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I'm pretty sure they've contacted everyone they're interested in :/ Have you not heard anything at all from them?

Thanks for the input! I applied there on a whim in December because they're sort of the "pioneer" school in Positive Psychology. After I applied, I've been getting some weird vibes from them the more I look around. I dug around a bit in old forums on here, and some people said the same thing you were saying. They would have to ask people to apply in order to fill up all their spots. I think their tremendous lack of financial assistance results in very few people wanting to attend their school. I think I'm gonna take a hard pass on this one and sacrifice the $70 application fee

Anyone out there applied/been accepted to CGU? I applied for the Positive Org Psych PhD program and got an acceptance e-mail earlier this week. I was just wondering what other people's experiences have been with them so far, as well as if they're thinking of attending. Their financial assistance really isn't that great, and living in California would be crazy expensive. Any input would be awesome!

How would it go? I'm picturing it this way: -Kill a whole bottle upon receiving a rejection letter. They didn't deserve you anyway. -Crack a bottle to celebrate upon receiving an acceptance letter. Finish bottle. You deserve the break!

That right there is a stroke o' genius

Any people out there that were accepted or waitlisted to Colorado State?

Dude if you all need a stress reliever, go into the chat room. It's great stuff. I just had a conversation with some folks about the negative consequences of putting processed cheese in a toaster oven.

I've been e-mailing my POI over the past couple of days. I am now on the waitlist, and I asked for more info on how the waitlist works. He said that there's currently 5 people on the waitlist and there's no ranking system. He said they try and move people up based on similar research interests. So, for example, if someone interested in personnel selection drops out, then they would decide between personnel selection folks on the waitlist. I'm sure they don't follow that strictly, but that's the general premise behind how their waitlist works.

Real good! Thanks for asking. We talked for 45 minutes to an hour. He asked me 2 typical interview questions (like me giving anecdotal answers to situations, such as a time when I worked with a team on a project and the teammates' efforts were less than optimal) and then he asked me about my research interests and future career plans. After that, I asked him a bunch of questions about the program, current research, life in Bowling Green, etc. We went off on tangents a ton throughout the interview, which I figured was a good thing because that meant we had a mutual interest in what each other had to say. I felt really good about how the interview went, but I'm sure the other people he interviewed are saying the same thing. So we'll wait and see! For details on their current offers status: He said that there were 4-5 people being interviewed for one last spot they have open. They want a group of 6-7 people to accept their offer. That's the tricky part on their end, is that they want x number of people to attend and not everyone they offer to is going to accept.

GPA - 3.5 (3.8 in Psychology, I was mechanical engineering my freshman year) GRE - 159 Verbal, 159 Quantitative, 5.0 Writing I've done research for the past year and will have 2 authorships by the fall. Other than that no real stand-out stats or anything. Tulsa was actually supposed to be my security school too, but I've gotten into another PhD program that's better than Tulsa's and I interviewed for a top 5 school today. Statistically, that shouldn't be happening if I got rejected at Tulsa. Weird stuff happens at grad school acceptance time lol. Don't sweat in though man (or girl!), if your signature is right you should hopefully have a good shot at at least one of those 10 schools you applied to!

Do you mind if I ask if you got into BGSU or not? If you are, I'm just curious when their visiting weekend is going to be.

Right on! That actually makes a lot of sense and puts the pieces of the puzzle together a bit in my mind. Everyone I've talked to has said that this year is a crazy year, with tons of quality applicants at every corner. So thanks for sharing that! I haven't been offered/waitlisted yet. My POI sent me an e-mail yesterday saying that I'd made the shortlist of applicants they're interested in, and I have a phone interview with him tomorrow. They said they're trying to move as quickly as possible, so hopefully they would extend an offer or waitlisting in a week or so. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I got in there. I'm really interested in another program I got into, but I'm also interested in BGSU. It'd probably come down to a matter of the campus visit and funding for me, it would just depend on what the comparison of the two would yield. So, idk if I'll get an offer, but if I do I'm sorry to keep really interested folks like you in suspense even longer

I don't know why I put parentheses there btw. At this point in time, a graduate school applicant brain is a fried one.

You talking PhD or Masters? (I'm assuming PhD, but I wanted to check. I got rejected for PhD but they accepted me into the Masters)

What have you heard from the University thus far? My undergrad advisor told me a few weeks ago that they were going through their rounds of interviews, and I didn't hear anything so I just assumed I wasn't going to make the cut. They must have not filled all their spots, though, because just today I got an e-mail to set up an interview. I don't know what I'd do if I got in, I already have an offer from another PhD program. BGSU is a GREAT program, don't get me wrong. At the end of the day, the only real thing that puts me back at all is living in Ohio. I feel like it can't be the most exciting place to be, but heck, I've been wrong before.