Psych1234

If you are applying to clinical psych, I would swap the purple blazer for black. The pop of color would come from the blouse. Clinical psych programs are typically far more conservative. If it's a different sub-speciality you may be able to get away with it. 

hey everyone, I've gotten Clinical invites from:
UNT - PhD in Clinical - invited 12/19 by email from POI
Rochester - PhD in Clinical - invited 12/12 by phone call from POI
Penn State - PhD in clinical - invited 12/20 by email from POI
U Kentucky - PhD in Clinical - invited 12/19 by email from grad office coordinator (mass email)
SUNY Albany - PhD in Clinical - invited 12/20 by email from POI
 
message me if you need POI details.

I’m applying to both clinical and school psych programs and most (6/9) of my schools have historically reached out after the holiday break. Hang in there! Don’t let seeing others’ results get to you!

I wouldn't think too much into it at this point. They're going into the winter break, so if they haven't met yet, they probably won't until after the break.

Completely normal. Many schools don't send anything until the new year. Interview invites are commonly sent in January. It really just depends on the program. I would start to worry if many people had heard back from a certain school or if I hadn't heard anything by February.

Spoke with a professor today who is on the admissions committee, and just wanted to share this since I know everyone is anxiously anticipating news (maybe you already know this too but figured it might bring some peace of mind).
He reminded me that a lot of factors go into the decision of whether a student gets accepted of not, beyond numbers, letters, GPAs etc. Even when a faculty says he/she is taking a student, sometimes there's already too many students in the lab. If other faculties at the university are more open to taking students that year, the ones who already have a number of students might be less inclined to take on new students. Sometimes the direction of their research is changing, and it's hard to gauge that based on past publications. That being said, you may be a stellar applicant, but things just don't line up during a particular cycle. 
TLDR: Keep your heads high! Some factors are out of our control. 

Spoke with a professor today who is on the admissions committee, and just wanted to share this since I know everyone is anxiously anticipating news (maybe you already know this too but figured it might bring some peace of mind).
He reminded me that a lot of factors go into the decision of whether a student gets accepted of not, beyond numbers, letters, GPAs etc. Even when a faculty says he/she is taking a student, sometimes there's already too many students in the lab. If other faculties at the university are more open to taking students that year, the ones who already have a number of students might be less inclined to take on new students. Sometimes the direction of their research is changing, and it's hard to gauge that based on past publications. That being said, you may be a stellar applicant, but things just don't line up during a particular cycle. 
TLDR: Keep your heads high! Some factors are out of our control. 

Spoke with a professor today who is on the admissions committee, and just wanted to share this since I know everyone is anxiously anticipating news (maybe you already know this too but figured it might bring some peace of mind).
He reminded me that a lot of factors go into the decision of whether a student gets accepted of not, beyond numbers, letters, GPAs etc. Even when a faculty says he/she is taking a student, sometimes there's already too many students in the lab. If other faculties at the university are more open to taking students that year, the ones who already have a number of students might be less inclined to take on new students. Sometimes the direction of their research is changing, and it's hard to gauge that based on past publications. That being said, you may be a stellar applicant, but things just don't line up during a particular cycle. 
TLDR: Keep your heads high! Some factors are out of our control. 

Spoke with a professor today who is on the admissions committee, and just wanted to share this since I know everyone is anxiously anticipating news (maybe you already know this too but figured it might bring some peace of mind).
He reminded me that a lot of factors go into the decision of whether a student gets accepted of not, beyond numbers, letters, GPAs etc. Even when a faculty says he/she is taking a student, sometimes there's already too many students in the lab. If other faculties at the university are more open to taking students that year, the ones who already have a number of students might be less inclined to take on new students. Sometimes the direction of their research is changing, and it's hard to gauge that based on past publications. That being said, you may be a stellar applicant, but things just don't line up during a particular cycle. 
TLDR: Keep your heads high! Some factors are out of our control. 

Had Skype interview with clinical POI two weeks ago. Was told would it will *most likely* be after holidays before in-person invites are sent. Hope this helps.

School: University of Toledo
Type: Clinical Psychology, PhD
Date of Rejection/Method: Dec. 18th, 2018, via e-mail (official letter to come)
How are you coping: Certainly disappointed, but trying to remind myself that at least I put in the effort, and by applying I had more than a 0% chance. Rejection is a hard pill to swallow, but all good things in life come with time. Anddddddddd, we wait. I hope you guys are doing okay! 

School: University of Toledo
Type: Clinical Psychology, PhD
Date of Rejection/Method: Dec. 18th, 2018, via e-mail (official letter to come)
How are you coping: Certainly disappointed, but trying to remind myself that at least I put in the effort, and by applying I had more than a 0% chance. Rejection is a hard pill to swallow, but all good things in life come with time. Anddddddddd, we wait. I hope you guys are doing okay! 

I think you're fine then. I wouldn't worry about it. Good luck!

Yep! Mine looks like the image you attached! Probably just the department sorting all the flood of applications they got, but I'm just too impatient for the system haha

To everyone worrying about why they aren't hearing anything yet... Please keep in mind it is very common for programs to start reviewing applications after the semester is over but before Christmas. Sometimes they don't until after New Years though. Many faculty members are extremely busy at the end of the semester and like to wrap up final exams and final grades for the classes they teach before focusing on reviewing applications. This is how it was at the very large R1 school where I earned my bachelors degree and at the school where I earned my clinical psych masters degree. I also currently work in the School of Medicine at a large R1 university and I know the university's psychology department is the same way as I know a number of students in the PhD program. At all three places, a week or so after applications are due the grad admissions office reviews and forwards them to the psych department and then most department faculty don't really begin review until after finals. A lot of schools have finals next week so I would say the most popular weeks to expect being contacted if you are being invited to interview will be December 17-21 and January 7-11. This is not my first application cycle (unfortunately) and those weeks correspond to what I have personally experienced in the past. Of course there will be some before those dates and some after BUT the majority will likely fall in those two weeks. I hope this helps with the anxiety a bit - especially for those of you applying for the first time. Good luck, everyone!! ?

I don’t want a lot for Christmas....just a 9/9 acceptance rate.

@Psych1234 I think that reaching out now would be totally fine. I was actually talking to a grad student at Harvard who had already submitted his app and then realized there was someone else doing cool work who he hadn’t put on the application. He emailed them and now he is at Harvard working with them! Reach out and talk to as many people as you can. 

Tbh spare your time and money and just apply again next year when you'll be more prepared and put together. But if you manage to whip up an app without even knowing who is/isnt/maybe accepting students then you're a GOD LOL

I applied to Temple!!! Don't worry. It says on the psych website that sometimes your Temple portal will say that you're missing things but you're not really. If you're missing anything they will contact you.

Hi all, this is my first time applying (and using the forum). Just a question for everyone who's applied to Temple -- you were only supposed to upload the person statements and LORs on interfolio right? I just went onto my Temple account and noticed that the application says I did not submit letters or personal statement. PANICKING (sorry I'm all nerves now).