psychgradf2018

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but these numbers don’t necessarily mean the people come from the waitlist correct? One of the programs I interviewed at told me they aim for a cohort of 8 and always offer to 10 immediately, assuming a couple people will decline. Their cohort has fluctuated between 6-10 depending on how many people accept the offer, but they never pull from the waitlist unless they go under 6. I assume a lot of programs use a similar system?

I could really use some advice right now on not feeling discouraged. This is my first time applying, and I received 7 interviews out of the 9 schools I applied to. I have gone to 3 interviews so far and was waitlisted by 2 schools. I haven't heard anything yet from the 3rd school, but I'm not feeling great since it's been 2 weeks since the interview day. I haven't interviewed yet at the 2 schools I am most excited about, but the results so far are making me feel like it is something about me or how I'm interviewing that is causing me to not get accepted. I know it is still early in the process, but it's hard not to feel like there's not something wrong with me.

School: University of Oregon Type: PhD Date of invite: Dec. 13, 2018 Type of invite: Email from POI Interview date: 1/25