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Another day another opportunity for radio silenceeeee.
Please let today be the day I hear back from NEU, PLEASE.

Had my last interview this week as well! I feel like I've spent the past 3-4 months just waiting and waiting. Now I'm been waitlisted at two places and I'm still waiting. Ugh. 

Had my last interview this weekend. (Thank goodness. I'm so sick of travel.) Now to play the waiting game.

School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Concentration: Child-Adolescent Track
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 03/1/2019
Notified by: Phone call from POI
Just when I thought getting into a PhD program wasn't happening for me, I got accepted into my top program choice!!! Tears fell after I hung up the phone because of the relief. Feel free to DM for PI!!! IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING WITH ALL OF YOU ❤️ 

It depends on the program. I suggest you get a copy of The Insider's Guide to Clinical and Counseling Psychology Programs. There, a list of all APA programs is ID'ed on a scale of 1 to 7 - 1 being purely clinically oriented and 7 being very research oriented. There are absolutely PsyD programs that lean research (e.g. Rutgers, Baylor) where you must have experience to get in. And then there are programs that are very clinical and do not expect you to have research experience at all. 
That said, many folks who apply - because of the competitive nature of this field - do have some sort of research experience.

I received an email yesterday from my POI (established during interview day) with an informal offer.
Got the formal offer today and accepted. I didn't apply to any other schools.

School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Concentration: Clinical
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: February 21st 
Notified by: Phone call from POI followed by official offer from grad coordinator. 
I formally accepted my offer yesterday  

Don't sweat the small stuff. I'd say this is perfectly fine. Personally I'd wear black flats to match the color of your outfit, but flats are just as fine as heels. Good luck!

Don't sweat the small stuff. I'd say this is perfectly fine. Personally I'd wear black flats to match the color of your outfit, but flats are just as fine as heels. Good luck!

School: Idaho State University
Concentration: Clinical Psychology
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 02/27/19
Notified by: Email from DCT and email prompting me to check portal for status change
Had a mentor question my ability to get into a clinical program. This is validating to the core!

Everyone else has given you great advice so I don't have anything to add, but I just had to LOL at this. I've run into some bizarre interests of professors before but this takes the cake.

I asked my psych to up my anxiolytics because this process is causing my hair to literally fall out. Ughhhh.

School: University of Connecticut
Concentration: Clinical
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 02/15/19
Notified by: Email from POI
Just accepted the offer this morning. If you wind up being in my cohort, let me know

I'll be at Cornell in the Department of Human Development!!

Everyone else has given you great advice so I don't have anything to add, but I just had to LOL at this. I've run into some bizarre interests of professors before but this takes the cake.

Everyone else has given you great advice so I don't have anything to add, but I just had to LOL at this. I've run into some bizarre interests of professors before but this takes the cake.

School: University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Concentration: Clinical
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 02/23/2019
Notified by: Text and email from DCT

Everyone else has given you great advice so I don't have anything to add, but I just had to LOL at this. I've run into some bizarre interests of professors before but this takes the cake.

applying for clinical sucked the soul out of me bruh how some people managed to do 4 cycles is insane 

Everyone else has given you great advice so I don't have anything to add, but I just had to LOL at this. I've run into some bizarre interests of professors before but this takes the cake.

The main university is an R1 but Teachers College is an R2.... ikr? ?
I've never put much stock into the ranking bs. As long as in you're in the general tier of a good research institution (e.g. if it's a choice between Harvard and Lamar University, then duh), the minutiae shouldn't matter.

Love this idea!
I just turned down my interviews for Mercer and Springfield. I know they're still extending invites so maybe that will help someone out!

The senioritis is so real. I'm so antsy about doctoral program applications I'm noticing myself zoning out at internship, in class, at work..... Let it be over already!

The main university is an R1 but Teachers College is an R2.... ikr? ?
I've never put much stock into the ranking bs. As long as in you're in the general tier of a good research institution (e.g. if it's a choice between Harvard and Lamar University, then duh), the minutiae shouldn't matter.

Thank you for the advice, this was a huge hangup on the issue overall - $200 is a huge chunk of cash after everything I've spent on this process, it's money I could really use for just about anything other than a rental car lol. I did end up canceling the interview, I feel guilty but at the end of the day it's what is best for me and I hope that the professor can understand that. This process is completely insane, and by March both my mind and my wallet are completely used up hahaha