Bald Academic
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31 minutes ago, HAC said:
Yeah this process is so brutal. So far I have been rejected from two places and have had mostly radio silence from the other places. The one school I was in touch with has been ghosting me for a month, so I feel what you are going through. Do you have any alternative plans for next year?
Same here. I will be sticking with the master's program in my home university (in Brazil). People say PhD is what matters most. What about you?
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Has anyone here also experiencing depressive symptoms? For real, I think I'm getting depressed. No interview invites, no response from the last two universities... it's a horrible situation.
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5 hours ago, lmk94 said:
Thanks!
American student. Undergrad GPA: 3.8, Masters GPA: 3.4. GRE was 155V/154Q/4.0W, taken nearly 5 years ago. 2 years experience in two different undergrad research labs, one year experience as a full time lab tech, and 2 years experience in my masters thesis lab. 2 publications, handful of presentations, and probably most importantly is my previous experience and current interests matched perfectly with the advisors that ultimately accepted me. Number wise, my GPA (mainly masters) and GRE are quite low, but research experience/productivity and research fit definitely helped me out I think.
I didn't get into any Ph.D. programs until this cycle, which was my third time applying, so to anyone reading this please don't lose hope. Tenacity definitely helps out in the end!
Thank you for your response. It is nice to read such kind of advice because this is my first time applying to graduate schools outside Brazil and I'm probably not being accepted (already rejected from U of T and didn't hear anything back from McGill and Western). I was already accepted in the Master's program in my home university, so I'm going to focus on publishing and getting good grades to have a chance.
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12 hours ago, lmk94 said:
For those who applied to Brock - my portal status just changed to "admitted", stating that the official letter will be available in 3-5 business days.
Congratulations! Would you mind sharing your stats?
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For the Canadian members: is UWO a reputable University in Canada?
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Just checked the U of T application website with the rejection letter. Not surprised. Now I'm left with McGill and Western.
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Have you guys already heard from any university? If so, let us know ?
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2 hours ago, psychclinical12 said:
Yes I am Canadian!
Ohh thanks for the heads up! Been refreshing my email so much the past two weeks lol
I know how that feels... I just started developing depression symptoms LoL... for real
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2 hours ago, psychclinical12 said:
Hey guys, I finally made an account after lurking on this thread and reading the previous two threads from 2017/2018 hahaha
Finally wanted to contribute as I’m feeling hopeless.... this is my first year applying and I haven’t heard from any of my other schools except I received a rejection from SFU a couple weeks ago. Wasn’t my first choice but still stung and shed a few tears at my first rejection LOL
I applied to SFU, UBCV, UBCO, OISE(SCCP), Mcgill(school psych), Guelph, Western, Ryerson.
I know it’s early but I have a gut feeling I’ll be facing rejections across the board this year.. any recommendations on how to strengthen my application for next year?
That's a lot of applications... are you Canadian? By the way, I have contacted Western's Psychology department and I was told they will be sending interview invitations in this next week.
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I have the feeling I won't be considered even for an interview... so sad. My last hope is Western University. Do you guys know whether their program are competitive or not?
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2 hours ago, lobstergirl said:
Thanks! To clarify: As in almost done sending out invitations or deciding on which applicants to invite?
I thought it was the same thing... ?. I think it's both...
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I just called Western and the attendant informed me that the they were almost done with the invitations for the clinical program.
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Anything about McGill or Western?
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Does anyone heard anything yet?
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15 hours ago, Generic_Applicant said:
Hey this is how I got into McGill, but I did work with the POI for a year so none was needed
Do you know if it happens often, even when you never have a contact with your POI? These canadian universities are getting on my nerves...
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15 hours ago, lmk94 said:
Hi! I was not given too much information about recruitment weekend besides the dates. I know Behavioral Neuroscience and Social Psych are technically both within U of T's Experimental Psych program, but I'm not sure if they handle their recruitment weekends differently. Best of luck to you! I did not apply to McGill but I did apply to Western and have not heard anything yet either.
Oh, I'm hoping they are different ?. Good to hear that I'm not the only one who didn't receive anything from Western yet... God I'm so nervous ?
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Hi!
I am Brazilian, applying to master's programs in University of Toronto, McGill and Western. I am a little worried because I haven't heard anything from any of those universities yet. What is this recruitment weekend that you mentioned? I'm freaking out ?
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Anyone heard back from McGill, U of T or Western?
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5 hours ago, powerofthree said:
Hello! Has anyone heard from McGill, University of Kansas, or Rutgers? (I know it's still a bit early, but just thought I'd check!)
Nothing here (McGill). The only thing I noticed is that my status changed from Submitted to Under Review or something like that.
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I sent a "printed to PDF" version of my grades, which is not even a transcript, and forgot to translate them to English (it is in Portuguese). Does anybody know if it will disqualify my application or they will request it by e-mail if there is something wrong?
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15 hours ago, loffire said:
I heard back from U of T. Kinda. Was a weird email about bidding for residences and them emphasizing that this was not an offer of admission. Got me all giddy for a bit there
I also received this one ?
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Has anyone applied to a canadian university? I am a little nervous because I didn't hear back from McGill and U of T so far... ?
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Hello everyone!
I am applying to McGill University, U of T and Western University. My research interest is about personality and emotion judgements and sexual/romantic attraction.
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Does anyone here understand the process of admission by canadian universities that require the two last years GPA? My CGPA is a mess, about 3.4/4, but a have nearly "straight As" in the last two years (3.9/4). On the application process, do they consider look at the rest of the grades as well? Since I am an international student, I have converted my grades.
I is stressed *Non-Judgmental Space for PhD Applicants*
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It is worth to have something guaranteed. At least you don't stop stuying, which is not interesting for your CV. That's how I'm taking this whole thing now... trying not to freak out and sticking with this master. I'm going to try publishing as hard as I can, maybe with 2 papers in very good international journals it makes things easier to a get to a good Ph.D.