AceRad
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On 1/1/2020 at 6:03 PM, prog_head13 said:
Got interviewed at Mizzou and heard back from U of Florida. Was wondering if anyone has heard back from the schools I have listed.
Hi, will you be at Mizzou's on campus interview? I will be there!
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On 12/24/2019 at 12:58 PM, stroobs&bloobs said:
Has anyone heard anything from Stony Brook University?
Yes, I have. I am invited to their on campus interview. It's Feb 4-6th.
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On 1/7/2019 at 12:49 AM, As long as someone accepts said:
Hello everyone, a little late to the party!!
I applied to Stanford, NYU, and Wisconsin Madison Social.
Claremont graduate Positive.
Virginia Tech and Clemson IO.
The only one I heard back from is VT and I have been invited to their interview day mid Feb.
Feels good to have something on the table but cannot help but feel that the rest are rejections!
I know how you feel. We just gotta hang in there. ?
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I had my first Skype interview today at UGA. I am so excited, and hope I hear back with good news. But also I hope I get more interviews....
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5 hours ago, Hk328 said:
This is usually done before it gets to the POI. When you have 300 applicants and 8 spots or less, you are likely to have your pick of tons of great applicants. Statistically, they don't need to thoroughly read 300 applications when they can pull 30-50 high quality applicants to interview from a list of 150 rather than 300.
The school I'm going to currently (an R1) does not go through admissions processes this way.
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25 minutes ago, Hk328 said:
Unfortunately, some schools will use the GREs as an easy metric to just drop some applicants quickly. If a program gets hundreds of quality applications, they are not going to individually read each one. Sometimes they "trim the fat" using some sort of minimum GPA and GRE to make the pile more manageable. A faculty at my current program was mentioning possibly needing to do that this year based on the number of applications.
This doesn't seem to be a very good method, as research match, fit, and motivation should be a researchers main concern when selecting a mentee. I wouldn't even want to work with people who make selections this way. Although, they should be honest and admit this could be part of the admissions process so as to not waste my money.
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1 hour ago, YONO (You only need one) said:
Does anybody else have high GRE scores in one subject but really low scores in another? Do any schools use a combined score? Do lots of schools have official cutoffs? Not sure what to expect
I am in the same boat as you. I have V: 162, Q:150, AW: 5. I did a lot better on my practice tests but I just have really bad test anxiety. I got one interview so far. I'm afraid of my app being disregarded too. But if a school does that, they are probably not for me. I am currently in a Master's program and got A's in two recent advanced statistic courses that are the same courses that the PhD students take - which I think should weigh more than GRE quant scores, as the actual math I'll be using is statistics! But, hey we'll see.
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1 minute ago, Kylar said:
I'm mostly worried that I don't have an academic or research background in psychology (it's all engineering and ecology) and don't have any clinical experience, so a school/POI would have to take a pretty big bet on me for affinity/actual ability in psychology.
That's where your statement of purpose is gonna shine!
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On 11/13/2018 at 2:18 PM, Kylar said:
Hi y'all!
Found this while freaking out on the internet so figured it would be a great idea to post my story as well
I have a bit of a unique application - 3.5 UG in engineering at an Ivy - and am applying for clinical PhD programs with a focus on forensics or PTSD/trauma. Research-wise, I worked in 3 labs over 4 years in school, with 1 first author pub, 1 third author pub, and 1 paper presentation at a conference, plus an honors thesis. Basically all of this is mathematical modelling/statistical analysis of qualitative/social science topics, which at least prepares me well for the "how" aspect of psych research. I'm taking two masters level classes online right now and doing well in them, but don't think this will factor significantly into my application. Work-wise, I've done some professional freelance writing, quantitative analysis interning for the government (_shady eyes_ lol), and have worked at a top hedge fund for the past year doing macroeconomic research and running some of their talent strategy. My GRE scores are in the top 95+% and will have strong LORs from professors I've done research with. Idk what else is relevant, but happy to answer any questions that help y'all predict my fate.
Applying to: Washington, Colorado Springs, Texas A&M, Alabama, Kentucky, USUHS, Harvard, John Jay, and Georgia. Trying not to have preferences right now since it's such a crap shoot.
Best on what you've said, I'm not sure what you're worried about. You just described an extremely stellar application. You have tons of experience, publications, top scores in GRE and strong letters. Is your AW score or SOP not in a good state? Do you not have experience working with human subjects?
I think you're worrying over nothing
Good luck everybody.
2020 Experimental Psychology Applications
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I had a phone interview here as well, never heard anything back about it. Did you?