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5 minutes ago, Keyz said:
Yeah I'm already at my limit lol. What are your top two programs thus far?
Northeastern and Suffolk
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Why is there a limit to reactions on these boards? I just want to like everyone's replies on this thread because I feel y'all so much.
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On 2/14/2019 at 5:35 AM, McMurphy said:
School: University of Houston
Concentration: Clinical Psychology
Type: PhD
AMAZING program, congrats!! If you're not there already, enjoy Houston! Wonderful city with so much to do (and great ethnic food!)
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I keep on going to the websites of my two top choice programs and just rereading the information over and over again because I am just SO DARN ANTSY. Does anyone else do this? It's not just me, right?!
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42 minutes ago, FreudEgg said:
Real talk: can some one plz recommend comfy/ professional/ cute women’s shoes I can wear to interviews and walk around in without having my toes fall off?
This is v important. How do I give a good elevator speech when my toes are purple and my blisters have blisters?
Look up Rasolli career pumps on Groupon! The ones with low heels are SUPER comfy while also looking very professional.
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I was just at the interview for my dream school yesterday and wish I had had the confidence to gush more about how they were my first choice. I had a bad start to the day (overslept all three of my alarms, arrived late due to my Uber getting lost, the waiting room for candidates was WAY too small so we were all sitting bunched together and my super introvert self NEEDED HER SPACE, etc.)... so yeah, that just threw me off.
It's only been one day (and it's Saturday), but damn I JUST WANNA KNOWWWW.
If I get an offer from this program I'm withdrawing from all other interviews and immediately declining the other offers I'm holding. The fit is just too perfect but I don't know if the faculty see it that way haha...
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37 minutes ago, Katie B said:
Does anyone have any advice on a Master's interview vs a PhD? The first thing I've noticed is that the timing is massively different, the doctoral is an entire day where the time slots for the masters are only 4 hours. Any thoughts?
A lot of folks at the masters level are career changers, so they'll ask you a lot about why you're choosing this career. You might also get questions about past experiences, your viewpoints on mental health and treatment, what kind of populations you want to work with, etc. They might also ask you why masters instead of PhD, so have a good answer to that. UHCL is a very well respected school at the masters level, so good luck!
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12 minutes ago, aer621 said:
Has anyone received a rejection from Rutgers Psy.D.? I'm beginning to think that they're just stringing everyone along.
Not that I've seen. Their interview is on Monday so I'm just assuming I'm rejected lol.
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Whew. Just got out of a stressful interview. I didn't get to speak to my POI in-depth (we interviewed with 3 profs at a time, with one prof leading the interview - which was not my POI). I feel like I floundered around the entire time. Even worse, they let us know early on in the day that their class size is going to be 3-4 people. There were at least 20 of us in the room. So much pressure! ? It almost felt worse to know that I had made this THIS FAR and could very possibly miss out on an acceptance by a TINY margin. Ugh.
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17 minutes ago, TheEternalGrad said:
Hoping it is a troll, because the latest is that someone said they took screenshots of all the comments that person left and may send them to TM. ?
The latest is also that she's a troll who is a freshman in undergrad.
The scariest thing is I can't tell if it's one person who posted all of those things... or if someone legitimately posted the first response and then other trolls are pretending to be her lol.
Drama on GC, the highlight of my Friday.
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55 minutes ago, buckeyepsych said:
I really think that the Duke and Yale people are just trolls. Especially given the stats the alleged Yale person listed... Easy for me to say since I didn't apply to those programs but I think they should be ignored. Though I do live for internet drama tbh lol
Yeah, the most recent posts where they're just spewing vitriol and narcissism seems super trollish to me.
That said, I too am a huge drama sponge and can't help getting caught up in refreshing and reading it haha.
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4 minutes ago, TheEternalGrad said:
Things are heating up again in the results section...
For a bunch of future mental health professionals, people can sure be nasty when it's under the guise of anonymity.
Who else tried to Google who TM is? ?
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School: Springfield College
Type: Counseling PsyD
Date of invite: 02/15/2019
Type of invite: mass email
Interview date(s): 3/1 (in person) or 2/22 (Skype)
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25 minutes ago, round2_ said:
Some perspective: there are two full months until April 15. Yes, it sucks to not know early, but it really doesn't make a difference if someone turns down an offer and you get a spot today or in 2 weeks. Realistically, most people are not going to start turning down offers until they've gone on all their interviews, 48 hr rule or no 48 hr rule. The whole April 15 deadline came about so programs couldn't send early offers and pressure students to accept before they had all their offers on the table.
This. Also, a lot of programs are still finalizing funding and/or make offers of admission separate from funding packages. I'm holding 3 offers right now but that's because none of them have gotten back to me about funding yet. Chill out, guys. If you're going to get off the wait list, it will happen whether it's today or in a month.
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Never mind. Just got an email from Springfield. I guess enough whining does work!
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11 minutes ago, GradHopeful62 said:
I've been in contact with one of the fellowships I applied to but have not heard anything back about admissions. I want to contact their office but I did that earlier in the process and don't want to sound too pushy
I'm going to call later today and see what's up
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7 hours ago, 41l1!I2 said:
I thought I absolutely nailed an interview, to learn that I interviewed for a spot that was already taken months in advance. I'm seeing this trend more and more, hearing it through other candidates' experiences, so I'm done thinking I can predict the admissions process. Just do your best, and hope your personality 'FiTs WiTh tHeiR LaB'.
This happened to me before (not this cycle, but for masters programs in another career path). And of course, it has happened to me more times than I can count for internships and jobs. Those hiring - whether they're PIs or HR managers - need to go through the steps for appearance and legality's sake, but most often they already have a candidate in mind. It really sucks to get your hopes up about an opportunity only to know that you were shot in the foot before you ever walked in the room. At this point I'm just trying to be authentic, not overprepare (actually I don't prepare at all lmao), and take each interview as a practice opportunity. Once we're in, we're going to be interviewing for practica/externships, and then predoc internships, and then postdocs, and then jobs... the more practice we get interacting with other psych professionals in an interview setting, the better off we'll be. I've noticed that my confidence levels has definitely grown as I've gone through my interviews. My first interview was a hot mess (still got accepted so you never know) but my most recent one felt great.
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Has ANYONE heard from Springfield?!
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Can't help you with your question, but if you like psychodynamic work you should definitely look at Adelphi and Yeshiva too!
I hear CCNY really emphasizes research, but cannot confirm.
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7 minutes ago, Gradphd123 said:
Is it proper to check in on a school about decisions?
Depends on context. Day after an interview? Nah. 3 weeks after an interview? Sure.
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Welp. Rutgers interview is next Monday sooooo I'm gonna assume I didn't get selected lol. Sigh.
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Check this job board for postbacc research job listings!
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15 minutes ago, checkingmyemail said:
I’ve said this before, but the field needs to move more towards a system that mirrors the internship application process!!!!!!!
Honestly I just wanted schools to embrace PSYCAS. The med schools have a centralized system, so does dentistry and podiatry and pharmacy and veterinary and physical therapy and public health.... I could go on for ages. But noooo, we still have to go through this horrid process. I was so thankful for my schools that DID do PSYCAS because it meant I only needed to send my transcripts ONCE instead of 15 times (that shit is pricey).
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Welp. Drexel finally put my irrational hopes to rest xD
Good luck to those who interviewed!
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