Nausicaa
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I got a call last night offering me acceptance to a PhD program with $13,00/yr stipend-- I'm super excited and I already told my POI that I want to accept, but is emailing him today a bit quick? As in, will I look like I didn't do my homework or something? This is the only program I had the possibility of attending and he knows this, but I'm worried that I'll look desperate rather than CRAZY FUCKING HAPPY
Also, I realized that I have a few questions about the teaching load and stipends that I feel like I should have asked during our interview. I want to attend regardless (unless it's a 3:3 load or something horrendous like that) but do you think it's a good idea to ask those questions or ask the grad students in his lab? And are there any questions that I might want to ask now as well? I'm awful at thinking up logistical questions until I hit an actual problem
Thanks!
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Could the person who got into VCU social psych pm me your POI?
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I would say that you have a very strong chance of getting an offer, but like the POI said they're talking to applicants to find the best fit since money is tight. But at this point they know that you're a candidate who seems like someone they would want-- the question is whether there's another applicant who is more of what they want. It's also about your fit with the school so they're also gauging how you like/get along with the grad students and faculty.
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I want to amend what I said because it was way too pessimistic. It is definitely possible that some programs just have more applicants to sift through and haven't been able to contact people yet... good luck to you!
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Due to a luggage mishap (long story), I had to interview at a top choice PhD program wearing a horse dress and moccasins. And when I say "horse dress" I mean a dress with little horses printed all over it. Yellow and blue ones. I joked about my outfit with grad students and other prospectives, but I didn't waste what little time I had with my POI talking about my clothes. It was a west coast interview, so a lot of people weren't wearing suits, but I was definitely the only person with animals printed on her clothes. I don't know if the story got around or not, but I did get the offer. Hopefully your attire won't be a deal breaker either. Good luck!
Thank you! I guess you must have wow-ed them with your knowledge and personality
but that is encouraging.I appreciate everyone else's input/support as well.
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Thanks; and good luck to you with your other schools! I realize I should just wait and I'll hear when I hear.
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For the places you didn't interview at, I would assume those are lost causes. I'm in the same situation as you are with CUNY so I'm not sure.
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*faux pas
I'd be surprised if "wait list" meant something formal. More likely it means that if another person your POI is trying to recruit declines, they might invite you instead. What I mean is, it probably depends on who declines and who they wanted to work with, not a specific number of people. So I doubt you'll get a useful answer from them.
I want to say that it might not always be "who declines" over "how many decline"-- I know someone who was told she was first on the waitlist for social psych, but if anyone accepted to any of the psych disciplines declined, she would get in.
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I hate even asking this because I know it's why we have the Results Search, but has anyone heard back from the VCU social psych program? I know they've sent out notices for clinical and health psych, but I don't know if I should assume not having heard anything = rejection at this point.
Ughhh I just want to know...
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Washington University in St. Louis:
Area: Social
Rationalization:I wasn't really aware how incredibly competitive WashU was, so I guess I just wasn't "wow" enough. Also my research emphasis may not have been the best fit.
Word: Sigh...
U Oregon:
Area: Social
Rat: I don't know! I had a great research fit and interest in the program... maybe I just wasn't warm enough in my emails beforehand.
Word: Aw...
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So, the short version is that I went to my interview incredibly under-dressed; while the other three applicants all wore grey suits I had on a green dress and boots...
The long, but not really important, version is that for Interview Day last Friday I was one of two applicants to my POI's lab and four in total to the department. I actually live in the city near the school, so I had driven there from another meeting I had early in the morning. On the way there, I spilled coffee all over my suit so I had to run home and change into SOMETHING decent; the only thing I had clean was that dress. When I got to the breakfast before the interviews and such I felt like I was getting weird looks but I explained my situation to the grad students and we had a laugh. But I forgot to mention it to my POI or anyone else; partly out of nervousness and maybe because unconsciously I didn't want to sound like I was making excuses. I don't know...
Anyway, I guess my question is has anyone been in a similar situation and gotten through it? Is there any hope for me? Or should I just assume the worst? It's been over a week so it would be weird to email the advisor to explain myself. I feel like an idiot...
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I was rejected from social, so there's that.
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I suggest checking out researchers who are prominent in the literature; if you have access to psychInfo you could do a search of the research being done and see where those people are working. Email them, explain your interest in the field, and ask if they might be taking on grad students next year.
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I just sent an email to the POI I want to work with... god I can't wait for this to be over so I can stop ruminating about it.
I love how I spent much of the interview day talking about how awesome mindfulness and self-compassion is, and all I can do is worry about how it went! My fiancee is ironically the one who keeps telling me to stay in the present moment. Ah well...
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I can't help you with specific information, but I'm sure you can find some general questions that interviewers might ask on this site by checking the old threads. For a business-type degree I would expect them to do some situational questions, in which they would give you a scenario and ask what you would do.
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Yesterday I interviewed with a program I'm really excited about, and I was wondering if it's customary to send a thank-you note. I don't want it to seem like I'm sucking up in some aspect... but I'm really worried and I might be overthinking it.
What have you all done in this situation?
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The part that really gets me is when, for example, UNC chapel hill says all invites will be sent the 25th but on the results page I've seen a hand full of people contacted by POI's for phone/skype interviews as well as actual invites. It's just so nerve wracking. I wish they'd just set dates for results and have everyone find out the same day to spare my blood pressure.
I know!! I'm in the same situation for 3/4 of my schools. I know I'm not a great candidate so my hopes aren't that high, but there is the possibility they're looking through applications throughout that cycle.
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I don't know, but from what I've heard, if you don't hear anything by the first wave you're either rejected or put on a waitlist. Though on the other hand, I've also heard of people getting accepted REALLY late in the semester, so I may be wrong.
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I'm going and I'm giving a talk. Come see me, my real name is David Funder.
But seriously, SPSP is fun. More than the talks, I like getting away with my grad school friends for a few days.
Heh.
I want to encourage everybody to attend the "professional" or "current issues" types of sessions, maybe even make them a priority over content sessions. For example, last year there was a symposium on false positive psychology (hawt topic right now) that include a nice public--and later email--argument between Uri Simonsohn and Norbert Schwarz. Sadly, I skipped it in favour of something else, which I regret.
e.g., SPSP sent this last week: "...this year a special symposium session is being added, designed to allow the membership of SPSP to come together to discuss current issues important to the Society. Such issues might include priorities for action in the coming year, administration, financial issues, the pending reorganization of the Society’s central office, the profession’s response to recent episodes of research fraud and questions about the reliability of scientific findings, or anything else of interest to the membership. We have scheduled this session for Saturday, January 19 from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm in Room 203-205 of the Convention Center."
"Administration" = boring. "fraud and reliability" = spicy
Other possibilities:
"Openness in scientific reporting: Potential and reaction" S-B1
"False positive II: Effect sizes too small, too large, or just right" S-D1
And the data blitz is great for those of us with short attention spans (S-B9).
Thanks for that info! I'm also interested in the "What I Know Now That I Wish I'd Known Then" symposium, particularly the ones about handling rejection and building a career. Because, you know, there is the slight possibility that I actually make this dream happen.
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I mentioned 3 in each of them, but I put an entire paragraph for my favorite. Also, for 2/4 it was fairly obvious from my research interests and study proposals whom I'd want to work with.
Also, now that it's on my mind, did anyone else put references in their SoP? By which I mean when I was talking about some of the research avenues I want to pursue, and I defended my ideas by citing a few authors briefly. I didn't have a full reference list, but I put parenthetical citations. Did anyone else do that or was I just being super weird?
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Getting back into the Sims 3 was an active decision I made in response to being done with applications. I can't control my fate now but I can make sure Melody Pond realizes her dream of becoming quite the adventurer.
Not a one of my Sims has any sort of literary ambition, I assure you.
This is a great idea! I'm burnt out from reading papers so I might re-load my Sims 2 games onto my crappy laptop
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I would suggest sending the new one with a cover letter explaining that you had sent the wrong version of your SOP. You understand if they cannot look at the new one, but you humbly ask that they do so if possible.
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Thanks so much!
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Univ of Oregon February 1 - 3
congratulations!
*sadly check one box on the reject list*
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Call now and leave a voicemail. This is something you'll want to talk to them about directly I'd think...