Crystalizedjade

Oh ok. I applied to the cognitive program...I wonder if they made their decisions there too...

Hmm...that's really too bad. The POI I wanted to work with at BU seemed really excited. But wow, 700? that's insane! lol. that seems to be the general "problem" everywhere...*sighs* Out of the 3 interviews I got, I'm only letting myself be excited about one of them because the POI contacted me after the (phone) interview 3 times. After the other phone interviews I haven't received any news. I'm also holding out just a teensy bit of hope for a couple of schools that had jan 15 deadlines, so maybe they will contact me soonish?

Well, I applied to cognitive neuroscience tracts in U of Toronto and UBC. No news yet.

I applied to Harvard, but haven't heard anything yet. I'm fully expecting them to reject me though. I'm shocked I haven't been rejected yet. I have great scores and GPA, but no publications.

I know! Because then you get paranoid. "Maybe he thought about it and didn't end up liking me" lol. I wish I could just go to the interview weekend, talk to everyone, and then it would be over. So far I've just talked to the POIs at the 3 unis and am waiting for a stupid email going "ok, can we do a phone interview with you next week" or whatever. ARGH! And I can't assume that if they are slow they don't want me, because one prof made me wait over 2 weeks just to say the uni was still very interested and wanted to schedule more interview (it's been almost two weeks since that email). LOL, as if I'm not under enough stress!

Man, I WISH they would tell us why. But, I think *right now* it's not a good idea. IF you are going to email anyone, do it after April once all the application drama is over. Then they would be probably be more willing to respond, if they would respond at all.

We're here. I applied pretty much only to cog neuro programs with a couple developmental. Got interviews with 3 unis, but the process is super annoying because I'm international and have to wait 1-2 weeks between emails to set up phone interviews because the profs are so busy. Argh.

The interview was on January 11 (lol forgot to say that)

It was a Skype interview with the POI. I had been in contact with her since September and she told me back in Sept. that when I apply to email her and she'd set up a Skype interview. I guess it depends on who you applied to work with.

Got my first rejection on January 15th from my first choice, Ann Arbor. Ouch. I don't mind so much being rejected from my first choice, what bothered me more was that was my FIRST reply, lol.

Ha! I'm doing my MA thesis on dyslexia and I want to continue into neuroimaging. Guess I'm out!

Did anyone hear anything from BU, UChicago, Carnegie Mellon, U Toronto, or Georgetown? I've seen a bunch of posts on the results search about them, but not for Psych (except one rejection in Clinical Psych) from BU. I applied to the cognitive track in these unis. If anyone has heard anything please post here! Thanks

Thanks for replying Jadie. I got in contact with professors in every program before I applied. Specifically, the profs at BU and Carnegie Mellon asked me some informal interview questions (but this was back in September). After I applied to all the schools, I'd email the POIs letting them know I applied. The same profs at BU and Carnegie Mellon replied and said they'd look out for my application. This is why I'm worrying about interviews and wondering if they even started them since I'm not seeing anything on the results search for Psychology in the previously mentioned schools (and their deadlines were really early - Dec 1 till Dec 10). I live in the Middle East and no schools can afford to fly me out (the 3 interviews I received so far were either Skype or phone). I talked to the POIs and soon I'm going to have 2nd round phone calls with other profs. They sure like to take their sweet time in replying though. They tend to make me wait 1-2 weeks before confirming a phone interview, but they are probably really busy (and I'm super impatient!). Argh, I just want to get in SOMEWHERE. I really liked all the schools I applied to.

Hey all, I've been obsessively checking the results search page for some of the schools I applied to but haven't been seeing anything from some of the schools. I applied to the cognitive track in pretty much all the Psych PhD programs. I'm an international student going to a top school in the Middle East (though that doesn't really count for much, but still ). I have a BS in Bio and am about to finish MA in psych this spring. Ugrad GPA 4.0, grad GPA 3.5, subject GRE 780 (97th percentile), I did the GRE twice with my highest scores as: general GRE 740Q, 700V, 5.5 AW. (The first time I had 590V so I repeated it to raise my verbal and my second time my Q went down a bit to 710). No publications, and my research experience is not even in my own field (my university has crap funding and no equipment), but I'm working on my MA thesis so that counts for something I guess. I got 3 interviews so far, but 2 of the schools had early January deadlines (Northeastern and Notre Dame) and one was from Temple (Dec. 15 deadline). I know I still have time for the schools with Jan 15 deadlines, but I haven't heard anything from the schools with earlier deadlines like UChicago, WUSTL, U Toronto, Boston U, and Georgetown. There isn't anything in the results search about them in psychology either (except one person who posted a rejection from BU, but that was in clinical). So either they have way too many applicants, are super slow, or people simply aren't posting their results. So, has anyone heard anything from BU, UChicago, WashU, U Toronto, or Georgetown? I'd really appreciate it if you guys could fill me in. I already got rejected from Ann Arbor (was a long shot anyway) and that was an early deadline like these other schools, and if I'm not getting into those schools I'd rather know sooner than later! Thanks!