jhmoss1812

To all the Houston applications, I just received an e-mail from another faculty member who said they were interested in my application because Dr. Raymond (Chip) Knee was not taking students this year.

Congrats on accepting the offer from Purdue, Jordy...I guess I can go ahead and scratch my name off the waitlist. Hope you do big things with Dr. Arriaga.

Of course...I believe we are coming in on Thursday and leaving early Sunday.

Just saw someomne got accepted to Houston's social psych. Care to confess? Congrats

Your rejection letter is probably just in the second stack. Better? J/k Good luck

I'll be there as well and will be doing a poster presentation as well. A few people from UNC Wilmington are going so it should be fun I'll be presenting "The Role of Similar Humor Styles in Initial Attraction" I am definitely looking forward to it and it would be nice to meet up...

To be honest, I am not really sure why I was accepted. I did my research this summer and contacted all the professors at each university to see if they were accepting students. I have solid credentials (4.0/3.6, 1370 GRE, good letters of rec) but I think the fact that I will have a master's degree might help as well. It shows that I am dedicated to the field, especially with a few professors I applied to work with previously and has given me extra research experience. Also, it might help that the program I did get accepted to might not be as heavily applied as other schools. I am very relieved to be accepted into a doctoral program, but I am hoping for options.

I'd much rather just get rejected. At least I can move on and not depend on other people. Even if I do get in eventually, I'm still not their top choice. And more often than not, I'm not getting in once waitlisted. I just really hope this next interview weekend goes well and I hear positively from it. I'll probably accept the offer if they make one

congrats...So did I. I was outraged and think this is complete BS. lol jk

I heard the same thing, but I have not heard a word from Yale. I'll take it as "no news is still good news"

To the person who got an interview at Rochester, do you mind telling me your POI and what they said? Thanks. You can PM me if that's easier

I did...haven't heard anything from her since my initial email asking if she was taking students

Also applied to A&M to work with Eastwick or Rholes I see you applied to Houston as well. I want to work with Knee

Thank you so much. It's a relief to get an offer but I hope to get others. UCLA was no surprise since they had their interview weekend for social a week or so ago lol

Officially rejected from UCLA this morning But just got an email saying I have been accepted to New Mexico State University

Haha Wilson was my advisor in undergrad...

I'm going to FSU's interview weekend Feb 25-28.

Congrats. May I ask which Ivy League school and who your POI is there? I'm only interested because I applied to Yale to work with Margaret Clark

I think the POI should still mention if they are taking a student or not, at the least. Last year, I got rejected from Marquette b/c the person wasn't taking a student but would have been accepted if she was.

I wouldn't say going the masters route is a bad option. I had to do it and a lot of the professoros I've spoken to would prefer someone with a masters degree because they are usually more polished and can come in and hit the ground running research. However, I am not sure that getting a masters at one institution increases your likelihood of acceptance to their doctoral program. As for backup plans...if I don't get into a PhD program, I'm moving to Europe or to Vegas and try my hand at being a professional poker player

Congrats Jordy...I e-mailed you btw about Purdue

She told me she was likely taking two students though so that is a good sign.

I actually had a phone interview with Dr. Arriaga in October and went ahead and had an on-campus visit November 6...

Yeah Dr. Arriaga was great...I haven't heard from her in 2 months though. Lol I emailed Dr. Murray in the summer...

Well looks like I'm not going to UCLA lol