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Well I would gain knowledge that would quell the anxiety that comes with limbo. But I know you're right. I guess I just needed someone to confirm that asking would be a bad idea. It's my first round of applications; I suppose I wasn't prepared for time to feel like it's moving so slowly, and I'm losing my mind a little, haha. Thanks!

It's been over a month since I've heard anything regarding the University of Michigan's Clinical Science program. Last year, it seems they sent out rejections around the 16th-17th of January, and it's hard to determine when they sent out interview invites. Interview/"recruitment" weekend this year is Feb 16-17. Would it be appropriate to email the admissions chair at this point to ask if interview invites have been sent out? Or should I just bite my tongue and wait? I feel like I'm contemplating poking the beast and I don't know what's in my best interest here.

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Okay, I haven't seen anything about Ann Arbor in the results page either, but wanted to make sure. Thanks! Also - would you mind DM'ing me your POI for UIUC? I applied there as well and haven't heard anything at all from them. Did you apply for clinical or counseling psych there? You've seen entries for UMich Ann Arbor on the results page for this year? I must have missed them; do you remember how long ago they were posted? Were they for clinical science/psychology? I do remember seeing posts for other areas of psych, but not clinical science. Sorry this sounds like I'm hounding you; I'm just so incredibly anxious! I've gotten nothing but radio silence from UIUC as well. I think that based on the results page from last year, they inform towards the end of January, so perhaps there's still hope?

Could you tell me where you heard that people got on-campus interviews for UMich? I had a Skype interview a month ago and haven't heard since then..

Their webpage does say that they send out acceptances and rejections at the same time in late February/early March. I wonder if in between, they leave people in limbo just in case they need/want to do additional interviews? Seems kind of cruel not to inform at least the people who completed the phone interview though. I'm sorry

Hello, the waitlist post wasn't me, but I am inclined to say that all of the invites for the formal on-campus interview have been sent out, as they are currently in the process of assigning housing/student hosts for Interview Day.

I'm in this exact same boat; I feel like I'm drowning in all of the anxiety surrounding having just one interview. One one hand, I feel bad complaining because I do have an interview, and it's for one of my top programs, and I'm truly excited to have gotten this far.... on the other hand, I'm worried sick about what it means if I don't hear from any other schools and it feels like I'm putting all of my eggs in one basket. I'm not much of a gambler. This sucks

Hello! I'm not really sure how Chemistry and Bio programs work; this is the Psychology thread! You might get better answers here: https://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/31-chemistry/ But in general I'm inclined to say that it's still early in the admissions process, so don't give up hope yet!

I wouldn't ask directly, like "why am I interviewing with you?" because that would probably look bad. But you can ask in more subtle, roundabout ways by asking questions like: - Do students get accepted to the program in general and then do rounds to choose faculty advisors, or are they admitted under specific faculty from the beginning? - Are there opportunities for collaboration across faculty? Across students? - How often (if at all) do students work with more than one faculty member? - (To faculty member): I've noticed your recent grants and publications are (x, y, z). Where do you see your research going over the next few years? I think these questions will likely lead to answers that will give you a better idea of what they're thinking without you having to ask directly or making assumptions. And you can ask followup questions based on what they tell you.

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The one you didn't hear back from didn't happen to be UMich-Ann Arbor, did it? I'm kind of in the same boat here.

Basically just repeating "all good things to those who wait" all day every day, watching other people receive interviews and acceptances while I sit here with my empty inbox

Congratulations to the person who got accepted to the University of Minnesota's Counseling Psychology PhD program! If you don't mind, could you DM me your PoI's initials? I also have a couple questions about how the admissions process went for you since I have yet to hear anything at all from them. Thanks!

I thought I saw a while ago that someone had a phone interview with their PoI for the Counseling Psychology program at the U of Minnesota. If that's you, would you mind sending me your PoI initials? And congrats! I heard that UMN only does phone interviews and then invites admitted students to a welcome weekend.

No problem! When I was new here I had no idea the results page even existed. Here's the link: https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/

Hey, I noticed you just spammed like four different threads with this same exact question. Perhaps a better thing to do would be to browse the Results page to see if anyone has posted about your program of interest?

This is so helpful; thank you so much! I suppose I'll just keep waiting, then

Congratulations! Do you happen to know anything about other areas of psych at UMich (like clinical science)? I was under the impression that February 16-17 were formal onsite interview dates, but the website says "recruitment weekend" even for clinical science so now I'm worried that I haven't heard anything from my PoI since our phone call almost a month ago

I'd say it's too late, but don't worry about it. I didn't reach out to the PoI of my TOP SCHOOL (why? I have no idea. Dumb dumb dumb). But the PoI reached out to me to let me know I'm a strong candidate, and invited me to the formal onsite interview for the program. Try to be patient

Thank you! I applied to the counseling psych program. The invite came directly from my PoI, though, so I have no way of knowing if all of the invites have been sent out yet. Good luck!

Hey all! Thanks again for everyone who offered encouragement after I was super worried about my shaky phone interview. If you wanted an update: I received an email yesterday with an invite for the onsite interview, stating they were very impressed with my phone interview, haha. I guess you never really know what they're thinking or looking for! Interview is for UMD College Park in February.

I think this question may be better asked in the chemistry forum... They'll be able to tell you how much a quant score usually matters for admission. We're psychology

I just had a phone interview where I stumbled through my words for a significant portion of it. I got really caught off guard by one of the PI's early questions and got to a point where I had to apologize for not being able to find my words! Overall I am hoping the interview was okay enough to get me an invite for the face to face interview since I had good questions prepared and our research interests are a great fit. But man was it nervewracking. Anyone else have stories to share so I can curb my anxiety a bit?

Thank you! I got so tripped up by his first/second questions which were the hardest of the bunch, haha. I guess now all I can do is wait to see if I made it to the in-person round, and you're right - at least now I know which questions/answers I need to fine-tune