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Right? I need to break out the Ramones and rock it out. Yanaka if you still have finals to study for, consider yourself lucky! I have a good GPA for my MSW (so far), but my undergrad was crap. Plus, I can't help but worry that the fact that I'm applying to CJ and Criminology programs coming from psychology and social work might work against me in the process. If you guys have parents that even REMOTELY get it, good for you. Be thankful for them, cuz mine still don't know what social work is, let alone why one would ever need to get a PhD in anything (it's not like you'd be doing real science or anything *rolls eyes*); then again, one of the advantages of being closer to 30 than 20 is you know with a lot more certainty who you are and what you want. Does anyone else go through random periods of total optimism and complete fatalism? Like "H*LL YES I GOT THIS B**CH" then five minutes later "I can't believe I wasted hundreds of dollars for six rejection emails...."

Thank GOD there's somewhere to talk about this because none of my friends are applying to doctoral programs, and I'm pretty sure they're tired of hearing about it. I submitted everything before December 1st; I think one program's priority deadline was 12/1 so I just made that my deadline for all of them. And now I'm waiting. And obsessively checking my applications statuses to see if anything has changed. And constantly checking my email just in case. It doesn't help that I am also waiting to hear about scholarships and a graduate assistantship I applied for...And I'm sick, and I'm bored as hell. Can someone just anesthetize me until I have a response from every program?

Car bomb!

Letting everyone else here take the lead on the LOR and application part, I just want to tell you that you are not alone. No one can tell you whether to report this professor or not, but I would really suggest finding someone to talk to about it, specifically a professional like an advocate, social worker, LMHC, etc. Most schools offer free counseling on campus; that is the one thing I would highly suggest doing because even if you handle applications like a BOSS (which I am sure you will), you don't want the trauma to bite you in the ass out of nowhere when you're kicking a** in your doctoral program. I speak from experience, and as a social worker. Before disclosing the name of the professor, or even the incident, I would ask the counselor a hypothetical, as they may be mandated by Title IX to report to the school, and you don't want to be pressured into disclosing. Being in a country that isn't where you're from can be really difficult and isolating without sexual trauma. Please find someone to talk to. Please keep in touch if you're comfortable. Wishing you all the best.

Hey I applied to SHSU, UC, NC State, UCF, FSU, and UIC. What about you?? What are you studying at UCF?

Hey all, just wanted to join in this thread as I too submitted applications to criminal justice/criminology phd programs. Everything is in, let the waiting begin! I hoping that by having a different educational perspective (I am assuming coming from B.A. Psych, then clinical MSW) I might stand out a little. Waiting for a decision is going to be hell; does anyone have a good idea of when to expect schools to begin making decisions? I read that phd programs tend to make offers in waves so one could hear something in January, February, even March or April. If you know something, please share! I know we are all kind of competing, but at the same time we most likely have very different research interests, and from what I've heard that is very important. I for one am so glad I found this because no one else I know is applying to PhD programs; they are all taking the licensure test, looking for jobs, going for LCSW. Not ready for that...I'm too in love with research May the odds be ever in your favor. Yeah, I can't believe I just said that either L:P

Hey I'm new at the blog/thread thing, and I'd like to know if there is a way for me to find blogs and/or threads specific to admissions to US universities for social sciences like sociology, criminal justice, and criminology. Thanks

Hi all, new member here, currently at UCF as a terminal MSW graduating May 2017; just submitted applications to UCF, FSU, SHSU, University of Cincinnati, NC State, and University of Illinois in Chicago. If anyone wants info on UCF, I can try to answer questions. I would definitely appreciate any distracting seeing as though I most likely won't here anything for about 2 months... Undergrad-University of TN Knoxville MSW-University of Central Florida PhD-We shall see...