olddognewtricks

Is anyone else annoyed that UCLA and UNC Chapel Hill Clinical have the same interview date??? I mean there’s a three hour time difference but still! *worries about an interview conflict I don’t have for top programs I don’t have a shot in*

Me at 6am this morning:
Okay folks, the holidays are over with. Let's get some interview invites in this inbox. Come on. 
I'm obsessed, sigh. 

Just over here quietly freaking out about you awesome peeps and your UCI interviews... (stares at phone, checks email). UCI is one of my top two choices (stares at phone and checks email again 'cos at least 3 seconds have passed)...

Just over here quietly freaking out about you awesome peeps and your UCI interviews... (stares at phone, checks email). UCI is one of my top two choices (stares at phone and checks email again 'cos at least 3 seconds have passed)...

I'm sure it highly depends on the program to which you applied. The Developmental Psych professor who called me said they had a list of students and they had ~5 faculty who were each assigned to a subset of that list. I am not sure if that's how they do it across programs!

Just over here quietly freaking out about you awesome peeps and your UCI interviews... (stares at phone, checks email). UCI is one of my top two choices (stares at phone and checks email again 'cos at least 3 seconds have passed)...

Same over here frantically refreshing because none of my schools have been mentioned yet 

Just over here quietly freaking out about you awesome peeps and your UCI interviews... (stares at phone, checks email). UCI is one of my top two choices (stares at phone and checks email again 'cos at least 3 seconds have passed)...

Just over here quietly freaking out about you awesome peeps and your UCI interviews... (stares at phone, checks email). UCI is one of my top two choices (stares at phone and checks email again 'cos at least 3 seconds have passed)...

So quick update, it wasn't an interview. The call was to invite me for their interview weekend 13-14th Jan. Super nice that they wanna do it over the phone. Excited for this!

oh nice! I hope you get an invite too!

I just got an e-mail from UC Irvine. They were tryinna contact me but couldn't reach me. I guess cos I'm an international student the call did not work out. Hoping its an informal interview!

Well no interview invites yet, BUT I did just get a job offer to work full-time in a new lab salary and benefits! Yay for a backup plan!

Wahoo, interview invite !! Happy Monday ??

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

Nope! Not even a notification that its under review.

Anyone else in the process of figuring out their plan B? I'm inquiring about some labs for next year.
Related question for you kind folks - is there any particular reason I should be cautious about working two projects at once? My current supervisor is super nice, but heckin' busy and my work has been historically feast or famine, and I'm concerned that this project alone won't make much of a difference to my CV in the upcoming year. Thoughts?

I am also applying to UCI. Best of luck to us both ?From what I hear, they interview around late January/early February, so invites might start rolling in right before or shortly after the holidays. Although, this is all just based on personal accounts from people who have had no part in the admission committees, so take it with a grain of salt.