Doc2016

Me too please!

Me too please!

This is ridiculous. I went through old results to see when all my schools traditionally send invites. Other than the one that already rejected me, none send invitations until last week in Dec, early Jan. Yet all I can do is obsess and check my email and these boards to see if anything happens. I mean, it is HIGHLY unlikely that something will come through before Christmas. But still... ugh, this process.

I went to Antioch U. Los Angeles, for an MA to work work toward an MFT. I will say in CA, MSWs don't have THAT many more opportunities than MFTs. MFTs get hired all the time by DMH, the VA, a number of public agencies - if that's what you want to do. I have moved to NY and can say there are FAR less opportunities for MFTs here. And you're right, MSWs do transfer more easily, especially because MSW has a national accreditation and MFT was a CA only thing for a long time and a lot of states have equivalents (LPCC, LMHC), but not MFTs. So I guess it depends on your long-term plans. Not sure this helps...

Soooooo, I'm doing this thing again. You'll notice my name is Doc2016... not so much. I'm very back and forth about how I will do, some days I am positive I will get 3-4 offers, and other days sure I won't even get any interviews. This is round 3 for me (previously lacking really solid research), and likely my last. I was accepted to 1 Psy.D. program and waitlisted on 3 Ph.D.programs in those 2 years. I turned down the Psy.D. because I decided a Ph.D. was more appropriate for my career goals. I've been working for over a year full time at NYU School of Medicine as a research coordinator on a federally-funded randomized control trial with target of 500 participants... so it's a lot, and I am literally the only person managing the study, 6 interns, and 2 full-time non-research staff. I am really hoping this experience will get me (at least closer) to the top of the stack. Also have over 1000 clinical hours from my master's program - I originally planned to just be a master's level clinician. Most of my schools are in NYC, and not all funded (ugh!), but my husband has a great job here. We could move, but he likely won't find a comparable position, and the closest he'd get would have to be in a city (as opposed to a college town), hence the choices. My interest is schizophrenia and serious mental illness. I am applying to: John Jay (#1), Fordham, Hofstra, Fairleigh Dickinson, St. John's, Yeshiva / Ferkauf, Adelphi, LIU Brooklyn Indiana U - Purdue U. Indianapolis, U. Illinois Chicago, U. MD Baltimore County, U. MD College Park (reach), Temple (reach) Not really sure why I am posting except to flush out some of the emotions that come with this process. Wishing luck, and sanity, to everyone!

I currently work as a project manager on a study at NYU School of Medicine after receiving an MA in Clinical Psych (license eligible). I think it's hard to say whether you will enjoy it without knowing you, but there are definitely jobs out there, whether doing coordinating, clinical/diagnostic interviewing, or something in between. If you are passionate about research, I say go for it. For the record, I love research and the majority of my job - the reasons I don't enjoy my job have more to do with my lab than research as a whole. That said, I do also miss clinical work.

School Name: Indiana State UniversityDate Interview Invite Received: 1/22/2016Degree: PsyDType: ClinicalTrack: n/aNotified via: Phone callFrom: Admissions officeInterview Date: 2/12 or 2/19Additional Info: Follow up email with details to be sent today

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Clinical: January 19-20 Brown University - Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences: February 5 UC Davis - Social & Perception, Cognition, and Cognitive Neuroscience: February 1 UC Riverside- Neuroscience: February 18-20 UC San Diego - Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience: February 4-6 UC Santa Barbara - Clinical: January 22 Carnegie Mellon - Cognitive: February 19-20 University of Central Florida (UCF) - Clinical: January 29 University of Colorado – Colorado Springs - Clinical: February 1 University of Connecticut - Clinical: February 10 or 12 University of Delaware - Clinical: January 29 or February 1 Eastern Michigan University- Clinical: February 12 Georgetown - Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience: February 18-19 or 25-26 University of Houston - Clinical: February 12-13 Indiana University - Bloomington - Social: February 5 University of Iowa - Clinical & Cognition and Perception: February 6-8 Johns Hopkins - Biopsychology: February 11 or 18 University of Kansas – Clinical: February 12 Louisiana State University - Clinical: January 28-29 University of Louisville - Clinical: January 25 University of Mississippi - Clinical: February 19-20 University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Clinical: February 19-21 NYU - Cognition and Perception: February 5 or 19 UNC Chapel Hill - Cognitive: February 12 UNC Charlotte - Clinical: January 29 Northeastern University - Cognition: February 13 Northwestern - Psychology (Cognitive) February 5 Northwestern - Feinberg School of Medicine - Clinical: February 8 Ohio State University - Clinical: January 15 Ohio State University - Cognitive/Decision Jan 8 University of Oregon - Counseling: January 28-29 University of Pittsburgh - Cognition: February 18 Princeton - Cognitive: February 4-6 Sam Houston State University - Clinical: February 12 USC - Social: January 15 Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) - Clinical: February 7-8 Texas A&M University - Clinical: January 10-12 Texas Tech University - Experimental: Feb 26-28 Vanderbilt - Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience: February 11-13 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - Clinical: January 29 or February 26 Virginia Tech - Clinical: February 5 University of Washington - Cognition and Perception: February 25-27 University of Waterloo - Clinical: January 8, 11, 12, or 13 WashU/WUSTL - Clinical & Cognition: Feb 11 & 12 Wheaton College - Clinical - PsyD: February 5 Yale - Cognitive: January 25