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22 would be insane! Are you sure that's not a department-wide thing? To my knowledge they could not support that many. It may be a typo. I wonder if that 22 was supposed to be a 2! Also, keep in mind that not everyone accepted will come.

You'll be fine!

I would suggest waiting for results. Even in a month or two you should have a better idea based on how many interviews you are invited to. But it really depends on your goals/plans. If you think you need to apply for a specific thing with a deadline that is soon, then obviously do it. If your back-up plan is just to find a job then you can probably hold off.

Is this Loyola Chicago? I know for sure they take 5 PhD students every year, no more & no less. Just FYI!

Funding was mine. I got similar funding packages, but once cost of living was involved it was a clear choice. I would also say accreditation, since that is a big part of school psych programs. As for the "feeling" I agree that there is a gut feeling, and if the place that turned out to offer me the best funding hadn't given me a good feeling I probably wouldn't have gone. Overall though I thought the decision would be a difficult one (was accepted to 7/10 schools, which I never expected) but it ended up working itself out in a really obvious way for me. Chances are it will do the same for you!

Programs should be very willing to do Skype interviews. I did 4 that way last year and was accepted to every one. There is also an international student in my current program who did a Skype interview as well.

I think about it, but change my mind every week. The Master's thesis is a much more pressing issue for me at this point.

The advice we were given in my Master's program is that if you ever want to pursue a PhD you should write a thesis. If you run into problems with your GPA just tell them you were focusing on your research. The whole point of a PhD is that it's a research degree, so they should understand.

I wouldn't necessarily say "easy" you will have to go through the admissions process again. But it will be easier. My program at least does this relatively frequently, and the transition is seamless because we take all the same courses in the first year or two anyway. But I'm sure it is program dependent. I would say this is an option if you REALLY want to go to a school and have missed the PhD deadline. Just remember that most EdS programs do not have funding.

One thing you can do is apply to the EdS programs (they usually have later deadlines) at the schools where you want to do your PhD. It should be fairly easy to switch tracks after your first year, and that way all your credits should count. I thought about applying to Oregon last year but was discouraged because it looked as though you had to take some sort of state licensing exam before you applied? You should check on that, though. I may get some flak for saying this, but I have heard (from my profs) that Riverside is a "struggling" (code for bad) program. I'm pretty sure some people from last year's thread applied to St John's, Lehigh and Fordham. Maybe one of them will turn up to answer questions, but if not you can turn to

That Friday is not a work day, I was not under contract, but was still planning to respond. However, that morning I was quite literally in the wilderness, no access to even cell service, and later that evening I was stuck in the bathroom with a stomach bug that lasted the full weekend.

I would normally agree, but as proflorax pointed out, it was a holiday week (no school Wednesday through Sunday). Yes, exactly. Not only was it Thanksgiving, but BECAUSE it was a holiday I was not under contract. I learned early with this prof that I have to set boundaries.

Great, that's my area too! Deadlines have probably passed, but you should look at Ohio State, Loyola Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, SDSU and maybe UCLA.

I know a few international students who are School Psych PhDs. In my experience, departments tend to like them. But I wouldn't say its necessarily a strength or a weakness. I think that if you make a good case in your SoP and interviews that you want training that only the US can provide that usually does the trick!

You can respond to them and ask these questions, but if they are asking for your airport and seat preferences it sounds as though they will be taking care of everything.

For PhD programs you should most likely hear in January about interviews, and then relatively soon after about results. Most of my interviews were scheduled for the first week of February, and I'm pretty sure I had all my offers by the end of February. EdS deadlines and interviews are typically later. You can always use the Results Search to see what your schools/programs have done in the past!

I found this out last year when I applied, and it made me a little annoyed that all the hard work (and MONEY) I put in might not even get my app read by a professor. But I also understand that some schools get a ridiculous amount of applications, and from a university's perspective it makes sense. If you have a high volume of apps the "stand out" students are going to be fairly obvious to spot. Also, I assume more than one graduate student reads them, so it evens out some biases.

The prof I am a research assistant for is a little bit crazy. There's a huge backstory, but in the interest of keeping things short, I will outline what happened this week. You should know that this prof is crazy disorganized, and it affects my ability to do the work she wants me to do. She emailed me Wednesday (beginning of break, I am not technically under contract) asking me to complete a task using materials I do not have because they are in my office on campus. I am 1500 miles away. She wants them by 8am Tuesday for a meeting, I come back 4pm Monday, and have class immediately after until 8pm. I don't respond to the email until this (Monday) morning. I tell her I am not yet back, that I was ill (true) and that I will do it tonight. She responds favorably. Now I am in class and get an email from her saying that she did not see the materials (I haven't started yet) and that she has left campus and will not return before tomorrow's meeting (held off-campus) and that I need to call her tonight. She does this ALL THE TIME. She does not read her emails carefully enough. She does not get her shit together in time for me to complete the tasks she wants me to. Then she blames me. WTF do I do?!

Not at all! I had barely any professors respond to me, and I got into every SP program I applied to! Actually, some I didn't email at all because I felt as though it was too late.

I agree that you need research, however, as someone in a PhD program in school psych whose cohort is mostly made up of EdS students, I can say that there should be plenty of opportunity for you to get research experience should you want it. Really it's what you make of it. Most EdS students I know are not at all interested in research, they chose the degree because of its applied nature. However, I do know a few who are funded by professors and doing research. In fact, one of them probably does more research than a few of my PhD peers! She could absolutely switch to a PhD if she so desired. I should also mention that if you pursue an EdS degree you will have the choice of completing a thesis or a project. If you have any aspirations to completing a PhD EVER, then choose the thesis! With research work + thesis you should be in a great position to apply to PhD programs outside of education.

If you are applying to PhDs, then yes you should try to email them. Don't be too discouraged if you don't get a reply (it's a little late in the application season, lots of things happening at the end of the semester)! If you are applying for EdS then I really wouldn't bother. This is the advice given by the prof in charge of admissions for my program, btw.

So is the recommendation one where you submit the person's email address and they log on? Because if so that is proof he works at a university!