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Also wondering about Ucsd/sdsu clinical psych. I see only two results but they should be inviting close to 70 people with 20 faculty looking for a student.interview date fast approaching, less than two weeks. Has anyone been notified?

I emailed Amherst about clinical invites and they were responsive. Try it! can someone other than me please please please call ferkauf about clinical Ph.D. Interviews and when they will be sent. They always pick up the phone but I called twice already. (I submitted in December ) I'll bring you s coffee on their interview day if you ease my pain

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has an details from previous interviews/acceptance or students on the funding situation at Suffolk. I remember seeing in the depths of the results search that some people mentioned the funding is not "ideal" or complete. I received an interview so I'm wondering what I'm getting myself into. Any info appreciated!

I know a girl who e-mailed a program in July and was like...I didn't know your program existed...can I apply? and they said sure and she got in b/c someone dropped out last minute. Very prestigious school. you never know. Just send it

UCSD program coordinator told me on the phone that they meet and send invites the third week of January!

Yes, i'll be there presenting some neuroimaging data on autism see you there?

These are actually great suggestions, i'm kicking myself I didn't apply but I was super location focused at first. Ah well, you live and learn. Next time!

@timemachines: We have a lot in common! I'm also applying clinical Npsych with a low gpa, high MA gpa and worked at MGH martinos for two years. we should chat!

Oh, and my undergrad GPA was bad, but above 3.0 MA GPA: 3.8 5 years full-time research experience, 2 publications 5 posters GRE V167/Q155/AW4.5 Because of my undergrad GPA I don't expect to get in to many, or any, schools. good luck to everyone!

Hi! I'm a Neuropsych/Neuroimaging person applying to Clinical Psychology PhD programs. I found it weird applying because there weren't so many programs with a NP minor or track that I thought were at "good" schools. I pretty much went off the DIV 40 website listings and applied: Northwestern UCSD/SDSU Boston University (NP faculty, not track) CUNY queens Fordham Yeshiva Suffolk University UConn UMASS Amherst U of Florida I started apps at U of Utah and Washington state, but couldn't really find a faculty member that fit, so didn't complete. I'll be interested to know who hears back and from what faculty!

Hi Dani not sure what sub-speciality you're looking for, but I ended up getting two 2 year paid research jobs through the medical centers in Boston and New york. specifically Massachusetts general hospital and NYU hospitals both have job listings websites, so do mt sinai and columbia for that matter. However, when I used this method I probably only got one response for every 50 applications I submitted so don't lose hope. You will get a LOT further if you find a specific lab, through the faculty listings at a school and email the PI or the lab manager with your CV and a cover letter asking if they have RA or coordinator positions open. For example for NYU psych you can look at this faculty interests page: http://psych.nyu.edu/faculty/ I had much more success this way, often they know they're going to have an opening in say, 6 months, and will immediately remember you e-mailed. This way your CV isn't just one of hundreds applying. GOOD LUCK

All of boston, cambridge, JP, somerville and brookline <3

Yes, I think 500-800 is a good ballpark. I read a bunch from RAs in my lab and the most successful ones were around 700 words so I shot for that. Update: I made it 11 font and kept it double spaced. its two pages! Done - submit.

I was afraid you'd say that :(

I've been cutting down my SOP for NYU but cannot for the life of me get it under two pages. How serious are these guidelines? Anyone submit one longer than two pages and still have success? this is pulled from the application: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Please describe briefly and concisely your past and present work as it relates to your intended field of study, your educational objectives at NYU, and your career plans. In addition, please include your reasons for choosing your field of study. The statement should be concisely written and should not exceed one to two double-spaced pages.

Thanks! thats a great idea. If I remember correctly, are you enrolled at BC's MA program? If you don't mind me asking, how do you like it? Do you know how graduates from that program fare? I don't really want to stay in Boston, but the BC program seems to genuinely care about individual student's success and training way more than NYU's 150 MA students at any given time. Its refreshing, and honesty, tempting.

Hi All, after endless scouring and grilling of their student/program representatives, I can't get a straight answer about how many/where NYU's MA graduates end up for Phd programs. Does anyone have any first hand or peripheral knowledge of this? are we talking 60% or 97%? purdue and depaul or columbia and upenn? I'm just trying to make the most completely informed decision possible. ANY insight would be appreciated!

If you're really in boston, you can google "The Martinos Center", its kind of off the craigslist grid for jobs, but its the best brain/psychology/pyschiatry imaging center in the country. Its run by MIT, HMS, and MGH. There are RA jobs posted there and you can also email invididual PIs. Since we're not AT a school they don't get flooded by undergrads looking for resume gloss, its much more accessable. State your research interests and ask if they have funding for full or part time work. some of it will be lab work, but they always need people to give talks, etc. Even try to intern. This center is world-renowned and most of our RAs get into harvard, MIT, BU, Tufts, etc. Its the best PhD prep you can do, but you have to work hard.

I would like to know this as well. Hope someone can help.

Does anyone want to switch for feedback or is just really bored? I'd love to exchange ideas. A wise friend told me if I was having trouble starting, just put down the facts first. Which I did, but now it lacks heart, I feel. I'm applying to NYU, BU, Brown and Columbia

Hi all, I'm new, I'm applying to MA programs some for the summer, some for the fall. and I'm hoping to get some advice from recent grads or recent applicants. I know, I know, everyone says why not just go for the PhD.....Well, mostly money is just not an issue and I'm still unsure as my my direction. IE: i want to be able to take some philosophy of mind courses, and move around a bit. I graduated from smith college a few years ago and have been working in neuro-imaging research since, I will probably have my name on a paper or two by the time I'm done with this job. My GRE's were 167/155 (i'm so bad at math). Here is where I need some advice, in terms on terminal MA, the options are so limited. NYU, BU, Penn...brandeis?? I hear NYU's MA is only decent and thats the most prestigious name on the list. I'm wondering if I'm missing any important programs on the east coast? Has anyone been to one of these programs? Where else did you apply? I'm really looking for a program with a rigorous curriculum, I want to work hard, have professors who care, and be able to go somewhere like Brown for my PhD after. Any advice, even small, is appreciated. I'm a bit swamped in the process. -E