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6 hours ago, rayray15 said:
I've been accepted to a few schools but am waiting for scholarship offers before I make my decision. Do you know how soon after acceptance we're supposed to hear about the scholarship offer? Is it appropriate to ask schools how much scholarship money you can receive or leveraging other offers to get more scholarship money?
Yes - curious about this as well.
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You should relax and wait it out. I just got an offer after being placed on a waitlist. Stay strong:)
- psychhealth101 and yeahsouh
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Does anyone have any information on where Florida State is in their selections? Have they sent out acceptances to anyone yet?
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School: University of Southern Mississippi
Concentration: Clinical--adult track
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 02/20/19
Notified by: Phone call from POI
- dancedementia and Anxball
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On 2/6/2019 at 4:53 PM, Fi19 said:
School: Southern Methodist University
Concentration: Clinical
Type: PhD
Date of acceptance: 2/5/19
Notified by: Phone call from POI
Hi would you mind sending me a private message with you POI?
Thank you:)
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51 minutes ago, higaisha said:
If i might share my edgy take, its your talent (in any way, grades, scientific potential, commitment to research, test taking and/or interpersonal) that gets you the interview, but I think what gets you IN (if you're not a total publishing superstar) is your connections. Anyone who's been around the circuit for long enough to acquire that CV has connections of some sort, I don't think there's a way to get that far without being well networked in this small scene.
I disagree with this take.
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3 minutes ago, kwilson28 said:
Has anyone heard anything from these schools/programs:
--Washington University in St. Louis (Clinical)
--Duke (Clinical)
--University of Texas at Austin (Cognitive)
--Tufts (Cognitive)
--Rice (Cognitive)
Thanks! And good luck everyone!
I heard a bunch of applicants were waiting to hear from WUSTL. No one has heard anything yet.
Don't know about the rest.
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What are your GREs and what schools did you apply to?
Make sure your letters of recommendation are from people who know you really well and are writing stellar letters. I don't think they necessarily need to know anyone there, but from working on the other side of the review process, there are very specific key words in letters that signal differences in quality among candidates that you only really notice after reading hundreds of these LORs.
That said, what are your GREs and what schools did you apply to?
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15 minutes ago, PsychApplicantFall2019 said:
How much does everyone plan on reading before the interviews? I kind of feel that the ideal would be to have read every paper/book written within my area of interest. Obviously, that is not the expectation! So, how much is the "good enough" to sound knowledgable about the PI's work and the field?
I just got back from my first interview and my advice is to learn as much as you can about your PI's work. Get a feel of their publication history by reading abstracts going back in their career and read a few of their papers (3-5) related to their current work. This is not a research project and no one will grill you on their current research - in fact, I found that my PI and the lab members were very excited to tell me about their work and having questions about the work that they were doing was not frowned upon. Be honest when you are not familiar with a topic they are speaking about - most are totally happy to explain it to you or point you to resources to learn more - but acting like you know will make you look phony.
Basically, know what you are interested in and want to talk about beforehand through your research, but be ready to learn a lot. Some of the research you will learn about is likely unpublished or starting up in the future and you won't know about it until you get there. Soak it all in, try to imagine how you could see yourself participating, and get excited about discussing it with top-notch researchers - they will definitely notice your enthusiasm.
At the end of the day, the faculty only bring in people for interview that they believe can do the work. The interview is to evaluate how well you will fit in with everyone there. So, don't worry about knowing everything heading in - this will come with time - and just try to learn as much as you can and be enthusiastic about the possibility of working in lab that is doing key research in your topic of interest!
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Definitely ask the second school about alternatives first. Then try to do both if you can.
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I would do both and drink coffee. They should have plenty.
You made it this far - I think you should be able to handle operating on 4 or 5 hours of sleep for a couple of days.
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53 minutes ago, Psyhopeful said:
Right, but the original poster said they were equally interested in each program. If you have one you want more, then wait. I would just not respond in that case. No one is going to check their responses until after Christmas probably anyway. But if you’re equally interested and it’s easy for you to go, I would take the interview and let the others work around your schedule, then you don’t look bad to anyone, because you’re just already booked. You don’t need to reschedule and look bad. If they want to interview you, I’m sure they expect that others do too, and are aware that their weekends overlap with others.
I just found out I am going to receive an invitation to interview on a date that I believe will end up being the same as an interview I already accepted. I think the best solution in this case is to thank the second program and ask about alternatives and be up front about the situation. If they say there are no alternatives, I would consider asking the first program if they offer any alternatives. In the end, if no one budges, I'll go to the school that asked first.
- GraceL and ASDadvocate
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2 minutes ago, youngqueerliving said:
Holy sh*t I cannot believe this is happening.
It's happening. Congrats - I'm sure you earned it:) Keep that in mind when you are interviewing.
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13 minutes ago, PsychGal said:
Saw someone post about SMU interview invites, does anyone know if it was a mass email or from specific POI?
I would like to know this as well if possible via DM.
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Would the person who got the invitation from SMU mind sending me a DM with their PI's initials?
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Any word on the UDel POI?
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School: Florida State University
Type: PhD
Date of invite: 12/5
Type of invite: Email from POI
Interview date(s): 1/25-27
Fall 2019 Psychology PhD Applicants!
in Psychology Forum
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Hi guys,
Any thoughts on what is an appropriate way to thank your LOR writers? I'm thinking of writing a handwritten note and mailing it to them, but does anyone else do something more elaborate?