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    Questions to ask non-POI faculty

    in Psychology Forum

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    Hey all,

    I am having a little bit of difficulty thinking of questions to ask faculty members that I will be interviewing with that are NOT my POI. Specifically, as part of the application process, I have to be interviewed by other faculty members. I have ZERO CLUE what to ask... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    P.S. If you have any good questions to ask in general, feel free to throw those my way too!

    Fall 2017 Clinical Psychology Applicants

    in Psychology Forum

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    48 minutes ago, Pleaseletmelearn said:

    UT Knoxville has sent out their clinical invitations. Idk about counceling.

     

    University of Denver sent out an email a few weeks ago saying them at some POIs will be reaching out for preliminary Skype interviews in late December and early January. I saw someone post that they got a Skype interview about a week ago. I haven't heard anything else yet though. 

    Thanks for the reply. How do you know about UT Knoxville?

    Fall 2017 Clinical Psychology Applicants

    in Psychology Forum

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    Hey all,

    Quick issue that I hope someone applying to the University of Nevada-Reno can help with... I just received an email stating that I did not submit my Program Preference Form. However, I filled it out online and I received conflicting information in the email:

    1. "not included in the materials you submitted"

    2. "If you have not yet submitted one"

    I am very confused, so any guidance would be awesome :)

    Emailing to 2 professors in one department

    in Psychology Forum

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    Hey @gmr,

    I spoke to my thesis supervisor about this a few weeks ago! He said that it's completely okay to contact more than one professor, but if you have to list them, you run the risk of the professors noticing that... However, if they really want a student, they'll take a look anyways! He said that he always looks at those who rate him second or third. That may just be a "him" thing because he is awesome and everything, not that I am biased or anything, but I think that in the name of increasing your chances, you should go for it.

    Writing sample in psychology?

    in Psychology Forum

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    Hey @Azsy16,

    In my experience, the best thing to do is to establish a dialogue with your POI, send them your material, and then once you have a good back-and-forth going, ask them these school-specific questions. For me, some schools want the full honours' thesis, others want only five to 10 pages, and still others want a graded writing sample (with professor comments) from a psychology course!

    I hope that this helps :).

    Application Feedback

    in Psychology Forum

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    Thanks so much, @St0chastic. I don't think that I have the time, nor the drive to have to re-write the GREs, they're not particularly fun.

    For the PSYC. GRE, I already got a DSM-V compatible introductory textbook as well as Barron and Kaplan's prep. books. It's a fairly daunting exam to write.

    Application Feedback

    in Psychology Forum

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    Hey all,

    So, first-time "Topic-creater" and majorly freaking out about the Fall 2017 application cycle.


    I will be applying for admission into clinical psychology programs after taking a gap year (combination of choice and being accepted into a school that fit less with my interests than I had originally thought). I'm looking to get some input on my chances/what I should be improving on for next year's application cycle. 

    Now, a bit about me...

    I graduated from a great university in Montreal, Quebec with a cumulative GPA of 3.82 with my last 60-credits averaging more around 3.9-something. I was in honours psychology, so I have a thesis written (very strong according to my supervisor and professor). 

    During my undergraduate career, I volunteered as a confederate for two semesters, in a neuroscience lab for one year, and was in a memory/forensics lab for two years (Y1. as a research assistant and Y2. as a research co-coordinator). All together, I have four conference presentations, three poster and one oral (from an elective course). Taking a gap year, I am currently also involved in neurosurgery/neuroscience research at one of Canada's top universities (where one of my conference presentations come from). Though it is not what I want to study, a letter from the faculty member at the university will most definitely NOT hurt my application.

    As of now, I unfortunately do not have any publications, though I am marked as a collaborator in a lab mate's soon-to-be published textbook. 

    I also have clinical experience. Namely, I hold weekly hours at the university's sexual assault centre (two years) and volunteer at an outpatient mental health facility (since the beginning of the summer). 

    GRE scores =

    • V = 156 (72%)
    • Q = 160 (76%)
    • AW = 6 (99%)
    • Psychology GRE = TBD as I will be writing the exam on October 29th. Any advice on preparing for that beast? 

    Any feedback would be amazingly appreciated and I wish you all phenomenal luck applying :).

    Fall 2016 Clinical Psychology Applicant Thread

    in Psychology Forum

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    8 hours ago, icantseethespacebar said:

    DU said they planned to be done sending invites out by the end of last week/early this week. If you haven't heard by Wednesday, the grad program administrator (Paula) should know if all interview invites have been extended if you call. There are some POIs that have definitely given invited already though...fingers crossed they haven't all gone out!

    Hey, 

    Thanks so much for the information! Do you think that all applicants will be notified soon, irrespective of whether they were offered an interview? 

    Also, I'm guessing that you applied to DU as well...?

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