socneuro

I can so relate to this! Only 7 more days for any grad program to give me the best Christmas present ever - starting to give up on that one though. I know it’s still early to lose all hope since social depts just started reviewing apps but I’m second guessing everything in my app like what if X wasn’t good enough?? I hate this waiting game!!

Just got invited to UCLA interview weekend. Applied to the social area.

Just giving you guys a heads up, from a current grad - UCLA Social Psych should be finishing up their interview invites this week or early next! 

So quick update, it wasn't an interview. The call was to invite me for their interview weekend 13-14th Jan. Super nice that they wanna do it over the phone. Excited for this!

Haha I’ll take even just one ☝️ 

I don’t want a lot for Christmas....just a 9/9 acceptance rate.

To everyone worrying about why they aren't hearing anything yet... Please keep in mind it is very common for programs to start reviewing applications after the semester is over but before Christmas. Sometimes they don't until after New Years though. Many faculty members are extremely busy at the end of the semester and like to wrap up final exams and final grades for the classes they teach before focusing on reviewing applications. This is how it was at the very large R1 school where I earned my bachelors degree and at the school where I earned my clinical psych masters degree. I also currently work in the School of Medicine at a large R1 university and I know the university's psychology department is the same way as I know a number of students in the PhD program. At all three places, a week or so after applications are due the grad admissions office reviews and forwards them to the psych department and then most department faculty don't really begin review until after finals. A lot of schools have finals next week so I would say the most popular weeks to expect being contacted if you are being invited to interview will be December 17-21 and January 7-11. This is not my first application cycle (unfortunately) and those weeks correspond to what I have personally experienced in the past. Of course there will be some before those dates and some after BUT the majority will likely fall in those two weeks. I hope this helps with the anxiety a bit - especially for those of you applying for the first time. Good luck, everyone!! ?

This waiting game is killing me

I heard about that! I’m a little worried that culture is still lingering even with them gone. I mean 3 of them?? There’s just no way 3 of them get away with it for so long without a whole culture and system there supporting it. I figured I’d still apply and then at interviews see if anything seems off I guess.

lol don't worry guys I'll be a lot more neurotic come January/February! Only calm at this point because applications haven't even gone under review yet ? Can't be rejected if they haven't looked yet!

The fact that people have gotten interviews already is stressing me out. It's fairly too early in the process to assume I'm out of the running for all my schools, but still...  

Neither are mine, don't worry!

My applications aren't even showing that they are being reviewed yet ??

Okay awesome thanks! I sort of wish I had a publication but was never able to get there. My undergrad research experience is very much related to what I want to pursue during graduate study so I have lots of experience and skills that equip me for potential research projects I would undertake in graduate school. I continue to volunteer in the same laboratory as well (as a postgrad) and I've recently started a new project so I explained that in depth as well in my application. A lot of faculty I talked about in my applications are external fellows of the CNLM at UCI so they are familiar with the research we conduct in the NBB department.
Sounds good, I'm going to prep a little for interviews but try not to freak out way too much. I might talk to my current PI a little more because he usually calms my nerves. I guess I can procrastinate the actual worrying till January hahaha..

Hello! I applied to UCLA and Stanford's social neuro program! Also, I have almost the same gpa and gre scores so I think you're good with that! About the publications, from what I heard from most faculty members it's not a requirement or even expectation for admission. However, if you do have publications it looks really good and helps you stand out. I think faculty members will care WAY more about fit than how many publications you have, but I guess it really depends on the PI.
Also from my understanding, PI interviews usually occur during the school interviews as part of the whole process. Some PI's do pre-interviews to help narrow down their selection of people for school interviews. Also, it depends on school funding - some schools may not be able to fly everyone out to the school so some schools may do only skype/phone interviews. It really depends on the school. I wouldn't worry if you don't hear directly from the PI before you get a notification from the school. Also, it's way too early in general to start worrying - I'd probably start worrying late January/early February. 
Hope that helps!

Same here. Merp 

Nope! Not even a notification that its under review.

Nope! Not even a notification that its under review.

Nope! Not even a notification that its under review.

How are clinical programs with 12/1 deadlines already extending Skype interviews. I'm about to fall off my rocker. My applications haven't even gone "under review" except for Rice.. Whose deadline isn't even until 12/15 ?‍♀️

Although the results page can be very useful, please don't get hung up on people's postings on there. Steer clear of the results page if it's only making you more anxious. 
 
Using this advice for myself, but I thought I would share with you all. It can be a dangerous place for your sanity.

oooh we have a huge overlap of schools! i applied to all the same except columbia hahah  care to share POIs?

Nice! I'll be presenting if IRB ever goes through for my study...

Hello! I'm interested in the neural basis of social connection and social pain.
Applied to 6 programs: UCLA, Dartmouth, University of Pittsburgh, UNC, Stanford, and Columbia
I'll be there! Can't wait!!