Waitingforgrad

@HedgieLove Thank you so much, your reply is very helpful!

Hi everyone, I need some advice on choosing between three programs. Two are crim, one is a psych program where I can have an emphasis in psych & law. I would essentially be researching the same thing at all three. Program 1 (PhD): This is where I did my undergrad, which makes me reluctant to stay here for another 4-5 years with the same faculty members. It is close to home for me though. I would be working with a professor that has almost my exact interests, but there is no other faculty member in the department that does research in our area. She has produced a few very good Ph.D. students, but she is often hard to reach over email and you sometimes have to pester her for a response. This school seems to have more prestige compared to program 2. Program 2 (PhD): Very far away from home, which also makes me reluctant to go. I would be working with a professor that also has almost the exact same interests, and she’s extremely proficient in statistics, but I would be her first official student. She’s been kind of mentoring two students this past year, her first year as an assistant professor, but they aren’t her official students. Even though she only graduated a year ago, she has already published 7 articles in a top journal, and she has some very interesting ideas and models. She has also mentored 5 undergraduates when she was a graduate student. There are also 2, potentially 3, other faculty members that have somewhat overlapping interests at this school. The impression I got was that this program is on the rise. Program 3 (Masters): The biggest downside to this program is that it is a masters program. They did not allow students without a masters to apply to their PhD program, so I applied to their masters. I really liked the campus, the location, and the faculty. There is one faculty member in particular that I really meshed with in terms of research interests. I guess the reason why I’m sill considering a masters program when I’m already accepted into two phd programs is that this is a top school with some great faculty. I have comparable stipend offers from all three, so money isn’t really an issue. Sorry this is so long, thanks for any insight!

Hi, I just received an acceptance yesterday. I checked MyNevada page over the weekend (so before I was accepted) and saw it changed, and actually thought I was rejected since I could no longer pull up my application. I saw that some people received their acceptances earlier than me, so perhaps they're doing it by who you applied to work with? I'm really not sure.

Welp, got my first rejection. John Jay at CUNY. :/

Whenever I see on the admissions results page that someone has heard back from a school I haven't, I always feel super anxious and sad. I would rather the school just reject me than play this waiting game sometimes.

Something similar happened to me with UCI. I checked over my application and saw that they never received my GRE scores, so I feel your pain.

@PhDorBUST I'm not sure if you already saw this, but according to the admissions results page of thegradcafe, someone received a call for a preview weekend invite.

Thank you both so much!

Hey everyone, I have a question/need advice. So I mainly applied to PhD programs, but I also applied to a couple Masters programs as a backup. One of them wants me to fly out there for a interview. They don't pay for any travel/hotel expenses. I am interested in this program, but I just don't know if it's worth it to fly out for so much when they don't cover anything and it's kind of expensive. Has anyone dealt with this? Would it be appropriate to ask to do a skype interview instead?

Hey everyone, I haven't posted here yet. Yesterday I received an invite to Northeastern's pre-admission weekend, as well as an invite to visit University of Florida's department.