SoldierOn
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50 minutes ago, Clinical_PhD said:
I’d reached out to my POI this past weekend and he estimated that we’d get a formal letter “this week”—it’s Friday, so I’m hoping it’ll come today! ☺️
Got’cha. Congrats! Any idea if the formal acceptance letters might signal that all POIs have done informal calls? I’d received a reply to a thank you email from mine a few days ago and it didn’t seem to imply that she had chosen who she was accepting yet...but at this point I honestly can’t tell anymore ?
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8 minutes ago, hannahbanana321 said:
Has anyone received a formal acceptance from University of Cincinnati for clinical psych? I received an informal phone call from my POI last week but haven't gotten anything official yet.
Were you the one who posted on the results page with mentor QM a couple weeks ago? I’d sent my POI a thank you email a few days after interviews and only received a response a couple of days ago; the response didn’t imply that she had selected anyone yet.
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Has anyone heard from Loyola Chicago Clinical Psych post-interview? They were supposed to have met to review on the 18th and it's been over a week since then...
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2 minutes ago, spookycat said:
Accepted my offer at Oklahoma State University! Completely over the moon, this program was everything I didn't know I was looking for and is just such a good fit for me!
Congratulations! I interviewed there but didn’t end up getting accepted; it definitely seemed like a really great program though and if I’d been accepted it would’ve ended up being an unexpected top choice for me too! Who are you going to work with there?
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3 hours ago, psychapplicant500 said:
Has anyone heard from Loyola Chicago post-interview?
I was told that they were meeting to decide acceptances today (the 18th). So we should start to hear back within a couple of days!
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11 minutes ago, EileanDonan said:
To those who have been invited/accepted - do you believe that relevant clinical experience or relevant research experience holds more sway over the other? (i.e. if you had to pick).
This definitely depends on whether you are applying to PhD or PsyD (at least in the US). I currently have 4 interviews for PhD programs and 0 clinical experience but a year-and-a-half of research experience and an honors thesis in all in the same/similar field as the POIs I applied to work with. I've heard from anyone I talk to that if you have to choose between gaining research or clinical experience, always choose research experience. My guess is this is because it is easier and expected that program's have to train people to become clinicians, but it is much more difficult to train someone to conduct quality research in such a short time period.
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6 minutes ago, ItPhBeLikeThatSometimes said:
Totally speculating here, but I wouldn't expect many PIs to reach out first thing in the morning, so you could maybe pause the anxiety from midnight-12pm. My thinking is that they're usually excited to make these offers, so they'd want to do it ASAP. If they're waiting for approval from a committee or something, they'd find out during the day and email you later. Prob won't find out at night and then wait until 9am to email you.
But again...totally extrapolating
Going to have to object to that idea. Two of the four invites I've received so far have been sent at 8am. Granted, I'm Pacific timezone and the schools were both Central so it was more like 10am for them. If you live on the East Coast/Eastern timezone I would say it's probably a safe bet not to receive anything by around 10am though. Pesky timezones mess with everything. So maybe midnight-10am unless you reside on the West Coast of the US; then change it to midnight-8am (so essentially you can hold off on the anxiety while you sleep ?).
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3 minutes ago, mtoad527 said:
It did seem to be a mass invitation, as it was addressed "Dear applicant," w/ no tailored information.
Darn...probably not much hope left then, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see ?. Thanks for the response!
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1 hour ago, mtoad527 said:
School: University of Alabama Birmingham
Type: Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of the invite: January 10
Type of invite: Email from DCT w/ formal interview invitation
Interview date(s): February 10-11
School: George Washington University
Type: Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of the invite: January 9
Type of invite: Email from DCT w/ formal interview invitation
Interview date(s): February 2
School: City University New York
Type: Health Psychology & Clinical Science PhD
Date of the invite: January 11
Type of invite: Email from DCT w/ formal interview invitation
Interview date(s): February 4
Do you happen to know from the UAB invitation whether or not it was a mass invitation? Trying to gauge whether or not I'm still in the running there
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3 minutes ago, spookycat said:
School: East Tennessee State University
Type: Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of the invite: January 11
Type of invite: Phone call (thankfully I could answer at work, was very surprised!)
Interview date(s): February 18
Unfortunately the same day as another program's interview, does anyone have advice for asking if a school is willing to let you interview a different date? I'm really interested in this program but already have flights and hotels booked for the other side of the country this day..
I had the same issue! I got my first two interview invites in late December and they were both for the exact same days and didn't want to drop either. The second one I received was for a school that was one of my top choices but I had already committed and bought plane tickets for the other school and did not want to risk alienating them, especially so early in the interview season. My lab mates and current PI gave me the advice to email the school you hadn't committed to yet (the one that conflicts) and make sure to emphasize just how much you want to go to their interview but you've already made a commitment to another school that you want to honor. Then ask if there is an alternative interview date (there almost always is) that you could go to for an in-person interview. Also, since admissions makes their decisions so quickly, try to ask if they have an earlier interview date. If they say that's not an option then you can do the same thing with the school you already committed to and hope that they a.) have an alternate date and b.) your plane tickets can be changed.
Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions! This sort of thing is a stressful, but good, problem to have.
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School: Loyola University Chicago
Type: PhD
Date of invite: 1/11/19
Type of invite: Email from Psych Department Office Coordinator on behalf of DCT at Loyola. Does not appear to be mass email, more like personalized template (e.g. insert name here type email)
Interview date(s): Option of either 2/1 or 2/8 with social event night before
I'm so excited, this was my first choice and I had doubts about making it to the interview stage for this program!!
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School: University of Cincinnati
Type: Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of Invite: 12/21/2018
Type of Invite: Personal email from POI
Interview Dates: 2/15-2/16
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I’ve been doing a bit of a baking marathon.
6 dozen raspberry shortbread thumbprint cookies and a pan of copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars today, a giant batch of Muddy Buddies and a pan of fudge yesterday, with plans to make about 4 dozen more cookies tomorrow. It’s a good thing it’s the holidays so there’s plenty of people to pawn them off to...
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5 hours ago, Clickingrefresh said:
Has anyone heard anything from Utah State, UT-Knoxville, Ole Miss, or U of Wyoming?
I received an invite for interview weekend at Ole Miss last Tuesday (12/11)
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School: Oklahoma State University
Type: Clinical Psychology PhD
Date Of Invite: 12/18/18
Type of Invite: Personalized email from Department
Interview date: 2/2/19
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1 hour ago, PsychWannabee said:
It was a false alarm. It was just a notification that they had reviewed my application, and it is "awaiting a final evaluation by the Graduate Chair". I thought it was a rejection because this school sent out mass rejections around this time last year. ?
Was it University of Nebraska? I got that email too. Gave me a mini heart attack until I saw that it was just a notification that it had been reviewed and was awaiting final evaluation.
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44 minutes ago, Psyhopeful said:
I was so busy trying to get my apps in, keep up with school, and take care of my kid and I had no idea responses would be coming so soon. I was looking forward to a stress free winter break and then I got my first interview weekend invitation, found this forum, and discovered that my break would not be stress free at all! My original plan had been finally playing Assassain’s Creed Odyssey and I’m sticking to it, but with frequent stops to check my email.
I love Assassin’s Creed Odyssey! I bought it right when it came out but hadn't had much time to play it since applications hit so quickly after. Now that all of that is over all I’ve been doing with my break is play Odyssey and stress bake!
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3 hours ago, liznlex said:
CONGRATS!
I just responded thanking them for the opportunity to interview and confirming that I will attend. My POI was on the email also so I responded to her suggestion to contact other members of the lab and stated that I was looking forward to learning more about the program and meeting faculty on interview day. Just be gracious and courteous
I doubt they have time to nitpick exactly what you say as a response !
Oh how awesome, congrats to you too! Where are you interviewing?
And yes, I figured out a response thanking them for the interview and how I look forward to both the interview and discussing research interests with my POI. I agree, gracious and courteous is always the way to go.
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19 minutes ago, LindsPhD said:
Congrats! Were to?
University of Mississippi (Clinical PhD)!
Given that this is my first application season I have also realized that I have no idea how to respond to one of these emails. Luckily I’m meeting with my lab’s Post-Doc today to talk about the interview process so hopefully she can help me out a bit.
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I just got my first interview invite this morning! Great way to start a Tuesday :)
I wasn't expecting any notifications until at least Friday so this was a great surprise, aah I'm so excited!
- PsychM and Jung&Psyched
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School: University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Type: PhD
Date of invite: December 11, 2018
Type of invite: Personalized email from director of clinical training
Interview Date(s): Feb 1-2, 2019
Feel free to DM me if you would like to know POI.
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1 hour ago, clinicalpsych2019 said:
Does anyone know if there is a list available anywhere of interview dates/dates we should hear back for clinical PhD programs?
Unless your individual programs have dates listed on their website there’s no definite list. But, you can go on the results page and search through previous years for your programs to get a general idea!
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With only being allowed to work 10 hours a week and having finished up my last final on Monday I’ve had to find a hobby to keep myself occupied while waiting. Knitting. It is not going well for me so far...
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2 hours ago, KeepItCaffeinated said:
Anyone apply to clinical programs at OK State, Syracuse, or University of Kentucky?
I'm applying to OK State!
Fall 2021 Clinical & Counseling PhD/PsyD
in Psychology Forum
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One of those who has a UFL interview - I can confirm that they send invites out as a mass email; I'd been waitlisted for interview with them when I last applied 2 years ago and I think those get sent out over the next couple of weeks as they heard back from candidates about whether or not they planned to attend