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I applied to psychology programs, not SLP, but, in my case, I got rejected by one of the programs I applied to. In early April, a POI texted me and asked if I was still interested in their program. I was not even in their waitlist but got accepted in the second round of evaluation.

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Okay. Even though you haven't been assigned an advisor yet, that doesn't mean you can't get in touch with them. I also suggest for you to contact the Department Chair or the Program Director/Director of Clinical Training. Contact as many people as you can and hope someone can help you out.

I like your questions!

Also, since I've lived in New York for 4 years (but I'm not going to do my PhD in New York), I know where to find cheap apartments in New York (under $1000 for rent). Let me know if you need any assistance with finding an apartment.

I suggest for you to contact your POI immediately concerning your financial assistance. Have you done that already?

If they never brought up financial assistance with you, I'm afraid that you have to fund yourself. Since you are an international student, you would need to contact their international student office and inquire about what the amount of money you need to prepare on your own to get your I-20.

I highly recommend you do an independent study and write a paper about your study. You don't need to have publications but you need to show your POIs that you have the potential in I/O. Before I applied this year, I did an independent study without much supervision (because I already graduated!). However, I asked a lot questions online and got some great answers from experts all over the world, which really helped my research move forward. After a painstaking process of hard work for four months, I finished a paper based on my independent study and submitted it as a writing sample in my app package. I also posted this writing sample on my personal academic site. When I contacted my POIs, I attached the link in my emails so they could check it out very conveniently. It helped me get in. I should point out that this method wouldn't work well if you need to recruit participants to gather data because I don't think you have funding to pull that out. It's better for you to reach out to professors who have data sets and are in need of someone who's able to analyze their data.

I am an international applicant from China (got a masters in mental health counseling in the US). I applied to 13 clinical psych programs last year and got 13 rejections. I applied to 9 educational psychology programs (with a concentration in measurement and statistics) and 1 quantitative psychology programs and got 7 offers. How do you make of my experience? I think sometimes your choices are more important than your working hard. That said, I don't think switching from clinical psych to quant psych programs is the only reason why I am much more successful than last year. You should work hard but also work smarter. In my case, after the first failed cycle, I re-evaluated my strengths and weaknesses, and realized that quant might be more suitable for me. I've always interested in statistics and I'm good at coding, so why apply for clinical psych and fail again instead of working on my strengths? I did an independent study using R and wrote a strong writing sample about it; I built a personal academic site and published my writing sample and CV on it; I rewrote my SOPs and customized them to each program; I contacted all of my POIs 1-1.5 months prior to the app deadline; I didn't retake and improve my GRE scores because they were already decent; I asked the same letter writers to write my letters. I think one of the reasons why some people fail repeatedly is that they haven't realized where their true strengths lie. They don't spend time talking to themselves and trying to figure out who they are. They just follow what other people do, like applying for clinical psych programs. Once they figure that out, things would become much easier.

I would suggest for you to ask current students who are in your POI's lab. You can ask them did they contact the POI before application and how they did it. Does contacting POIs boost up your chances of getting admitted? It depends on how strong you are as a PhD student. If you have nothing to impress your POIs, a simple e-mail won't make a difference on you application, especially in Clinical Psych. If you have a lot of research experience and a great writing sample (don't need to be a publication) to prove that you have really strong research abilities, do contact them!

I'd say it really depends on different programs. I contacted a POI a week before the deadline and he replied me saying he's very interested in my application (and I got in!). I also contacted another POI well before the deadline (twice!), she never responded (so I decided not to apply for her program). I think it has a lot to do with the competitiveness of the program. If the program is very competitive (like the second program in my case) and your POI receives many applicants every year, you'd better to contact your POI early.

Guys. This application season is almost at the end for me. I applied to 11 programs, got 6 acceptances and 3 rejections so far. I withdrew one of my applications because they wanted to accept me into their masters program. I'm still waiting for the last program. It's been a very successful app season for me. It was not last year. I applied to 13 clinical psych programs and got 13 rejections. I took GRE five times (including a psych GRE) and TOEFL four times. I just don't give up. I keep working on myself. I just wanted to say that if you didn't get into your dream program this cycle, try it again. Learn to deal with rejections and frustrations. Re-evaluate your strengths, weaknesses, whether you are a great fit for the programs you applied to, and then get back on your horse and keep on moving forward. Never give up if being a PhD is your dream. This is my third app cycle (I got into a masters program in the first cycle) and I finally made it this time, because I've learned many things from my failures and I never, ever give up. I wish you all the best and hope we can keep in contact!

I have been accepted into TAMU's Educational Psychology. It's strange that they don't notify you via email. I found out this 3 days after I was admitted.

Thank you Jason2018!

You definitely need to read their profiles on the program website (if they have their own sites, you should also read them). Don't need to get too in-depth. Just get a general idea about what they do.

Hi. It's a PhD program in measurement and statistics housed in College of Education. I got my acceptance on 1/26. I know we applied to different programs, but I want you to know that don't give up hope when you see people start getting acceptances from the program you are applying. I visited my POI yesterday and she told me that she's still got a few applications to review. I'm just one of the lucky applicants that got accepted into the program early. My POI at Iowa told me during the interview that they would make a decision by the end of Jan but I didn't hear back from them until today.

I've got four acceptances so far: FSU, UIowa, UCincinnati, and UC Merced. My hard work finally paid off. Very happy

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Anyone got into FSU and nominated for their fellowship? Does being nominated for a fellowship mean you are going to obtain it?

I'm sorry to hear that. What other programs did you apply to? PM me if you want.

I just copy-pasted my answer from another thread regarding interview. I had an on-site interview with four POIs at a university last week and a skype interview with 3 POIs this afternoon (3 hours after this skype session, I got an enthusiastic email from one of my POIs that said they were all very impressed with me and I got accepted...they usually extend offers in Feb...Also, English is not my native language, so, if I can do it, you can do it!) Some important interview questions I have prepared include (and I think everyone should be prepared to answer these questions very confidently and fluently): Your educational background; Your best quality, characteristic, personality trait- this should be something that can facilitate your future research career, such as tenacity; Why do you want to pursue a PhD- for me the answer is definitely that I love research; I love teaching; being a professor is a rewarding career; Why do you want to do a PhD in this area (my area is quant psych/methods)- my answer is that I am more interested in methodologies and statistics than a substantive area; this is an area full of opportunities for growth; I love coding; great job prospects; What are your research interests- I just gave a very general answer (in my area, POIs don't expect us to have a very clear idea of what topics you want to do in the future. You can just tell them you are interested in such and such area). If you have a more detailed answer and your interests match your POIs, that's even better; What are your career goals- when it comes to goals, I think you should be specific, like I want to get 5 first author publications (you can even name a few prestigious journals in which you want to publish) ; I want to graduate within 5 years; I want to become an assistant professor in 6 years; I want to create very popular R packages; choose some challenging but realistic goals; What is your greatest strength and weakness (yes, they asked me what my biggest weakness was)- I said that my greatest strength is my ability to solve problems in very challenging situations and I gave an example (very important); as far as my weakness, I said I don't have a strong background in math/stats but I'm planning on taking a few refresher courses like calculus online and after I begin the program I will take as many stats courses as possible (the truth is most incoming PhD students don't have strong background in math/stats in our field, so this is not a fatal weakness and it is something I can improve upon); Which research project are you most proud of- they are giving you an opportunity to impress them, so be prepared with a great answer; Why you want to join their program- I said my research interests match yours very well and I like the courses your program offers; I also said that I love this city; Also, show your eagerness to learn and do research! They want to see that you are driven to do a PhD. If you have these questions prepared, you will talk confidently in the interview. One good tip I want to share with you guys is that keep your answers succinct, easy to understand, and to the point. I don't think they expect you to give very detailed and long answers within 30 minutes (that's the normal length of an interview). A very complicated answer is very likely to make them confused because when you are being interviewed, you will feel nervous, and your speech may become unorganized under pressure. Also, think of an interview as a conversation, not a test. This is very important. If you think of it as a test, you are going to feel very nervous and uncomfortable. If you think of it as a conversation and an opportunity to tell them how great you are, you will feel very confident and look very confident. They want to see that confidence. I never try to memorize my answers. I practice these questions by asking myself these questions while I am walking, cooking, doing exercises. At least for me, It's a very effective way to prepare for interviews.

Got admitted to FSU measurement and stats PhD program Nominated for fellowship. Question: if you are nominated for fellowship, does it imply that you will get the fellowship? If you didn't get it, how will you be funded?

I had an on-site interview at a university this week. Some important interview questions I have prepared include (and I think everyone should be prepared to answer these questions very confidently and fluently): Your educational background; Your best quality, characteristic, personal trait- this should be something that can facilitate your future research career, such as tenacity; Why do you want to pursue a PhD- for me the answer is definitely that I love research; I love teaching; being a professor is a rewarding career; Why do you want to do a PhD in this area (my area is quant psych/methods)- my answer is that I am more interested in methodologies and statistics; this is an area full of opportunities for growth; I love coding; great job prospects; What are your research interests- I just gave a very general answer (in my area, POIs don't expect us to have a very clear idea of what topics you want to do in the future. You can just tell them you are interested in such and such area). If you have a more detailed answer and your interests match your POIs, that's even better; What are your career goals- when it comes to goals, I think you should be specific, like I want to get 5 first author publications (you can even name a few prestigious journals in which you want to publish) ; I want to graduate within 5 years; I want to become an assistant professor in 6 years; I want to create very popular R packages; choose some challenging but realistic goals; What is your greatest strength and weakness (yes, they asked me what my biggest weakness was)- I said that my greatest strength is my ability to solve problems in very challenging situations and I gave an example (very important); as far as my weakness, I said I don't have a strong background in math/stats but I'm planning on taking a few refresher courses like calculus online and after I begin the program I will take as many stats courses as possible (the truth is most incoming PhD students don't have strong background in math/stats in our field, so this is not a fatal weakness and it is something I can improve upon); Which research project are you most proud of- they are giving you an opportunity to impress them, so be prepared with a great answer; Why you want to join their program- I said my research interests match yours very well and I like the courses your program offers; I also said that I love this city; Also, show your eagerness to learn and do research! They want to see that you are driven to do a PhD. If you have these questions prepared, you will talk confidently in the interview. One good tip I want to share with you guys is that keep your answers succinct, easy to understand, and to the point. I don't think they expect you to give very detailed and long answers within 30 minutes (that's the normal length of an interview). A very complicated answer is very likely to make them confused because when you are being interviewed, you will feel nervous, and your speech may become unorganized under pressure. Also, think of an interview as a conversation, not a test. This is very important. If you think of it as a test, you are going to feel very nervous and uncomfortable. If you think of it as a conversation and an opportunity to tell them how great you are, you will feel very confident and look very confident. They want to see that confidence. I never try to memorize my answers. I practice these questions by asking myself these questions while I am walking, cooking, doing exercises. At least for me, It's a very effective way to prepare for interviews.

Also, show your eagerness to learn and do research! They want to see that you are driven to do a PhD.