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    Clinical Psychology

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  1. I just checked the results, and it looks like a clinical applicant has been contacted by the University of Western Ontario. Just wondering if anyone has heard anything from them. Their interview day isn't too far away, so invitations should be going out soon... Cheers
  2. Last year the UBC interviews were right after SPSP. I don't think they will schedule them for that week. Interview invites from UBC should be going out around January 26th. You will hear directly from your POI. Hopefully this info is handy.
  3. Just heard I've been short-listed for SFU (Yay!). Doesn't sound like they're flying people out. It's too bad, since I would love to see the campus. UBC typically flies prospective students out, but I don't think that it's a common practice. Also heard from UVic (Double Yay!). Doesn't sound like they're flying people out either. I was given the option of a Skype interview or an in-person interview. If you haven't heard yet, not to worry. My POI said that they're putting forth names at their meeting on the 14th, and formal invites would be going out some time after that. Best of luck everyone.
  4. I'm not sure about other universities or programs, but I was invited to an interview last application season where the university paid for the flight and the accommodation as well as food and activities and such. My POI at that university invited me and one other potential student. After the interview weekend, we both were offered a spot at that university. I'd say that it's always a good sign if the university is offering to pay your way there- it seemed to me that the individuals invited were primarily there for sanity checks and so that the university could, in fact, recruit us. Hopefully this info is useful. Best of luck, and congrats!
  5. Favourite song to listen to throughout the grad application process is undoubtedly Atlas Hands - Benjamin Francis Leftwich.
  6. Late LORs are a dealbreaker for certain universities. Also, I had a graduate secretary tell me last year that it's the applicant's responsibility to ensure that their referee has that reference submitted on time. For some universities, it's not a big problem as long as your materials are submitted on time, but I would definitely check with the university if you think one of your referees is going to be late submitting and see it it's going to cause problems.
  7. I thought that it might be helpful to share another perspective on the whole interview thing. When I applied last year, I was invited to an "interview weekend" at my top choice university. I was very nervous, and tried to come up with great answers to the hard questions I assumed they would ask. In fact, I looked over the list of potential questions that was complied last year, which PsychGirl1 has posted above. These were very helpful, and I felt far more prepared. However, the interview weekend was actually extremely relaxing. There was never a formal interview. My PI took me and another potential grad student of his out for lunch and asked us about ourselves, but most of those questions were completely psych irrelevant (e.g., what's your favourite type of cuisine). I spent the rest of the weekend sight-seeing, meeting graduate students and faculty, and attending dinner parties. Anyways, I think the point that I'm trying to make is that not all interviews are what you're expecting, and you have to go with the flow. I think that there's certainly a benefit to preparing some answers to the very difficult questions (e.g., what are your greatest weaknesses), but in the end I think that it's more important to have an open mind and to be friendly and genuinely excited about the opportunity rather than nervous. Note: I was accepted to at that university, but I declined the offer because I found the program and the PI were not a good fit for me.
  8. Hi everyone, Just reading through here and I wanted to say how relieved I am that I'm not the only one having trouble with the whole reference letter process. Two out of three of my referees are amazing (they even sent me quick e-mails after each of their references were submitted just to let me know), but one is just being horrible. I was getting nervous about the December 1st deadline at one of my universities about three weeks ago so I e-mailed him to check and see whether everything was aright, and to see if he'd gotten the links and everything. He kept saying yes, but still no references. Last week I visited him once during office hours, then I e-mailed him to confirm that he knew December 1st was doomsday. When he didn't respond, I e-mailed him again to see if he'd even gotten the previous e-mail. Again "yes, it'll get done." Well, December first rolls around and still nothing was submitted. I checked the application and it had a big red sign next to his name with "Invitation not accepted" and it said that the application had already been forwarded for review. I sent him a rather snippy e-mail asking him to write the letters as soon as humanly possible, then I cried for like 6 hours since I assumed that that particular application would be thrown out. Thankfully, I called this university today, and unlike other schools, they don't need the references to be submitted by the application deadline, so they said it'll be fine. Eyes are still swollen, I'm still pissed off at this professor (I was daydreaming about kicking him in the shin), but my application is safe. Hope you're all having a great week, and best of luck with any applications you're still working on. Cheers.
  9. Just heard something from U Ottawa- I had e-mailed the admin assistant for the department to see what was shaking (asked advice about contacting POIs) and this is what I got back. The e-mail just said "Please note the evaluation committee will not be sending responses by the end of March" I'm finding that somewhat annoying. April is a long way off, and I have other offers on the table that I need to evaluate after I have all the information available to me... I think I will soon e-mail POIs to check and see whether they're even considering my application. Just a heads up about that.
  10. I'm still not sure. I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple other Universities, and I really want to make sure that my POI at UBC's research interests are a good match for me, and that I would be happy there. I've been having epic debates with myself about it...
  11. I don't think you're out just yet if you didn't attend the recruitment weekend. A number of the recruits had received a lot of other offers (many of them were from the states and had been accepted into awesome programs there). UBC POIs are waiting to see which other universities their prospective grad students get into in order to determine whether they will need to make offers to other students. My POI there told me to let him know the second I decided whether or not I'd be attending so he could find another student ASAP.
  12. Thanks for the help. Yeah, I still haven't heard anything from Waterloo- pretty sure I would much rather just get a decisions so I can figure out my life. And as for Ottawa, I'm glad to hear that there's a bunch of us out there who still hold out hope. I gave up on McGill almost as soon as I sent my application so I'm not expecting anything spectacular at all in that department. Wishing everyone the best. Let us know what's going on when you hear back.
  13. Just a quick question- Did the rejection email from Waterloo come directly from your POI, or was it a formal rejection email? I'm just dying to hear some concrete news from Waterloo, Ottawa and McGill.
  14. Thanks for the heads up. Appreciate it.
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