HAC

eventual needs happen a lot sooner hahahaha

Theyre trying to break our spirits. Dont. Let. Them. Win... In retaliation i suggest imbibing copious amounts of spirits

Plus the rage I get every time I get some random email that is irrelevant giving me a mini heart attack every few hours 

I know! If I didn't have this outlet to talk about it I would go insane since no one else seems to (outwardly) care.

Me while all you clinical people are posting about your interviews....

Nope! Not even a notification that its under review.

I had one last year. I was asked to elaborate on my research experiences and to speak specifically about research questions I would like to answer. They also talked about themselves as a researcher/mentor to determine if we sounded like a good match. And ended with the usual "Any questions I can answer for you about myself, the program, or <insert city>?"

Just got my first "Application in Review" email and almost started crying thinking I was rejected that fast! ?
On a happier note, best of luck to everyone as invites start rolling in!! 

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 ?‍♀️

Yeah same here. We are going to have to be patient. 

Skype interview with University of Miami, received an email from POI.
 
What do skype interviews mean? Is this in place of in-person, or is this a preliminary interview to determine whether or not they would like to meet in person?

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

Got a Skype interview at U of Arizona...
...and emails from some PIs I emailed earlier in the season and didn't hear back from. So far, so good.

I'd honestly be ok with this since I haven't gotten any of these emails yet!

Posted this on the results page, but got an email from Yale for a skype interview!

I was minding my own business working on my laptop when an e-mail about an application status update came up, and I had a mini heart attack thinking the program rejected me so quickly... Turns out the "update" was that my application is now under review. I think I'm going to log off my e-mail ?

Just happy imagining that someone out there is reading my application...(I hope) 

Let the email refreshing begin y’all. It’s the first business day post deadline ?

for sure! plus it's cheaper for them too (as they usually fund part of your flight). Sure it will make you look good if you can come, but nobody will hold it against you if you can't come I'd say - especially if you're abroad (i.e., Korea - East Coast is FARRRRR). 

Yes, I wouldn't make any inferences based in the GPA and GRE scores. If you notice the black bars (standard errors) overlap on all of them. Good catch. What should make everyone feel better is the fact that perfect scores aren't as common in this data. 
 

Thats what i did and it worked lol.
At the same time, couldnt see myself do something for 5 years in a place i didnt love on a topic i didnt love

All my schools are stretch schools! Go big or go home.. right?

Oh yay, I'm getting emails! My third recommender is submitting her letters!!

What is this........... thing? lol. Did you collect this on your own? I'm a little data nerd and love stuff like this. Obviously lots of confounds with self-report data, but still pretty neat to see an aggregate first-look draft at the massive amount of information applicants report on that forum!

Here you all are:
Data on decisions
This was a project I did last year. It doesn't include results as of this year but the sample is quite high (~35000). Keep in mind it's based on the results survey, so there may be over or under reporting (i.e., people may be more likely to report interviews than waitlists, or acceptances more than rejections) and some other biases.