clinpsyhopeful

Hey Sneidinger, I feel you. Looking back at my original post, I remember the despair, frustration, and tears. But I gotta tell you, if I hadn't pushed through that, I wouldn't have ended up receiving the 3 acceptances I got this round to great clinical psych programs. Even with my lowest of low GRE scores (they didn't bump up much higher on my second round), 3 out of the 11 schools I applied to still thought I was good enough! The same POI I mentioned in that post who said the school wouldn't even consider me without the 60th percentile STILL accepted me even though I was well below that. Don't give up. Keep pushing through and it'll happen. You will find the right place and program. I wish you nothing but the best!!!

Thanks B_Allen! Same to you:) I have actually been in a lot of contact with the supervisor from school A, so I'm not really asking for a response, but more so I'm curious about whether I should email them an update on where I'm at with my decision so that they have a timeline of when they can expect to hear from me. Thanks! I'm just hoping to clarify what you mean by "you should". Do you mean that I should email the supervisor from school A to give them an update on my decision status? I wouldn't say I'm being impatient and waiting on other programs - I'm fairly positive that these two will be it. It's just that I'm trying to decide between both schools (which has been quite the challenge!), but I won't be able to visit school B and get more info on the program until this open house and I don't want the supervisor from school A to be left in the dark! I hope that clears up my question

Hi everyone! I'm in the decision making pickle (gratefully) as I have been accepted to two clinical programs. I received my first offer almost a month ago from school A and I have the open house for school B coming up in the next couple of weeks. I am wondering what your thoughts are on sending an update email to my potential supervisor from school A about my decision status? I want to let them know that I will have a decision for them soon (well, pretty much right after this open house), but I'm afraid it will come across as if they aren't a top choice for me. I am pretty positive that school A is the one I will choose, but I really just want to seek out all the information I can before making that decision. If you think this is a good idea, how can I word it? I'm having so much trouble coming up with something decent. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks

I had a short phone interview last Friday for UTSC. I was told that faculty was meeting early this week to discuss their short-lists and would send out all interview invitations by the end of the week.

Me too please! Congrats!!

I met with a POI in November and they told me that Ottawa U does not do formal interviews for admissions. They said that if I don't receive an email directly from them by mid January to set up an "informal interview", then I wouldn't be accepted. Last year my rejection came at the beginning of March.

Hi everyone! I'm a first time poster and would really appreciate any advice or guidance I could receive. I've been having a really difficult time deciding what I should do and I'm hoping someone here can help me out! I will be applying to Canadian clinical psychology programs this Fall and I originally felt prepared to do so. I took a gap year to gain more experience and take more time for the GRE, but the GRE hasn't been too kind to me. This is what I'll have going into application period: 1. 5 years of research experience (currently working as a lab manager at a university and as a research associate in a hospital (~1 1/2 years) and a research assistant in 3 labs during undergrad for 3 years) 2. I have clinical experience working with a young woman with Autism and OCD, at a mental health hospital teaching drama to those with affective disorders and schizophrenia, and various peer support groups in sexual health. 3. 5 conference presentations, a manuscript in preparation (hopefully submitted for review by the time applications go out), and a publication in an undergrad peer review journal. 4. 3 great references from my current employers/professors 5. cGPA of 3.64 but my last two years came to a 3.89. 6. Then the bad news: 147 Q, 155 V, 5.0 AWA on the GRE + 88th percentile on the psych GRE I cannot for the life of me excel at this GRE. Math has always been a challenge for me since I was in highschool and so I'm finding no matter how much time or money I invest in this thing, I'm not improving. I understand that GRE's aren't everything and I should spend more time on other parts of my application...but with scores so low (and likely to be around the same at my retake), should I bother applying this application round? One potential supervisor told me everything about my CV and transcripts are great, but if I don't score at least in the 60th percentile for quant, I won't be considered. Is there any point in spending almost $1000 on applications if I won't even get in? Should I just apply to programs that don't need the GRE (even if they aren't what I truly what?) or wait another year to study for the GRE? I rescheduled my test for October 13th, but I think I need to push it back again. I'm not prepared and I can barely finish the questions under the required time since math just completely perplexes me. I've been using Magoosh and ETS materials, but I just can't wrap my head around these math problems. Does anyone recommend Princeton Reviews online course? I'm at a loss for words. I'm so frustrated and overwhelmed. I just don't want to push back my career any further and take more time, but I also don't want to apply to 15 programs and not get in anywhere. Thanks for your help