JadeS

Obviously, UofOregon is done, more or less now too... except for some random people they 'may' contact at the end of Feb. I guess I can add them to my 'rejection' list

Apparently UofOregon Clinical has sent all invites... does that maybe mean us Social people will get ours soon? >hopeful<

Not you - I was just saying this to my friend yesterday. Hoping that means I will get some invites soon as my schools don't seem to have sent many [or any!] out...

and no matter how often you explain that to someone - and that only *one* person is getting in [and how many of those people who were rejected had absolutely rocking apps!?] - they still say 'you have x and y experience, you're good' or some other random thing that they've decided is 'the' factor. I think maybe I will say I lost funding, too now that I think about this...

Welp, I'm out then. I'm on a poster for SPSP so I can't ditch it! Maybe they will allow skype / phone interviews for those of us already committed to being in Austin...

Ugh - I hope UBC interviews aren't that weekend - I will be at SPSP! Why would any social programs schedule their interview weekend for 2/14? UBC I feel is a total long shot, anyway so maybe it won't even matter.

I'd like to know UNC social POI, too!

'you project confidence so you will definitely get in, that's what they like'... uh ok. I don't feel as confident as I apparently seem to be ... and I'm not sure how much that will really play in getting an offer... but sure!

To the person who had a phone interview with U of Oregon (for Social Psych) - can you message me your POI?

The latest I know of for social psych is Jan 2. - nothing Feb and agree about waiting to apply to schools you really love.

Two of my schools did this! One had three of them- with 200 word max or something. What's worse is they were questions they explicitly asked to be answered in the SOP, too. I guess you can always save and log out of the app then come back. It caught me by such surprise that I jus typed an answer that I thought was different enough from SOP to be interesting but not something off the wall. Hope I did well enough on them!

I did a mock interview and they asked really random things. They also asked : tell me about a weakness you have, why are you different from other applicants, why are you interested in this specifically, why this program / POI, what are your strengths, where are you / social psych in 10 years, I am not sure if these are accurate as I had to go to career services, which at my uni is mostly focused on job placement but it was still a good experience. Plus, she is setting up a panel for me with Psych PhD grads next time... that is in 2 weeks.

She just sent them in. I was lucky that although they require all materials by deadline, they had website issues last night so the decision was made to extend the deadline to 1pm today. Talk about lucky. I'm not complaining, though!

One school I applied to [well, actually - if you see my other post, it is the one who my LOR won't send in her letter to, despite sending in to almost every other school!] - explicitly states how they determine who gets to 'level 2' and that all students who get there get an interview [ I don't know if they get a lot of unqualified applicants or they interview a lot of people - maybe by phone first?]. Some of my other schools don't even give past admissions stats OR info on the process so I don't know if I am average amongst applicants, way low or WHAT. I wish they'd tell us so we knew what to expect, even just a little bit!

Well, my LOR writer still won't respond to me and one of the school's deadline has passed and the other extended the deadline until 1 pm today due to technical difficulties. However, they state quite clearly *ALL materials must be received by deadline*. SIGH. That was my top choice, too. Chances she magically gets on today and submits before 1pm? I can only hope... EDIT: She did submit the letter just now. Whew.