[Fall 2019 Social Psychology Applicant Thread]

On 2/9/2019 at 8:00 PM, goughash said:

I heard Penn State sent out their social psychology rejection letters on February 7. Can anyone confirm this? 

I haven't heard anything from Penn State. No interview invite either, though.

[Fall 2019 Psychology Doctoral ACCEPTANCES!!]

School: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Concentration: Social

Type: PhD

Date of acceptance: 1/17/2019

Notified by: Email from application portal followed by email from graduate coordinator

I'm shocked and soooo happy. 

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Would the person who posted their IU Bloomington interview send me your POI? Congrats!

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Just now, davidfreire20 said:

Did the grad coordinator say that for all departments or specifically social?

She specifically mentioned that the social program has invited everyone they want to interview with.

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24 minutes ago, davidfreire20 said:

How do you know?

I think they are quoting me from the social thread. I emailed the social grad coordinator yesterday and she responded with that. Unless @nboehm reached out on their own, this info is only for social.

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To the person who posted their acceptance to University of Minnesota, what area did you apply to?

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9 hours ago, nboehm said:

Has anyone heard anything from:

Washington University in St. Louis

University of Georgia

University of Texas at Austin

 

Thanks in advance!

I emailed UT Austin and they said that faculty are in the process of reviewing files and that I'll be contacted if I am offered an interview. Interviews are held Feb through March.

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Emailed UNC Chapel Hill. They've contacted all applicants they're interested in interviewing with.

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Sent some emails...

Yale sent out their first round of interview invites already but apparently continues on a rolling basis until 2/1.

UMich is planning on sending out letters today or Monday.

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My top schools (IU and UMN) are taking their sweeeeet time. I'm exhibiting great restraint by not harassing them via email.

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8 hours ago, HAC said:

Same thing here 

Weird, I guess I wasn't invited to that party ?

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26 minutes ago, socneuro said:

I’ve been brushing up on SAS, and tried learning python but wow is python confusing. I’ve also started learning MATLAB and the language reminds me of SAS a bit so I feel like it’ll be an easier transition. The only thing is, I feel like there’s a big difference between learning syntax and actually learning it (through working on projects and such) and since no one in my current lab uses MATLAB I don’t think I’ll really be able to learn it :/

I should get some of my family members to try teaching me python and MATLAB.. helps to be related to engineers and computer nerds haha

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17 minutes ago, socneuro said:

Also, I was just curious since I'm not really feeling as hopeful with this application cycle, has anyone given any thoughts to backup plans? I was thinking a paid postbac research assistant/lab manager position, but not sure how I would be able to afford living off its salary - I also know they're competitive and a lot of them have requirements to know programming languages that I don't know (Python, Matlab). I really only know SAS, STATA and a little bit of R, so not sure I would qualify for a lot of the positions. There's also a lot of unpaid labs I could join including the ones I'm in now, but I'm not sure how I'd afford living off unpaid labs and maybe a minimum wage side job to have some money coming in. 

I'm also applying to similar positions as a backup, and I'm in the same boat as you--a lot of them seem to require or strongly recommend having more advanced skills and I have some data analysis experience but nowhere near where they want. I'm just continuing to look around and apply as they come up, regardless of the salary (unless it's unpaid). Cost of living in some places is crazy cheap and I figure I might get lucky.

In the meantime I'm trying to brush up on my SPSS and R skills so I can at least say I know it well.

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Could the person who posted their interview for the UNC Social Psych program send me their POI?  

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11 hours ago, HIP613 said:

Yep, a poster on Friday

Same!

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21 hours ago, HIP613 said:

I am!

Are you presenting?

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Heads up, IU - Bloomington starts reviewing applicants after the semester break and sends out offer letters in late Feb/early March. I imagine many other schools are similar, so we can all take a deep breath.

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7 minutes ago, ProperBostonian said:

Anyone else with a significant other who's applying to med school? So you both just come home from work and check your email a million times a night and share (or not) a pint of sea salt caramel halo top and watch Christmas movies and pretend like your lives aren't falling apart and the universe isn't going to separate you and everyone will live happily ever after with their PhD's and MD's? Yeah, me neither.

Present. SO got accepted to Penn State for their chemistry PhD program and it's not looking good. PM me if you want to vent.

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1 hour ago, veileddreamer said:

I called UNC today and they said that some but not all PIs have submitted their list of invites -- so if you don't hear back within a week, you can be fairly confident you will not be getting an invite.

But has anyone actually heard back from UNC? The wait is killing me. I know it's only been two weeks, but still.

Still waiting! I ❤️ you for calling though.

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37 minutes ago, petitebiscuit said:

Got my first Skype interview today! ?

Yay, where?

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If I got a single interview request before Christmas, it would be hands down the greatest present ever.

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On 12/12/2018 at 2:24 PM, GingerC said:

My interest is in moral psych.  I applied what feels like everywhere LOL.

Cornell, UNC, U Pitt, Penn State, Yale, Syracuse, U Minn, Washington St. Louis, UIUC, Michigan State, Temple, Lehigh, Texas A&M, U Texas Austin.  Please God, someone take me ?.

Hi, friend. Wanna exchange POIs over PM?

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2 minutes ago, higaisha said:

LOL sounds fishy...getting accepted before apps are even fully reviewed...hmmmmm

From previous years, it looks like UMN takes their sweet time. Especially in social.

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To the person who posted their acceptance at the University of Minnesota, what program did you get accepted to?

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Soooo all the other psych programs are posting results in droves.. only a matter of time for us, right?  

(Off topic) I just finished my last paper of my bachelor's degree program! Now, beside working full time, I have nothing to do except hold my breath for interviews and IRB approval for an experiment I'm supposed to present at SPSP in two months! Send help.