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Would anyone who's been invited to interivew at St. Johns or Columbia TC be willing to share their interview dates? I have not heard back from either of these schools and I have this nagging feeling that their interview dates are going to fall on days that I have conflicts. I saw that people have been invited to interview at St. Johns on the 28th but has anyone else been offered to invite on any other day??
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Congrats and good luck!! She loves the program there it was a perfect fit for her
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I'm trying to emotionally prepare myself to answer this question for the next 5-10 years of my life haha One of my friends is currently enrolled at the school psychology program at Hofstra and she says when people ask what she's doing right now she simply answers "I'm in grad school"
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! So excited for you!
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YAY!
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This, paired with all the snow we've been getting, is adding to my levels of anxiety/impatience All of the schools that I'm waiting to hear back from are in the NYC area and have been closed at least one day a week for the past three weeks. I'm going nuts over here
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to the person who got accepted to Yeshiva's school-clinical program a) CONGRATULATIONS!!! who was your POI?
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Hellooo everyone! This past week I had an interview for Yeshiva's clinical child-school psychology program and it was a little crazy. They held a lot of interviews in one day (for all of the Ferkauf grad programs) so the lobby was packed and the interviewers seemed tired by the time I got to speak with them. During the "group interview" the head of the program spent a good amount of time describing the program and talking about it's strengths and (the few) weaknesses. There wasnt a lot of time for any of us to talk at great length which was probably for the best . My individual interviewer didn't ask me any questions about myself and I spent the full 30 minutes asking her questions about the program. It was a little strange. Luckily we got a chance to speak with current students once the group and individual interviews were over and they had great things to say about the quality of the program and the positive relationships that they have with their faculty! I also interviewed at Lehigh for their School Psych PhD program. I stayed with two current students in the program and attended a social function for current students and applicants the night before. The next day was long and stressful (program overview followed by individual interview with a current student, a tour of campus, lunch with other applicants/faculty/current students, then individual interview with my POI, another faculty member and a current student) but everyone was very friendly and it was obvious that they were happy with their program! The whole day made me want to go there even more. Overall, it was a great experience!
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Congrats to everyone on their acceptances!!!! thanks for this tip! I was wondering how these conversations would go. They have a high potential for being awkward lol
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yay congratulations!!!!
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St. John's School Psych (PsyD) and Teacher's College School Psych (PhD) please!
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Sounds great!! Don't you feel so much better now that you've gone through one? I know I did after mine
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Thank you so much for this post!! This is really great advice. I applied to a variety of PsyD School Psych, PsyD School-Clinical Child Psych and PhD School Psych programs and I've been particularly nervous about the PhD interview since I know there's gonna be an emphasis on research. Knowing some questions that I could be asked definitely helped to calm my nerves !!
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Haha thats how I felt the day before my first as well. For me, personally, I think it helped that I was tired of obsessing over it because then I went into the interview not feeling as nervous. I think it actually made me more confident. Just remember that they invited you because they liked what they saw in your app and want to meet you in person. The interviewers are just as excited as you are! Like Blue4 said I would just be prepared to answer research questions since it is a PhD program. I read on some other threads that common research questions are things like: Talk about your thesis/published works (experimental design, results and implications) If you had all of the funding in the world what would you want to research? How would you design the study? Good luck!
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I had my first interview yesterday (3 30minute individual interviews with professors in the school psych program)! Some questions that they asked were: -Why school psychology? How did you come to choose this field? (asked by two of the three interviewers) -Why this university's program? (also asked by two of the three interviewers) -Do I have experience as a TA or mentor? -How comfortable am I with statistical analysis? -What do you think will be hardest part about transitioning from life as an undergraduate to life as a graduate student? -Tell me more about your specific research interests (asked by two of the three interviewers, neither were my POI but one probably could have been. She seemed very interested in the topic since it intersects with her area of research interest) -Do you have any questions for me? (all 3 interviewers asked this. It is definitely something you want to have an answer to! I found it hard because prior to the interviews we got a detailed overview of the program details and grad student life) Overall it was a great experience and I wish I had more time to talk with each professor! Each conversation ran a few minutes over the 30 minute timeframe and we were still in the middle of a conversation!
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I just had my interview at Alfred this past weekend and it definitely went better than I thought it would! The professors and grad students were all very friendly and the program's focus and faculty's research feels like a really great fit for me. Fingers crossed!
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If it fits your schedule and your interests you should definitely go for it! Good luck
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UC Davis 2/3 OSU 2/6-8 UNC - Feb 7 Virginia (UVA) 2/7 Arizona State (behavioral neuroscience) Feb 7-8 Northwestern, Feb 7-8 IU Bloomington, Feb. 7-8 U Iowa - Feb 8-10 USC 2/8 UC Berkeley 2/10-2/11 WUSTL, Feb 12-14 (Cognitive) NYU Feb 14/21 Western Michigan Feb 14-15 West Virginia Feb 14-15 U Chicago 2/15-2/17 Cornell: 2/21-22 University of Washington, Feb 21-22 Rochester: 2/21 Auburn (experimental), Feb 21-22 U Mich, Feb 21-22 SUNY Albany (School Psych): 2/24, 2/25, 2/27, 2/28 Fordham (School Psychology): 2/25, 2/26, 2/27, 3/1 - all half day interviews Rutgers, Feb 28 UC Merced: 2/28-3/1
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I think that they would not have sent you an interview if they thought you were not a good fit! So I think it's up to you: do you want to rush to prepare for an interview at this school knowing that they tried to cover for their mistake? How badly did you want to go to this school before all of this happened? Best of luck with the choice!!
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UC Davis 2/3 OSU 2/6-8 UNC - Feb 7 Virginia (UVA) 2/7 Arizona State (behavioral neuroscience) Feb 7-8 Northwestern, Feb 7-8 IU Bloomington, Feb. 7-8 U Iowa - Feb 8-10 USC 2/8 UC Berkeley 2/10-2/11 WUSTL, Feb 12-14 NYU Feb 14/21 Western Michigan Feb 14-15 West Virginia Feb 14-15 U Chicago 2/15-2/17 Cornell: 2/21-22 University of Washington, Feb 21-22 Rochester: 2/21 Auburn (experimental), Feb 21-22 U Mich, Feb 21-22 Fordham (School Psychology): 2/25, 2/26, 2/27, 3/1 - all half day interviews Rutgers, Feb 28 UC Merced: 2/28-3/1
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Same thing happened to me with one of my schools! After calling twice and getting the same response that you did, I sent an email to graduate admissions office just explaining that I received an email saying that parts of my application were missing and that when I called the graduate office assured me that I should wait two weeks before checking on the status again. That way, there's a written record that you did try to follow up the second that you noticed a red flag. It may come in handy if in two weeks they still have not found your materials, but I'm sure that it will all get taken care of!!! Hope that helps
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Found this link on twitter from a school psychologist that I thought I'd share with you all: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhagRFwqxHaZdHUzUUVuOUwtNWpIWWYtOGt6djZwYVE&output=html It's got a ton of resources for school psychologists/educators and there's a section towards the bottom (labeled SchoolPsych) with a bunch of school psych blogs and websites! Hope you enjoy!
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That is SO WONDERFUL!!! Congratulations!!!!!