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  1. Yep
    I feel your pain. I guess how I stayed motivated was I saw incremental progress through each cycle 1st: no interviews 5 programs 2nd: 3 interviews 10 programs 3rd 9 interviews 4 acceptances 20 programs also it’s important to maybe apply to programs that’s aren’t as ideal as fully funded to raise your chances of getting in
  2. Yep
    This is strange to think about when you don’t have multiple offers but for me it depends. if the POI called or emailed me, I focused on a compassionate email. if the head of the program sent out a cookie cutter email, I was more straight to the point “thank you so much” “ I thought about this very hard” “while this program was one of my top choice, I actually was lucky enough to obtain an offer from my top choice” stuff like that. I feel like the phone call is the hardest. If a POI Calls you don’t reject the offer at that moment. Even if you made your decision, take a day or two to triple check your decision is the right one for you. Give the POI respect
  3. Yep
    One thing (academic wise) I want to do Now that I’m in the in between period is create a framework of the studies done in my research field (masculinity). I want to try to get access to some articles I always wanted to have during my thesis that can really paint the picture of the field. In addition, my new Mentor has a secondary research interest that I’m not too well versed in. I obtain 5 articles revolving around that area and I’ll prob read them through the next couple months. I know vacation and mental relaxation sounds great but my brain needs to work too lol
  4. Yep
    It’s only natural that every program has to go through that. Top programs or low tier programs. I wouldn’t worry. How long has the program had accreditation or when did it for get accredited?
  5. Yep
    Ahhhh this is truly brutal. Waitlist suck and it seems like programs are adding more people into the waitlist so it’s not like if your on the waitlist, your the next up. rather now they allow 2-3 waitlist people for one POI. I wish you guys the best!
  6. Yep
    Option 1 is my choice personally. Especially if you aren’t determined to make it in academia I think the hands off mentoring style is fine because you won’t need that much guidance week to week. And then you mentioned location and stipend are better. That’s your outside life right there. overall, I see option 1 is the clear choice
  7. Yep
    All these conversations about relaxing is making me search for vacation spots lmao. I’m for sure gonna soak in some sun and fun once my anxiety chills out. I also think a good idea is vacation at the city/state your moving to. I live in CA and will be moving to Kansas so I plan to visit KS and get a hotel in Kansas City and have some exploring fun
  8. Yep
    We aren’t lmao I held three offers and the POIs that chose me all knew each other. I kept feeling the longer I wait, they might make the decision for me or worse, all might pull their offers and tell me to F*ck off hahaha. Clearly my anxiety got the best of me. But honestly I am kind of jealous of you being able to hold out till you got the funding information. I made my decision based on fit and knowing the programs history of full funding all its prior students. But you never know how the next year will go. I guess I am putting a lot of trust in the program ??‍♂️
  9. Yep
    I might be wrong but I thought university of New Mexico was this week. I met an applicant during my interviews who said they are traveling to New Mexico this week for interviews. I’ll contact him to validate my thought
  10. Yep
    Are you waiting for funding info as well?
  11. Yep
    Your telling me. My and I are from a big city and now my new doctoral is in the Midwest so the prices are so crazy cheap to me, I want to buy a house ahahha
  12. Yep
    Exactly! It’s more like tiers than rankings: R1 fully funded programs R2 fully funded programs Private school partial funded programs small university partial funded programs Unfunded programs for profit programs.
  13. Yep
    Love that answer! This has been the oddest feeling for me. PhD has been my goal for so long and it is what I think about 90% of the time... now my brain is confused on what to do everyday if I’m not doing research or applying for programs lol I think my goal until I leave to my program will be giving my wife everything she wants. She has been such a trooper through all the pain of applying and traveling for schools. Her support has been everything to me and I don’t want that to go unnoticed. I got us tickets to a concert and hopefully I can take her on a little vacation lol
  14. Yep
    Hi Everyone, I have been an active member of this forum for a while now. It has helped me through the application process This cycle and has tormented me with each interview results coming in that I didn’t get lol. Regardless, I made it this application cycle and after 21 applications, 4 interviews (I had 9 but went to 4) and 4 offers, I’ve made my decision!!!! Well that was two weeks ago and now I’m just sitting here waiting. Now what do I do? To my fellow admitted people, what are you doing to pass the time lol? To anyone in a clinical or counseling psychology Ph.D program, do you have any advice on what I should do to prepare myself for the doctoral grind. General or detailed answers are welcomed. thanks you guys!
  15. Yep
    Let’s not make little remarks. This individual most likely just found out that he/she was not given an offer and this was his/her only doctoral application. It’s okay to be mad and sometimes that leads to lashing out. If she/he ever needs support or tips on the next application cycle let me know. I can help
  16. Yep
    Prob not..... no point to lie on this forum lol.
  17. Yep
    All are good schools but no ranking system is around to properly rate them. Clinical psych programs also don’t have concrete rankings because these programs are so small and unique overall. for personal rankings, I would suggest looking at: 1.research fit of the POI 2. research production or prac opportunities (depending on your path) 3. Funding 4. internship placement stats 5. Overall feel from the program (through the interview process) For example, all of those schools, I would personally rank outside of my top 10 based on fit and production of research in my field. When applying, it is important to do the proper due diligence and make sure you are applying to numerous programs that you feel you are a great fit and you would be competitive in. The worst thing an applicant can do is look at this as “easy to get into” and apply only to one program.
  18. Yep
    Idk why everyone is saying this isn’t typical lol. This is exactly how my experience is. You prob did not catch potential Skype interviews in your number as well. On average, based on my experience, POI’s look at 6-7 people and sometimes go back into the applicant pool. That’s life tho. They have one spot every year typically and they are trying to make the right choice and see if you are a fit. In my experience, I can’t tell you how many times people interview poorly or socially and essentially take themselves out of the running. So more times then not, you need to make an impact, you need to be unique and you need to match well. The other applicants don’t matter and that’s why you shouldn’t treat it like competition, even if they are going for your POI.
  19. Yep
    It really is! My situation last year was picking big population metropolitan area so my wife can have a vast amount of opportunities. We learned the hard way that it was a bad idea and I didn’t get in anywhere. Almost broke my confidence but thankfully this year proved that I can succeed in this field and I was accepted to numerous places so we had a choice.
  20. Yep
    I’m on the same boat as you, got accepted at all locations I interviewed and haven’t received funding information. I made the choice with my wife that we will take my top choice based on fit and location. The funding is there so whether one place gives +100 or w/e on the stipend, I still want to choose my top choice. Now, I don’t mind accepting prior funding info because this is a top R1 program and guarantees full funding so i guess I’m in a unique position
  21. Yep
    You need to figure out the research interests and go from there. It is totally fine to ask during the interview what your POI currently has planned or what’s the 5 year plan for his or her research. also, I’m if you have time with anyone in the lab you can totally get all the research details from them and be prepared for the interview
  22. Yep
    This might be the best topic but screw it: what happens after your acceptance?!?!? I’m so bored now and all I want is to talk to people in the program and hear back from my new advisor. PS to everyone venting about the challenges of getting in. This is my 3rd run. Every year I’ve improved myself and you can too!!!! 2017-5 applied, 0 interviews 2018-9 applied, 3 interviews 2019- 21 applied, 9 interviews, 4 acceptances, 1 waitlist. if anyone needs advises, let me know. I can look over your stuff if you need insight for next year
  23. Yep
    I got cold called in the morning. Told me he was waiting for 3 hours to call during an appropriate time lmao. It be clear. At the end of the interview, he made it clear he was calling “everyone” about his decision on that Monday and he did that
  24. Yep
    DID YOU GET IN?
  25. Yep
    Nope! Most faculty are told not to respond to thank you emails
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