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Thank you for clarifying. No offense taken. :-)

The original poster asked for people's experiences, so I provided mine. Of course all labs are different, and differences are to be expected between different disciplines.

In my lab, we have opportunities for both paid and volunteer RAs to contribute to publications and presentations, with the caveat that it must be done outside of their usual hours in the lab. Thus, if they have committed to volunteer 20 hours a week for the lab and would like to be a part of an upcoming publication or presentation, they are expected to make extra time in their schedule to work on these opportunities. Similarly, if a volunteer (undergrad or grad student) desires to submit a poster for a conference using our data sets, they must conceive of the idea and do considerable background research far in advance (months) of the abstract deadline, as hastily contrived research ideas do nothing to improve the stature of our lab or our PI. Edited to add: This is the same for paid employees. For example, I work 40+ hours a week for the lab, but then must put in hours on my own time to be included on the presentations and papers I have been on. Basically, the opportunities exist, but must be worked for and earned and are not just handed out for meeting expectations regarding assigned tasks.

Drop the one that isn't your second choice immediately. Then contact the school with the deadline of 4/14 and explain that you might still be waiting to hear from another program at the same time, and want to make an informed choice.

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You may want to post about this over in the Psychology forum.

Look at what their graduates are doing now. Are they in academic positions?

Check out this thread:

Either nice boots, or be prepared to change from snow boots into dress shoes. Most programs in the northeast are prepared for the de-booting that occurs at the start of interview day, and have a place to put them out of the way. Also, layers. It can be quite chilly during walking tours of campus...and quite warm in buildings with the heat blasting and lots of bodies in a small space.

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Do a Master's in I/O. Go work for a few years in industry. Re apply for PhD programs.

I'm not sure I follow what you mean by "works out well"?

Are those means posted on the GRE site?

Social is also extremely competitive.

My apologies, the post didn't look like it was intended to be strictly experimental.

Try this: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/2014-2015-official-psychology-ph-d-psyd-interview-invite-thread.1110113/ It might help with what you are looking for.

Has anybody heard from Clark?

It depends on where you are flying in to and out of, and if snow/weather delays have been known to happen in those locations. It would be a bummer to miss the interview due to flight delays.

Would the Stony Brook Clinical Psychology people in the results (an interview and also a rejection I believe - but possibly different people) - would you mind sharing your POI?

Peruse the pictures (if available) of ALL faculty in the department of your interview site. It can be quite awkward if you mistake a young looking faculty member for a current grad student and ask questions that are phrased the wrong way.

Depending on where you are in Texas, there are some social work master's programs that have "assistantships" available that could potentially fund your studies.

It's differs from school to school, not state to state.

When are your deadlines?

I've got the opposite. My dad keeps telling me he's heard that it's harder to get into a Clinical Psychology PhD program than to get into med school, but I think he means that to come across as somehow supportive? As in he understands the struggle somehow? This is my second application season so they are overall being more supportive than the last go round (which is quite nice).

I would say Social Psychology programs may require even more research experience for admission. You may want to take the GRE and do a round of applications to see how it goes...and then perhaps go for a Master's degree to show that you can do graduate level studies and research.