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glipsus

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  1. Heard nothing too. I've written to the head of the program, he never answered. Is there somebody who was admitted, rejected, or waitlisted??
  2. Not about your question, but don't be so afraid of GRE. You needlessly cut off many great schools by this decision. I can say that it is absolutely real to pass GRE even if you are not a native speaker. English is not my native language, but I managed to do that with good results. Good luck to you either way
  3. Could you please tell me where exactly did I do the "spin my rejection around" thing? If you didn't notice, I wrote that I have my weaknesses, which means that I am not as good as others and I admit it. And I will work to become better, and I know what I have to do, and so on. But it's about me, not about others. I do not judge others because I know nothing about them. But you maybe think that you're the God, and can do that - ok, that's your right. I agree that "only the best students should be admitted to graduate programs", but I am old enough to understand that "what should be" not always equals "what happens in reality". And adcoms make mistakes sometimes, yes. Not because they are bad, but because they have to predict future based on the past. Maybe you did hear about "just-world fallacy"? I suppose not, if you really think that "if I am good, the world will be good to me". Welcome to the real world, my naive friend. As for me, I know that not every effort will be rewarded, but I try nonetheless. Also, using your logic about "the best students", if one is rejected from any of the programs, one must decide that he's bad ("he was not accepted because he is not as good as other people" after all), stop believe in himself, and go and kill himself. Go ahead. We stay here and watch you doing that. Or was you admitted to all of your programs? Sorry for the questions, I see that you don't like to answer and prefer to talk with the voices in your head, but I am used to ask people things. And oh yes, "communist Russia" was called USSR, if you don't know. And the USSR had very good education system, if you don't know. Unfortunately, it's different now. But we are talking here about US grad schools, not Russian.
  4. It was rude... I got rejected by every place I applied to. 2 years in a row. And I am an excellent student judging from my GPA and both of GREs. Moreover, I would make a good scientist. Nevertheless... I have my weaknesses (I'm a Russian with badbadbad academic background), and I think that aphdapplicant has some also, which does not mean that (s)he is an awful student an so on and so forth. You never know why somebody else is rejected. It's not a game in the sense that that it's very serious, but it is a game in the sense that there are winners and losers, and not every loser is a bad gamer - it is all about unclear rules and not-omnipotent and not-omniscient judges. In sport players are judged by their past - what they've already done in the competition. But in the grad game committees are trying to predict, and they judge by the future - what this applicant could possibly do in the future. This process is full of mistakes, as any extrapolation process. Don't you know at least one phd student who was expelled, or who had no progress, or whose thesis was just a trash? Don't you know stupid people with phd degree? You're lucky I'm not clinical applicant, but I'm in your club Next year we'll have another chance, so we shouldn't give up! "Nantoka naru-yo" is my credo right now )) It's Japanese for smth like "It'll get better". It definitely will
  5. NYU had their interview weekend in Feb. And AFAIK they usually send master's offers to those who were rejected. Without money though...
  6. Wow Congrats! Could you do it for me too, please?
  7. I'm in the same boat - always think "(s)he will not answer anyway - there are toooooo many letters". On the website they write that "Because of the large number of applications received, it is impossible to grant an interview to every applicant who requests one. Departmental policy with regard to interviews varies with each area of specialization. For example, if you are applying to the clinical program and are in the final pool of 30-40 applicants, you will be invited for an interview. If you are applying to one of the non-clinical programs and desire an interview, you may directly contact one of the faculty in the relevant area of specialization. In general, an interview will be granted only after a completed application has been received and reviewed." So, I suppose that it's up to POI to decide, but you could ask for interview. As for me, I heard nothing from UMass.
  8. Is it about the program in Psychological Development at NYU Steinhardt?
  9. Didn't he accidentally say when this Very_Important_Information is expected to appear??
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