1996kayden
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From a clinical prof at the University of Virginia: "If you're considering applying to the clinical psychology program at @UVAPsyc this year, please note that our program may not recruit a class for the 2021-2022 academic year. Please check back on the program website in October before you apply. https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/research-areas/clinical-psychology "
From the department (twitter account): "To all potential applicants: please reach out to individual PIs before applying! @UVAPsyc will be recruiting at the graduate level, but due to COVID-19, not all labs/specializations will be admitting graduate students"
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On 7/19/2019 at 2:18 AM, 1996kayden said:
I am going in knowing that I will have to take the first summer and the first semester of my second year off (maybe more...) to recover from major surgery. And possibly have a few smaller surgeries after that. The grad policy gives me one semester of medical leave and I am definitely worried about how this time off will impact my learning, my work, and applying for things like the NSF GRFP. Also worried what happens if I have complications and/or need more time to heal than the one-semester the grad policy gives me. I'm not sure how to tell my advisor that surprise! his new student is going to be MIA for the first summer and half of his second year...
Anyone else had to take time off (a semester or more) and how did that go for you?
I will update this in case it helps anyone in the future. Told my PI that I would be taking a calendar year off and he was concerned for my wellbeing but very supportive. Got the leave officially approved by the Dean. Apparently the policy changed so grad students can take up to 2 years off without having to reapply (and then reapplying is apparently more of a formality). So yay. Still not sure how it impacts something like the NSF GRFP, but I'm a lot less worried now.
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I am going in knowing that I will have to take the first summer and the first semester of my second year off (maybe more...) to recover from major surgery. And possibly have a few smaller surgeries after that. The grad policy gives me one semester of medical leave and I am definitely worried about how this time off will impact my learning, my work, and applying for things like the NSF GRFP. Also worried what happens if I have complications and/or need more time to heal than the one-semester the grad policy gives me. I'm not sure how to tell my advisor that surprise! his new student is going to be MIA for the first summer and half of his second year...
Anyone else had to take time off (a semester or more) and how did that go for you?
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Developmental Psychology!
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I'll be attending the University of Virginia for their developmental psychology PhD
Self-imposed a torturous decision process after getting off a waitlist last minute, but think UVa will offer me the best personal support, opportunities to explore teaching, and ability to influence the lab's research directions.
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I was offered a spot to a program last cycle. A combo of research interests, a poor funding offer, and a commute from hell led me to turn it down. I took a job as a lab manager studying vision development in children with eye tracking. Not exactly my main interests, but it helped me build programming and eye tracking skills and strengthened my application. It was hard to turn down an offer when I had been told "all you need is one yes", but I am SO glad I did. Even though over the year I realized the research interests of the offer I turned down were more on point than I thought, I am still glad. This cycle I had many interviews and multiple offers. It's a hard choice, but if you are set on a population and/or a method, and the PhD offer doesn't offer that, then I would consider turning it down and taking a job that will strengthen your application.
Also, after the year working, I applied to different schools my second cycle because my research interests changed some. Two schools who rejected me last time accepted me this time under a different PI.
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School: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Concentration: Cognitive
Type: Ph.D.
Date of Acceptance: April 12th
Notified: Email, accepted off the waitlist. $20,200 stipend (TA-ship) with $2,000 summer funding. Health insurance covered by funding package. ~$950 fees/semester
Trying to decide between here and UVa tomorrow (4/13) to free up a waitlist spot.
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16 minutes ago, sgaw10 said:
All right, y'all.
Long story short -- was waitlisted for an interview in January. Emailed POI last month, no response. Emailed grad admissions coordinator via my notification email last month twice, no response. Called the department inquiring how to update my transcript twice (once last month and once last week), no response. I realize that this is an extremely busy time of year, but this is frustrating. And it's the beginning of the end. Is it acceptable for me to call again tomorrow or Friday?
If you were waitlisted for an interview (and thus have not interviewed, I assume), then it is pretty much over for that school. Especially if you've not heard any other response. I would move on, unfortunately.
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1 hour ago, vallaboop said:
Is it weird to get a rejection email from your POI ("Unfortunately there were not enough slots to accept many of the extremely qualified candidates this year.") just over a week ago but the application portal still says "under committee review"?
Pretty common in my experience. If the POI told you that, it's pretty much over, unfortunately.
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7 minutes ago, Psyhopeful said:
I officially accepted my offer at the University of Michigan where I will get to study both media psychology and developmental psychology. Whew! Glad that's over.
Very cool. Curious who you'll be working with, if you care to share.
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POI at Penn State emailed today that she tried everything she could but isn't able to get me off the waitlist. Nothing I could've done or wrong with me as a candidate, funding and resource issues out of her control. We're both very disappointed. Feeling a bit devastated as this was my top choice and POI had called me very excited the day after the interview. Sounded like an acceptance over the phone. Teaches me to get my hopes up ?
Still have (some? I guess) hope of getting off UNC's waitlist. I have two solid options but still, just feel very disappointed.
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8 hours ago, clinicalpsych20192020 said:
Do you know when your PI's review panel is and if the results are going to be delayed due to shutdown?
No I don't know, sorry.
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My PI is a reviewer for NSF GRFPs and was just given a new stack to go through, so it sounds like reviews are ongoing.
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I'm having a similar debate. One of the schools/departments I'm considering is ranked in the 100s, another is 17. I'm hoping to go into academia. So many factors...
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2 hours ago, EigenVictor said:
What are some good questions to ask either a POI or current grad students to help decide on a program? I've gone through the standard online lists but I'm wondering if there's anything beyond advising style, cost of living + funding, grad student well-being, and outcomes after graduation that people might not realize to ask about before deciding.
Would also like opinions on this. I was pretty thorough in my initial interview for asking questions. I now need to decide between some current options and also keep communication up while I wait to see if I get off some waitlists. At a certain point I am going to run out of questions.
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I have an offer and the POI has reached out to me again to say she hopes I come and to reach out if I have questions. I have responded to her two past emails since I got the offer (about a month ago) saying thanks etc and I'd reach out when I had questions.
I am waitlisted for my two top choice schools and am essentially going to wait for them. Do I tell her this? That I am on the waitlist and if I get off I will accept the other offer? That she won't have a firm answer from me for a while? I don't really want to tell her she's my backup option but I also don't feel right just making her wait indefinitely. Do I just tell her I don't have any questions right now?
Thanks!
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Waitlisted from my top choice and waiting to hear from my other top choice, so dying inside
Update: emailed UNC POI about status and was told I'm on the waitlist so now I'm double dying as I bide my time and hope that people decline their offers
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Got waitlisted for Dev Psych at Penn State. If you're going to decline, please do so soon. PSU is my top choice!
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25 minutes ago, ilobebrains said:
I've been waitlisted at Baylor's PsyD and UTSW's PhD program. I have one offer from SMU. I'm thinking of just requesting them to remove me from the waitlists and accepting the SMU offer by the end of this month. I really liked SMU during my interview, and felt like the department was extremely warm and welcoming. They also are more research-focused than the schools I've been waitlisted at, which is a priority to me. Plus, they're fully-funded. I can definitely see myself being happy here.
Baylor's PsyD ended up not seeming like an extremely good fit, but I did find myself liking UTSW a lot more than I had expected. Their program seems intense (graduate in 4 years, included internship year), but in a good, productive way. Con would be that it's not fully funded and I would be an out-of-state resident first year. So just... a lot of added stress.
Am I being dumb? Should I just go ahead and accept this amazing offer? I don't really know what I'm waiting for, but I guess I still want to see what happens.
If I were you I would accept SMU. Fully funded is (for me) a huge priority. I would not go to a program that wasn't fully funded.
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School: University of Connecticut
Concentration: Developmental Psychology
Type: Ph.D.
Date of acceptance: 2/19/2019
Notified by: Accepted via email from area head. Stiped is ~$24,000/year (unclear if academic or calendar).
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School: University of Texas at Dallas
Concentration: Psychological Sciences (Cognitive)
Type: Ph.D.
Date of acceptance: 2/15/2019
Notified by: Automatic email with acceptance letter followed by personal email from POI. Stipend via POI's grant, 2000/month, summer dependent on funding but all students have been funded in summer in the past.
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23 hours ago, LeeLeetoPhD said:
How did you find out you were waitlisted after the interview, I’ve been waiting on my dream school for almost 2.5 weeks after the interview.
Depends widely on the school. I always ask during the interview what the admissions process looks like going forward so I have a timeline. For this school I heard about waitlist about 2 weeks after the interview.
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9 hours ago, clinpsychgradschool said:
Anyone know how common it is to get in as an alternate post-interview? My nerves are killing me
The one interview I had last cycle resulted in a waitlist post interview. I was then accepted off the waitlist about 3 weeks later (early/mid March).
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7 hours ago, ItPhBeLikeThatSometimes said:
I interviewed at what I *thought* was my last-choice program this week and fell in love!! I'm obsessed! But i also hate making decisions so i'm kind of hoping (if i get an offer here) that i hate visiting my first-choice next week...
I know what you mean. Interviewed last week at a school I considered not even going to the interview and REALLY liked it. Not my ideal location by far, but if they offer I am going to have to do some thinking.
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U-Heights rent has gone up over time. The cheapest they have currently is about $900 + electricity and internet for a 1bed/1bath. It is the cheapest apartment complex 1 bedroom in Cville as far as I know. I lived there and it's fine. Kitchen is pretty small and not the nicest but living room actually pretty decent sized imo. They take pets and are walking distance to campus. Used to have a bus to campus but since COVID that route has been cancelled. IDK if it will ever come back (I hope it will...).
Most other Cville apartment complexes the lowest rent is $1250/month. That being said they're pretty nice imo if you can pay north of $1300/month for a 1 bedroom. You might find cheaper rent with an individual landlord, but also more difficult in pandemic times.