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Another question, I'm in the process of contacting potential advisors. This is stated on the faculty page of one of the universities that I am thinking of applying to: "*accepting Graduate Student Applications for 2015-2016". Does this mean the professors are accepting students for Fall 2015 (which would mean the statement was for the previous application cycle) or Fall 2016?

To add onto EdNeuroGrl's question, is the Masters program in the States similar to Canada's where you select a supervisor to work with throughout the duration of the program? I might be interested in looking at applying to some Masters programs in the States since it seems less competitive (I could be wrong) than the Masters programs in Canada, where I am from.

Thank you for starting this thread! You seriously are the best! And good luck on your first week of school! I'd love to hear your experience!

I'm mostly interested in mindfulness-based psychotherapies for clinical disorders (depression, anxiety, BPD, etc). So everything you've mentioned would line up with my area of interest! Are the programs that you came across all in the States?

Thank you so much! Unfortunately she's not accepting grad students at the moment but I found two other professors from that university that are conducting mindfulness research and are accepting students!

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Thanks guys! I'll look into it! Seems like there are more programs in the states than Canada that are involved in mindfulness. I was hoping there would be a lot more in Canada haha.

Hey guys, I'm planning on applying to grad schools this coming fall in Clinical Psychology. My area of interest is mindfulness. Although this is a popular topic in psychology nowadays, I can't seem to find a lot of professors who are in this line of research. I'm from Canada, so my plan is to apply to Canadian schools. However, I am open to the idea of applying to grad schools in the states as well! If anyone is familiar with this area of research, or know of any professors conducting mindfulness research, please let me know!

If you already know your POI will be taking students in the upcoming year (as this is stated on the University website), should you still include that in your email? If not, what should you include in the email as a replacement?