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Hey All,
I had a quick question for anyone able to give an input. I was wondering how close you research has to be with that of you POI. I am really second guessing on some schools as I am trying to send out emails to my potential POIs. If anyone can explain more about connecting your research with that of you POI, that would be helpful too. I would love any recommendations for schools if anyone is able to offer some 
My research focus: 
-How effective are western-based treatment/interventions in treating trauma/PTSD in non-western victims or perpetrator.
-Trauma and resilience across cultures
-- How cultural influences affect perception of trauma and treatment expectations
 
 
Thank you

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Hey all,
I thought I would create a group for those applying/interviewing for any Masters program in Psychology. Feel free to talk about the schools you are applying to and any interview questions. I know alot of the interview advice given majorly talks about PhD but feel free to share tips or questions. 

Hey all,
I thought I would create a group for those applying/interviewing for any Masters program in Psychology. Feel free to talk about the schools you are applying to and any interview questions. I know alot of the interview advice given majorly talks about PhD but feel free to share tips or questions. 

School: University of Toledo
Type: Clinical Psychology, PhD
Date of Rejection/Method: Dec. 18th, 2018, via e-mail (official letter to come)
How are you coping: Felt dreadful pit in my stomach but I am hopeful that I will end up in the right place for me

School: University of Toledo
Type: Clinical Psychology, PhD
Date of Rejection/Method: Dec. 18th, 2018, via e-mail (official letter to come)
How are you coping: Felt dreadful pit in my stomach but I am hopeful that I will end up in the right place for me

Hey all, 
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I found this information on the University of North Texas website. It has a bunch of interview dates for different schools but the website also says not to depend entirely on this. Hope this helps!
 

Well. It's December 2nd and no interview offers. Must have gotten rejected everywhere. 

I am currently trying my best not to panic. I think you should be fine though as long as you spoke to them and they told you to send it

I almost did not submit a required document for one of my schools. I also still need to call one of my schools to check if they recieved all my document because it tells me on their website that they haven't. On a better not,  I have submitted all my applications that were due Dec 1st and my final recommender submitted his letter too. I am very close to surviving this application season. Sending everyone positive vibes!

I thought I was the only one doing the same thing. Every-time someone applies to a school that everyone raves about I always check with baited breadth to make sure I did not miss a program that could have been a great fit for me. 

Honestly, this is all you can hope for and just do your best to stay positive during this season

I really didn't care about R1 or R2 or even the name of the school. Not that I don't care but I just want to work in a lab that merges with my research and enjoy my PHD experience(as much as i can ofcourse). Thankfully, most of the programs that are doing the work I am interested in get at the most 200 applicants in total. I don't even know how that worked out but it did and I am grateful that I have less competition. I checked all those other programs too but I was not excited about their research and I want to be excited about the research I will be involved in for the next 5 or so years.

I really didn't care about R1 or R2 or even the name of the school. Not that I don't care but I just want to work in a lab that merges with my research and enjoy my PHD experience(as much as i can ofcourse). Thankfully, most of the programs that are doing the work I am interested in get at the most 200 applicants in total. I don't even know how that worked out but it did and I am grateful that I have less competition. I checked all those other programs too but I was not excited about their research and I want to be excited about the research I will be involved in for the next 5 or so years.

Submitted my first application today and it is just absolutely terrifying. Keeping a positive mindset though and I plan to just relax when all this is over. 5 more to go!

I think you should be fine. I believe it takes five days for the schools to get the scores according to ETS. If you sent your scores on the day of the test,  it should have arrived or even about to arrive by now. Plus you still have 2 weeks before then. 

Hey all,
This is what I have so far. I am giving this application season a try and seeing how it goes. I have very little hope as I feel I have very little research experience. If it does't work out, I have plans to get more research experience but just going to see how this all goes. It doesn't hurt to try and then fail and know you gave it your all. 
Program of Interest: PhD in Clinical Psychology, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Master as backup 
Schools of Interest:
PhD: Northern Illinois, University of Wisconsin, University of Toledo, University of Nebraska, John Jay College, Utah state University, UCSD, U Missouri – St Louis, University of Nebraska, University of Memphis, University of Maryland Baltimore, University of Colorado
PsyD: Going to consider just one maybe 2 that have good funding. Haven't found alot of them. 
Masters: Illinois State University
 
Research Interests: Etiology and interventions for trauma in non-western victims, immigrant mental health disparities; culturally- and contextually-appropriate interventions; minority mental health, particularly in the African community. How effective western-based treatments and interventions are in treating trauma/PTSD in non-western victims and perpetrators. 
 
Educational Background: B.A. in Psychology, 3.7 GPA
 
Things I'm Not Worried About:
-         GPA 
-         Letters of Recommendations
-        My fit into programs: I am pretty confident with the professors I have looked into and how I fit in with them. 
-         Planning on killing my Personal Statement
-        I have my research thesis which is pretty close to my interest 
-        3 years of clinical experience working with autistic kids and providing evidence based treatment.
-        2 poster presentation on my presentation at MPA
Things I'm Worried About:
-I went to a pretty small private College where we did not have Research labs. We were encouraged right from the get go to engage in student led research in different courses with professor supervision ofcourse. My Research experience is about a year and the half all together.  My interest in trauma came from non-research based experience. 
-I have been out of college and working for about 3yrs and not much research done in that time.
-As a career, I want to collaborate with psychologists in non-western countries and bring awareness to certain psychological instruments we can make use of and make bring about interventions, research, preventions, and etiology that is based on non-western victims. I also want to practice but scared to mention this in the app as I don't want to be seen as deceitful. I am very interested in African research but also don't want to limit myself to just that and want to helpful to others too.
-I am horribly scared of the GRE since I haven't taken it yet
-I want to do research but not make it the only thing I do my entire career. I am passionate about therapy for African victims of trauma as I am African too. 

I also have 13 schools on my list. I think I would apply to more if it wasn't costing an upwards of almost 2000 dollars for applications. I do think 13 is more than enough and I am excited for the schools I have selected. I even had to stop myself from adding more to the list once I hit 13. I am going to go back next month and look through all the professors to make sure I am actually interested in all the schools and be objective about it and see if I need to cut any schools out. 

Here is my suggestion and others may disagree. I think that you might be looking for people who are too specifically aligned with your interests. The way I think about the purpose of a PhD is to develop the scientific skills necessary to conduct research not necessarily to have a particular research program defined when you enter. (This may not hold for senior, highly renowned PIs who would expect you to have a research program, but I am speaking generally).

As such, the PI does not need to have a research program that is working on your particular question in order for there to be a good research fit. And, you need to be able to mold your research interests to a PI's particular flavor of research. I am just spit-balling because I don't have a strong relevant background, but perhaps, someone working on gambling addiction or obsessive behaviors would provide you with the training that you need to pursue your particular interests later in your postdoc or as a faculty.

In summary: Broaden your search. Identify where your interests match the PIs. Mold the way you present your interests to match their interests. 

I also know that most programs require the subject test, if you do not have a background in psychology. I do agree that you will be well received but probably might need to take the subject test. 

Hey All,
I had a quick question for anyone able to give an input. I was wondering how close you research has to be with that of you POI. I am really second guessing on some schools as I am trying to send out emails to my potential POIs. If anyone can explain more about connecting your research with that of you POI, that would be helpful too. I would love any recommendations for schools if anyone is able to offer some 
My research focus: 
-How effective are western-based treatment/interventions in treating trauma/PTSD in non-western victims or perpetrator.
-Trauma and resilience across cultures
-- How cultural influences affect perception of trauma and treatment expectations
 
 
Thank you