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dormcat

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  1. How long have they been at the university? If they're new, they could've fought for a strong applicant (you) to get their lab going. Or, if they think your particular research background may provide useful insight and unique perspective on their work, they may see the value in having you work with them. A friend of mine getting her PhD in school psychology had something similar happen; she applied to work with someone but got an interview with a different PI entirely. Maybe the two people you applied to work with realized they couldn't take students, or this professor has first dibs and "claimed" you, or they thought there was a better match for them but the program really wants you? The whole thing, I agree, is very odd, but you might as well see at the interview what they have to say.
  2. Congrats on the interviews!! Super exciting - I wouldn't take the lack of response from the PI at school B to heart, maybe you will really click with her when you interview! I asked a grad student in my lab about this. She recommended what the others have suggested, asking if there is a second weekend or even offering to come interview with your PI on a non-interview weekend just to learn more about the program and talk with them. The aforementioned grad student accepted an offer, told the other schools she wouldn't be coming to the interviews, and still got offers from them... if they're deterred from recruiting you simply because you are being recruited by others, that's crazy! She ended up being able to play her current PI against a competing one for a much bigger stipend, and never even interviewed at the other school. Hope something similar happens to you best of luck!!
  3. Thanks for your reassurance canessa! CONGRATULATIONS on your save the date! All applicants are on the long list. The best applicants make the short list.
  4. Hi everyone! I hope no one is as much a nervous mess as I am, but if you are, my thoughts are with you I applied to twelve programs, eight of them social (Cornell, Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, UMich, UMN, UW, and Yale), the others are a mix of community (UVA) and developmental (UCSC, MSU, Kentucky). I would prefer social psych but honestly I am just looking to work with a mentor with whom I share research interests, so area isn't my top priority. I know all the folks I'm applying to work with are accepting students, have emailed to various extents with each of them, and have had calls with two PIs and talked with a few other PIs' current grad students. My pros: undergrad research with multiple national conference posters and one paper presentation, five publications (four first author), awarded undergrad research grant, currently in a "well-known" lab working on a "well-known" project (quotation marks because level of recognition is definitely subjective), and a second author publication coming out of the lab. My cons: lab is developmental which probably won't help me much in the social/community areas and implies lack of consistency in research interest (social to developmental to social), terrible quant GRE scores (162V/158Q/5AW; I am slooow at solving math problems and didn't even finish the quant sections), some publications are in lesser-known journals, average GPA for the programs I'm applying to (3.8), niche research experience, small undergrad, 2 out of 3 letter writers aren't famous Ivy Leaguers. I don't know which negatives will outweigh positives and vice versa. Almost all the programs I'm applying to are very selective (not my intention and regretting it) so I've kind of resigned myself to rejection and decided to be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointingly surprised. As much as I hate waiting, the stress of studying for the GRE and applying was way worse than what I'm experiencing now. I swear my weeks of tension headaches ended the day I submitted my last app! Good luck to everyone and I am sending you all good vibes!!
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