JoePianist
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4 minutes ago, hopefulgrad2019 said:
Email the grad coordinator.
Or the Director of Clinical Training (DCT) - this is perfectly acceptable to ask for.
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1 hour ago, whitmanic said:
27 with work experience, near perfect GRE scores, top 5-ranked undergrad institution, finishing a research psych master's, and just got 4 rejections in a row. I don't know what they want. Need to find a plan B for life...
Damn, that’s brutal :0 I’m 27 with mediocre GRE scores and went to an average state university for undergrad and got into a PhD Clinical Psychology program with guaranteed funding for five years...
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5 minutes ago, yeeboi said:
Sorry if this has been posted before, but when given the chance to stay with a graduate student or a hotel, is the former better than the latter? I'd like to get to know the current students, but I also know that I'll have a chance to do so during interview day. Also, I think I'd be more comfortable staying at a hotel the night before to get my bearings together. But I don't want to look unfriendly by declining a place to stay.
(Yes, I'm very aware I'm thinking too much about this)
It’s typically more advantageous to take the offer to room with a current student, if you think you’ll still be in a social mood after all the interview day events. You’ll have the advantage of getting to ask more specific questions about graduate school life in the program, and an extra opportunity to “butter up” a current student who’s mentored under your prospective advisor (advisors typically ask current students about their opinion of the applicants).
If you really don’t think you’ll be able to keep up a social/friendly attitude after a long day of interview events, though, it’d probably be best to opt for the hotel.
- fixology, Modulus and PsycAdvocate
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6 minutes ago, CatastrophizingNerd said:
I just got my plane tickets!
To Greece... where I'll be bartending until the next application cycle.
Congrats on the bartending gig
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37 minutes ago, patricia25 said:
School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Type: Medical/Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of invite: 1/8
Type of invite: Mass email
Interview date(s): 2/9-10
Message me for POIs' initials, I had 3 on my application with 1 being very clearly my top choice, but the email said applicants will meet with everyone you had listed on your application.
Shocked to have even been invited, this has been my top program for a long time now and am feeling very grateful. I hope everyone else will get this same feeling during their application season! Here's to hoping this leads to more than just an interview.
Clinical Psychology PhD (16) Vanderbilt University | UNC Charlotte | Penn State University | Texas Tech University | UAB | Eastern Michigan University | Georgia State University | LSU | Wayne State | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | University of Houston | UT Southwestern | Virginia Consortium | Washington State University | University of South Alabama |
Clinical Psychology PsyD (2) Roosevelt University | Florida Institute of Technology
Applied (18/18) | Interview Invite (3/18) | Accepted (0/18) | Waitlisted (0/18) | Rejected (1/18)
Congrats on the invite! I’m actually a fourth-year student in this program – feel free to ask me any questions about the program or about living in Birmingham ?
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I’m wondering how you ended up at a “low ranked” undergraduate program with a perfect SAT score – I know the admissions committees will likely wonder the same thing.
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4 hours ago, amazoniangoddess said:
Hi All!
So I am a online master's student at Arizona State University for my MS in psychology. I would love to move on to get my phD or psyD, however, I have ZERO research experience under my belt. I know that in order to even be considered for such a program, I need to obtain research experience for a year or two. The issue I have at hand is I also work full-time. I work a solid 8-5, M-F. The good news is that there's a university right across the street from my job, I'm just wary of any professors willing to take on a volunteer master student from another university with such limited availability.
Also quitting my job is not a choice. I have way too many expenses I pay for living in San Diego, California.
If anyone has any tips or suggestions and has gone through a similar situation as myself, please let me know.
Thanks!
In the very least, you may be able to assist with participant screening and administering questionnaires over phone after work. Look up a psychology research lab that’s investigating a topic of your personal interest, then reach out explaining your situation and suggest the possibility for you to help with participant screening and questionnaires over phone in the evenings.
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33 minutes ago, M246 said:
I would still send out an email to the professor. If you have already spoken to him about submitting a letter, a polite reminder should be fine. The sooner you send it today, the higher his chances of seeing the email. I am not sure about late submissions though. Hope this helps!
I agree with M246. In most cases, if the letter writer makes a submission after the deadline, admissions committees still accept it without penalty on the student applicant.
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1 hour ago, PsychedforPsych2 said:
Thanks for the feedback! Is it ok to get something though? I wanted to get something small just to say thank you, but wanted to make sure that this would not come across sincerely and not as trying to buy favor. Any thoughts?
Sure, anything $5 or below is fine. I’m just saying that it really won’t influence any decision making – as long as you recognize that, it’s fine
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21 minutes ago, ClinicalPsychApp2020 said:
Hi there! I just graduated from a top ranked clinical psychology master’s program (I know not social or experimental but still psychology) with some pretty awful GRE scores. I got a 151 on Verbal, 156 on Quantitive, and a 3.5 for the writing section. I was admitted with no mention of my GRE scores. I had a 3.94 GPA, 3 years of research experience that included various poster and oral presentations, and pretty strong LORs in addition to professional experience. I am now applying to PhD programs and have received an interview invite despite these scores as well.
Wishing you the best on your exam!
I literally got into my first choice PhD Clinical Psychology program (which is APA-accredited and provides guaranteed five years of tuition remission and monthly stipends) with those scores, lol
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4 hours ago, hopefulgrad2019 said:
As a current grad student, I would say no. A thank you email is enough.
As another current doctoral student, I agree with the quoted person – a thank you gift to your host 100% won’t affect application decisions; save your money and just send a thank you email afterwards.
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33 minutes ago, hopefulgrad2019 said:
Most masters programs require a minimum 3.0 GPA so I can’t imagine any PhD program would admit that low of a undergrad gpa. Unfortunately, there’s just too many good candidates that have way above that.
@Skibz in other words – no.
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6 hours ago, pranali said:
Should we expect interview offers over the holiday break?
no
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2 hours ago, tomatotomahto said:
Got invited to an on campus interview, with an optional dinner the night after. Would it reflect poorly on me not to go? It sounds nice but I'm worried about running out of days I can take off work.
Yes, it’d tell the program that their interview isn’t a priority unfortunately.
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1 hour ago, Justice4All said:
Hi all,
Making this general thread to talk about some of the challenges of finding a POI/Adviser, looking for programs where we "fit", and the general stress of feeling like we've got so much to prove. I hope to go into clinical psychology to study resilience in racial minorities and immigrants as well as the use my degree as a platform for social justice advocacy and systems change. Finding an adviser in this space has been hard enough and I have been encouraged to pursue something "easier" many times. But the heart wants what it wants!
I hope we can make a safe space for all minority applicants out there as our stress is a little more than the majority applicant.
Hello, 4th year PhD Clinical Psychology student here who’s a minority (multiracial) student. I admire your tenacity to pursue this field in spite of some discouragement and apprehension, especially as it relates to being a cultural minority.
I will say that your specific research interests may align more with PhD Counseling Psychology programs, who are basically the identical twin of Clinical Psychology with slightly different goals. Both “Counseling Psychology” and “Clinical Psychology” are perceived as evenly matched, though Counseling Psychology tends to have more focus on the broad multicultural issues than Clinical Psychology.
In any case, I just wanted to let you know that it’s possible to make it into this competitive field! Let me know if you have any specific questions.
- xChrisx, PsycAdvocate, Justice4All and 1 other
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2 hours ago, humanisticPOV said:
Since this site was so helpful for me while applying for programs, I wanted to reach out for advice applying to my first round of externships! What should I look for in sites and interviews? What are things other people included in their letters of interest? Is it better to do just therapy site, just assessment sites, or to find a site with a combination of both?
Current 4th year Clinical Psychology PhD student here. In general, treat the externship application process similar to how you approached applying to graduate programs. Specifically, ask your prospective clinical supervisor questions like:
1. Describe your supervision/teaching model.
2. When is your availability for supervision?
3. What kind of cases can I expect to see in this externship rotation?
4. What types of intervention and assessment opportunities does your site provide?
5. (If doing an assessment rotation) How long do I have to turn in an assessment report?
In general, you need a supervisor who will provide about 15 minutes of supervision for your every 60 minutes of direct patient interaction/contact. Per semester, you also need around 4 hours of direct supervision per APA-accreditation standards (e.g., your supervisor sitting in during one of your therapy sessions, or observing you through a tinted window, or listening to a recording of your session).
Regarding types of experiences to choose (therapy vs assessment), that really depends on your career goal. If you’re going the neuropsychologist route, you need to primarily focus on assessment work and report writing, though getting a little bit of therapy experience is still important. If you’re more interested in interventions and plan for a clinical or research career focused on interventions, focus on therapy work. And if you’re still undecided, try a balance between therapy and assessment work.
And, whenever possible, ALWAYS ask students about their personal experiences at the externship rotation and with the supervisor – ask if they had any specific issues at the site or with the supervisor, if patients typically showed up for appointments, what were the strengths and weaknesses of the site, etc.
Regarding your letter of interest, make sure you state what your current specific goals are for externship and how this particular site can help satisfy your goal. This again goes back to you knowing what your career goal is (e.g., what types of populations or issues are you most interested in, what type of work do you want to do as a professional, etc)
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4 hours ago, psychologygeek said:
Congrats! This is one of my top programs. I haven't heard from them yet. Wondering if this means I got rejected, or if I just applied later
I’m a current student in the UAB program – I’m not involved in the admissions process; but if anyone has any questions about the program, I’d be happy to answer them. Also, to answer your question @psychologygeek, UAB typically invites a majority of the interviewees sometime in mid-to-late January – I believe our interview date is sometime around early-February 2020.
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4 hours ago, psychologygeek said:
Hi, Everyone!!
Replying to this with a general question. I am still in Undergrad, but applied to 11 Clinical PhD programs this season as well as several Master's programs. I understand my chances of getting in as an undergrad are a LONGSHOT, but I have lots of research experience with several publications and presentations, good GRE scores, and a high GPA, so I figured why not.
If the deadline for the majority of my programs was December 1st, when should I start hearing back from schools? (Example: University of Florida's deadline was November 15th, and they said I should hear back between Dec 9th-20th). Is there a specific timeline for when they review applications and start sending out invites? As I said, I know my chances of getting in are slim, but I am still hoping that I get into 1 or 2 schools.
Thanks so much you guys! I am so new to all of this.
If you’re invited for an interview, expect to hear back from the schools between mid-January to mid-February.
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17 hours ago, 2ndTimeHopeful said:
Which school?
Yes, I want to know which school too.
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3 hours ago, Goooooose said:
Yeah I would hope. I just heard they received over 900 applications to clinical psychology program this year, and some PI already reached out for preliminary interview last week. But I guess there is nothing we can do but wait
900 applicants for ~4 spots makes for some pretty narrow odds of admission ?
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Worry if you don’t hear anything by the 2nd week of February
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On 12/11/2019 at 11:49 AM, Kaya_F said:
Hey, thanks
Yeah I am a bit nervous knowing how many schools others applied for. The thing is my husband got a job in LA and those are the only 3 schools within 2 hour drive that offer neuropsych related labs / specializations. I guess at this point it's just a waiting game...?
Got an email today from SDSU that they want me to submit TOEFL scores because my university in Canada is bilingual.... even though I am American and have only ever studied in English! Talk about a stressful morning
That’s a tough situation for sure – That’s a pretty common issue, it seems. I do hope the process works out for you.
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11 hours ago, Kaya_F said:
Hi friends!
New to the forum - need notifications to keep me sane waiting to hear from schools!
I only applied to
- San diego state (SDSU) / USD joint PhD program Clinical Psych
- UCLA PhD Clinical Psych
- USC PhD Clinical Psych
UCLA is still showing that my subject test scores haven't been received, and the SDSU portal hasn't confirmed receiving official transcripts or any GRE scores
Also, I submitted my UCLA app on time but it took a day or 2 to process, so now I'm freaking out because it says submitted Dec 2....probably overreacting, im sure if I was late they wouldn't have let me submit it.... ?
Stats:
- Graduate Masters of Science in cellular and molecular medical research: GPA 3.8
- Undergraduate honors bachelor of science specializing in psychology: GPA 3.6 (upper years GPA 3.8)
- 1 co-author publication this year, 2 abstracts published, 10+ conferences poster presentations, 2 international poster presentations, 3 years of clinical work, 3 years of research experience
- GRE: V 165 / Q 161 / 5.5; Psych 710
You have very good stats, but you’ve honestly narrowed your odds of admission tremendously by applying to just three (extremely competitive) programs in an already competitive field. Those California programs in particular usually accept 3-5 students/year out of 500+ applicants each – in other words, roughly 1% of applicants will receive an admissions offer to one of those programs. This isn’t meant to add more anxiety, but I’m just trying to give you realistic expectations.
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*I is stressed* venting thread for Fall 2020 Applicants
in Psychology Forum
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Eh, you’re a shoe in there. And if he doesn’t give you a spot, just bail out of the lab ?