Amelie

Rejections from phd programs happen to many people who have high undergrad gpas. If it happened before the interviews, it could very well be because you did not apply to programs based on research match. Even if you said, I want to study "anxiety" but did not demonstrate a firm interest in a specific area, you could have been turned down for someone else who did. Also, gres are very important to some programs. Universities are more likely to give awards and fund students for grants if they have a certain gre score. This is out of professors hands in a lot of cases. I would not be concerned about a 3.5 masters gpa. Hopefully, you have been able to get research experience and you will be able to use this experience to demonstrate why you are a great match for the programs you are applying to. Everyone has to remember that hundreds of people apply to clinical psychology programs and they take around 6 people. Furthermore, when you are applying to work with one professor your chances are even smaller because that one professor is probably only taking one or two students. Which leads me to another point, make sure to email professors before you apply to make sure they are accepting students. Many of the professors I emailed to work with were retiring or on sabbatical and not accepting students for the upcoming semester. Good luck timemachines! Don't give up.