you're right - we all deserve a day or so off...but my anxiety doesn't seem to think so.
  7. I now hate weekends. They're the WORST because apparently school admissions committees take unnecessary two-day vacations. FML.
  8. i called UT- Austin earlier this week and they mentioned that interview invites were going out early next week, and that the committee met (was meeting) during this past week. haven't heard from (or was able to contact) KU, UMKC or Columbia TC (all counseling psych phd), though it looks as though those programs typically send out interviews during the last week of january based on previous years. :-/ so i'm just playing the waiting game, and growing increasingly anxious. congrats on your interview at North Dakota, and the offers for an MA : ) good luck with the remaining applications.
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