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My mentor has conducted research with me and has actively encouraged me to do things that would stand out in a doc application during my first year in his MA program (i.e. present research in a talk form instead of a poster, participate in a cross-cultural field study, get my thesis manuscript in shape to be my sample research paper). He also suggested faculty within programs that would be a good fit for my interests, connected me with some of those faculty, looked over and critiqued my application materials, encouraged me to retake the GRE and encouraged me not to give up on a doctoral program when those results weren't entirely ideal, encouraged me to apply broadly but still focus on fit with a faculty, wrote a letter of recommendation an interviewer described as "glowing", and emailed a few faculty about me once I had applied. The only thing that could have been improved is the speed of working on the manuscript for a study we worked on together and want to publish because I could have had a publication if that was more timely.

Applied (15): University of Kentucky (So), Purdue University (So), University of Michigan (So & WGS), Penn State (So & WGS), Syracuse University (So), Stony Brook University (So & H), SUNY Albany (So), University of Utah (So), Colorado State University (So & H), Rutgers (So), Indiana University (So), IUPUI (So & Org), York University (So), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (So), University of Pittsburgh (Dev) Skype Interview (3/15): Syracuse University (So), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (So), University of Pittsburgh (Dev) In Person Interview Offered (2/15): University of Nebraska-Lincoln (So), University of Pittsburgh (Dev) Rejected/Assumed Rejected (3/15): University of Michigan (So & WGS), Penn State (So & WGS), Syracuse University (So) Waiting to Hear (10/15): University of Kentucky (So), Purdue University (So), Stony Brook University (So & H), SUNY Albany (So), University of Utah (So), Colorado State University (So & H), Rutgers (So), Indiana University (So), IUPUI (So & Org), York University (So) * If anyone has heard from these programs please reply! If anyone is also interviewing at University of Nebraska-Lincoln or Pittsburgh feel free to get in touch!

Thanks for letting me know! I applied to the personality and social contexts. Congrats on the invite! Have you heard from Indiana University yet?

Has anyone heard from Utah or U of Michigan for social psych yet?

School: Syracuse University Program: Social Psych PhD Type of interview: Skype School: University of Pittsburgh Program Developmental Psych PhD Type of interview: Skype School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Program: Social-Cognitive Psych PhD (Social track) Type of interview: phone call No official in person invites as of yet! I've been told I should hear about in person interviews following the above Skype/phone interviews in late January. Have not heard from: Rutgers, UMich, Penn State, Purdue, Univ. of Utah, Univ. of Kentucky, SUNY Albany, Stonybrook, Indiana University, Colorado State, or York U (all social programs)