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23 hours ago, R2020 said:
Does anyone know what comes next after you accept a program (clinical psych or otherwise)? Like orientation stuff, class registration etc
congrats everyone!
You’ll get a memo in the summer about orientation and registration. You don’t hear much after you sign the paperwork until they’re gearing up for the fall.
Congratulations!!
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RELAX. Go on vacation!! Soak in this amazing feeling. Do minimal work until you start your program. It’s impossible to understand the amount of work a phd is going to be and you’ll really miss this time of not having any huge stressors/responsibilities.
I left my post bac two months before I had to move for my program and went to California and Hawaii. I also read a lot of fiction books.
Also, congrats everyone! You DID IT!!
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1 hour ago, 379337933793 said:
Truly sorry to have offended you by making a joke! This was really disappointing to wake up to.
Sarcasm isn’t received well via text so sorry on my behalf too!
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13 hours ago, tomatotomahto said:
I used the term 'love' repeatedly in my recent interview.
I guess I'm not getting in! Drat
It was just a piece of advice but the way you responded to this kind of proves my point of immaturity. Best of luck in this process!
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On 2/4/2020 at 5:57 PM, 192020 said:
Might be a silly question, but what is the etiquette when it comes to holding on to an offer? I'm still waiting for my interviews to finish so it feels weird to accept an offer right away, but it also seems weird to ignore it...Are you supposed to tell them you'll get back to them? haha halp Also I only have one offer, so not holding on to multiple at the moment
The CUDCP guidelines say students shouldn’t hold more than two offers for more than a week. But yes, express your excitement and say you’re just waiting for some more info before you can make your final decision. Congrats!
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44 minutes ago, psychologygeek said:
You could try and tie it back to a mentor relationship that you enjoyed
For example, I have a very communicative and interactive relationship with my research mentor in undergrad. If a prof said they have a similar style, you could say something like "I really enjoy that mentoring style. I have a similar relationship with my current research mentor, and I really feel like I do my best work in an environment such as the one you described"
I also really love to say that I LOVE learning (which I do!). This also highlights the fact that you would take critical feedback well, etc.
I would be wary of using the word “love” to describe your emotions to interviewers. It can come off as immature during my experience of interviewing potential new students for our program.
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48 minutes ago, justacigar said:
Like a few other people, I just had my first interview weekend. I left thank you notes for the lab members, and sent a follow-up email to my POI. Is it expected that you will also send out thank you emails to any other people you came into contact with? That would mean folks from other labs, an additional faculty member, the graduate coordinator, etc. Seems like that might be overkill but wasn't sure what other applicants have been doing.
I emailed all faculty I interviewed with to thank them but not all the grad students.
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55 minutes ago, PsychHuman said:
Awesome! Thank you and congrats on your offer!
Thanks! I’m actually a 1st year clinical student so this is from last year but still feel incredibly lucky to be where I am ❤️
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23 minutes ago, PsychHuman said:
Hi crew, quick question. If/when you get a formal offer letter from a school, does the funding offer usually accompany it? And if so, does the funding offer usually indicate the amount of funding? Thanks!
My funding was in my formal offer letter and it did tell me the amount. Don’t accept any offer without the funding details clearly laid out.
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17 minutes ago, BrendonSW said:
Hi there! I never said that the GRE doesn’t matter— I’m just saying that it is one aspect of your overall application. I actually have a friend who is in a clinical psych program (it is a top 10 program) and their GRE scores would be considered below average. When applying to almost any program, you are evaluated as a package. Sure, a 140 quant score will likely rule you out from the beginning, but having a score a little below average likely will not. And you’re absolutely right, social work is a very different field, so my advice isn’t as accurate as someone in clinical psych. But I will still stand by the opinion that you are evaluated holistically and that a GRE score slightly below average typically will not get you rejected.
A 154 verbal score and a 161 quant score likely won’t get you ruled out of most programs @AMiche.
(There’s no “ranking” of clinical psych programs because a top choice for me who’s interested in neuropsych isnt going to be a top choice for someone with other interests so I wouldn’t take this advice with much weight at all).
I do agree that applications are reviewed holistically. I’m a clinical psych grad student at a R1 and my quant score was below the 50th percentile with my other scores being 85 percentile verbal & 99 percentile writing. But my mentor did have to advocate for me to be invited to interview because they were concerned with my low quant score. It does matter but matters less if your research match is stellar and you have great letters and research experience, etc.
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2 minutes ago, Psychintraining said:
Wow! How unprofessional! Thank goodness it worked out for you anyways.
Definitely!! I hope it works out for you too ?
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2 minutes ago, Psychintraining said:
Anyone else not able to make it to an interview date and be told that they don't offer an alternate date or even Skype interviews? I guess they only want students who make that program a #1 priority (which I do get... I'm not able to go because my first choice school has their interview that day) but I feel like it's only that school's loss, as they're cheating themselves out of a lot of quality applicants who have multiple interviews. Idk, it really rubbed me the wrong way that they basically told me its that day or nothing. Even though it wasn't my first choice, I was still really looking forward to learning more about the program. Oh well I guess. Trying to stay thankful I was in a position to choose my first choice's interview anyway.
This happened to me last year with Florida except they said I could complete a Skype interview and then never scheduled one or replied to my emails about setting it up (I emailed 3 times then let it go)... it obviously wasn’t my top choice because I chose to go to a different schools interview weekend (where I’m now a grad student) but definitely left a bad taste in my mouth!
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29 minutes ago, merpppy said:
Hi guys,
Would you recommend taking anything with you to the interview? I was thinking maybe a notepad and a folder, but didn't know if it would be weird.
The messages right above you talk about this and bringing a padfolio.
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6 hours ago, MadiB said:
Tbh I've never owned a padfolio so anyone can correct me if I'm wrong! A grad student is going to give me an extra one he never used. But I think a padfolio comes with a notepad inside to take notes in, and it will look more professional than just carrying around a spiral notebook. You'll want to have something to take notes in, although according to one of the grad students I talked with, he didn't take much notes. I figured I'd use the padfolio to bring my written-down questions I don't wanna forget to ask my POI during our interview. I don't think you need to bring anything else other than copies of your CV.
Yep, this is spot on! One of my mentors from my post bac gave me a padfolio for my interviews and it was really nice to have.
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7 hours ago, AMiche said:
@penguinqueen thanks for that info. Now just to process. All the money wasted. And I can’t even think of anything else I can do to make me more competitive for the next round. I just feel lost.
I would retake the GRE if you think that was a clear weakness and continue building your CV. It really sucks but it’s all you can do if you plan to apply again. You didn’t mention your specific research achievements but unfortunately, there’s always room to grow, despite thinking you’re competitive, when the field is so competitive for clinical psych.
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16 hours ago, SamJ said:
I still have heard nothing from University of Denver for the PsyD program. I emailed last Tuesday and left a voicemail on Friday. Is it too soon to email again?
Are you looking for information on if you got an interview? If so, don’t email again at all. If you’re getting an interview, they’ll reach out to you and it’ll appear very pushy to inquire this many times regardless.
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2 hours ago, SoundofSilence said:
13?!? that is bizarre yes. Do they have multiple spots open? Sometimes POIs want to add 2-3 incoming grads, so that would make sense.
It would be difficult to stand out from 13 other people if they only have one spot - and honestly, it doesn't speak well about their ability to decide.
Maybe there are other factors there? Because if all POIs did this, then most programs would invite their entire applicant pool.
I agree with this. It makes sense if there’s multiple spots but for only 1 that’s definitely weird. In my program, the most a faculty invites is 4 students but 2-3 is the most common.
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20 minutes ago, PsychPhdBound said:
What I've heard that makes it even more complicated is that an advisor could be very well regarded in a subfield, even though their program is ranked "low". For example, someone I'm looking at is really well known in the field but is in a department that's ranked ~90th. She used to be at a "top tier" institution but moved a few years back to raise her kids where she's from. So I was told that it was important to look at how she's viewed and where her students end up, not just the department as a whole. And her students, from her new institution, have indeed gone on to do amazing things. It seems like as long as you're an outstanding candidate, even from a "lower" you can still go on to do important work. Will you get a TT position at Michigan, probably not, but that doesn't mean you can't be successful.
I did my post bac at Michigan and we had post docs and faculty from a range of universities. It’s all about your CV and networking through grad school.
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10 minutes ago, yeeboi said:
Can someone tell me whether or not I'll sound like the biggest dummy in the world during my interview if they pose this question and I say I don't read books? I probably read three novels a year outside of academic textbooks and articles, and if I'm gonna be honest, they're not always the most intellectual things on the planet. I'm really passionate about film and music, so I spend all of my time on that. I'm not ashamed of it and I wasn't planning on hiding this fact if they ask me about it, but I'm also struggling because I feel like I sound insanely immature if I say I don't read much outside of academia.
During orientation for my clinical program (I’m a first year) we went around and said our current read/last read as part of an icebreaker so I would think of a book to say if that’s asked.
In short: yes, probably not a good look to say you don’t read.
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2 minutes ago, cgran9 said:
Looking for some insight - haven't received any correspondence from the programs I applied to, and I'm just wondering what that means. I've pretty much deduced that I didn't get in this round because all of the programs I've applied to have sent out invites for interviews, but I find it strange that they don't send out rejections for applicants they aren't considering. Anyone have any thoughts?
Most programs won’t send out rejections until after they’ve sent offers and those offers have been accepted. Expect rejections in March/April.
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2 minutes ago, k0909 said:
hi guys! a school i am interviewing for has explicitly asked us if there are any other faculty members (aside from our PI) that we are specifically interested in interviewing with. do you think it looks bad (or maybe not bad but perhaps underprepared) if I don't indicate any preference? there isn't much overlap between my interests and that of the other faculty so I'm not fully sure on what basis to pick other faculty I'd like to interview with but I don't want to sound like I don't care what happens. definitely overthinking this haha but just wondering what others have done :~)
Are there any faculty that provide stats consultation to grad students? Other faculty could be the DCT or other faculty that your PI collaborates with.
I always indicated additional faculty when asked to but I don’t know if it’s viewed as “underprepared” if you don’t.
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3 minutes ago, teenygreeny said:
Does anyone have any advice for answering questions that assess clinical suitability? I'm most nervous for those, because while I have a decent amount of research training, I don't really have much clinical training to speak of (which I imagine is the case for most people like me who don't have a master's). What kinds of responses are they looking for?
If you don’t have much clinical training, be honest about that and how you hope to grow in that area. They may ask about what skills you have that may help you clinically, regardless of not having that training.
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5 minutes ago, lolhelp said:
I've been emailing the faculty that I applied to work with and just straight up asking where they're at in the application process. I've received rejections, but weirdly enough it feels good to just know. I would encourage you to just email who you applied to work with and ask! I seriously feel so much better, which is incredibly weird because I just got rejected lol.
I’d recommend emailing the program director/someone in administration rather than your PI. It can come across as pushy/impatient and hurt your chances (this cycle and future cycles) if you inquire with your PI.
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I went to a small liberal arts college and am currently a 2nd year at one of the schools you applied to