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The silence probably isn't the best news, I agree. You could always email the admissions office and ask them to tell you the status of your application. Do you have other apps that you're waiting to hear back about? I hope you're coping well with the stress of waiting! It really is a painful process.

I'm on a waitlist so yes, still waiting. I don't know what the chances are though. Have you heard anything yet?

I just heard today that I have been wait-listed. Sad but coping here. I went for a long walk in the rain to help me deal with it. I had been really hopeful! It's a really great program and I don't think this is a program many people turn down offers, so I am not expecting the wait-list to amount to an admission. But I'll be OK. Best of luck with the rest of the application process, everyone! And best to the incoming class, too!

Fingers crossed that you still get in! People do get offers and turn them down, but I know the wait is awful. I still haven't heard (CRA) but I'm guessing I will soon. Fingers crossed there, too!

I got several of those and had interviews with people I'd contacted, but in one case, even after having had a positive series of emails exchanged with a faculty member during the fall, my application was rejected without an interview or any further contact from the professor. I was a little sad but got over it. Do you know if the school has had interviews yet? It might be worth checking the results page, or contacting admissions to find out the status of your application, or emailing the professor to say you're following up on your earlier contact. A polite follow-up can't hurt, I think. Good luck!

I love this comment so much! I really worried about trying not to be fake in my interviews. Now I'm in the waiting game, and I don't know if I'll be accepted anywhere, but if I were, I would feel like I was accepted as the person I am, and I would have some idea what it might be like to work with the people I spoke with exactly because I was myself during my visits. And I agree, being a jerk to other people isn't a quirk. you shouldn't do that at an interview, but you shouldn't do it anyway. On the other hand, if someone would hold it against me that I tried to make conversation about where someone was from or that I have interests outside of psychology, that's not someone I want to study with for 5 years. Psychologists can be a conservative group and our study of norms can sometimes seem to pointlessly restrict the lovely wide range of human behaviour. Lucky for me, I only interviewed in places where people seemed to value diversity of life experience. But I agree that we shouldn't be contributing to making each other super paranoid about being nervous during visits or about liking anime or burlesque or whatever it is people do when they are not studying. This is stressful enough without us all trying to kill off our interests and eradicate our personalities! OK, rant over, back to working and waiting here!

Thanks! I applied for CRA and have yet to hear, but was told acceptances would go out this week. Nervously waiting here!

Would you mind stating which program you interviewed for? Congrats on being admitted!

I contacted the admissions office last week and they said we wouldn't hear until after March 1. That's tomorrow! The wait sure pretty unnerving!

Great article! I'd been wondering how to ask about that kind of thing. Thanks for passing it along!

I'm not sure whether this will help you, but I remembered seeing a discussion about this in the Norcross and Sayette "Insider guide to graduate programs in clinical and counselling psychology." Their response (p. 105 of the most recent book, if you want to check it out yourself) is that if you have interviews scheduled with other schools, say so directly and often an alternate date of a phone/skype interview will work out, and schools understand this and don't hold it against you. If you really don't have the money, then explain that to the program and often an alternative interview (phone/skype) can be also be worked out, but in some cases this does hurt your chances of admission. I guess that means if you really don't have the money, explain the situation honestly and see how it goes, but if you can swing it and you're interested in the school, you should do attend the interview. Good luck, whatever you do!

Hi Morifol. I think I'd be considered international. I'll need a visa to study in the US. Why do you ask? Is there a different process for some international students? I'm new at this!

Hi Nicolemae. Hooray! I'm glad to hear from someone else who also heard. I just spoke with someone at the school, and yes, we will receive an email with a schedule etc soon. PM me if you want to chat about the details. It would be good to connect with someone else who'd going to be there. Hope all is well with you!

I got an email yesterday inviting me to an interview for the Vanderbilt-Peabody Community Research and Action PhD program. It's my top choice program, so I'm super excited, but also super nervous. If anyone has any helpful information about what to expect on the weekend, I'd love to hear it! Wishing good luck to all other applicants, too.