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  1. Try if you have the time and funding to support you. For me, I worked with the potential supervisor for one semester, and during this period, I was involved in the lab meeting, manuscript writing, data analysis. It gave me a better understanding of her mentorship style (which is super important for 4-6 years PhD), lab air and living environment at that town. No matter you are accepted or not, you will have a greater exposure which helps you view things differently. Go for it! 

  2. Hey! I talked about that with a professor and several PhDs before. Because the professor and I have very close research interest and we had a great time working together. I was about to retake the GRE (V153, Q160) before December. She assured me that it was enough and we can concentrate on pubs. I cannot exclude the possibility that they may have lower standards for international students and non-clinical programs. But I do suggest you to approach potential supervisors. To communicate your interests in their labs (maybe you have already worked in their labs! Talk to the most relevant person! ) and see how they feel about your background and your decision to be take another 2 years RA position. Another factor you need to consider is how the school select applicants, whether the committee has more say or the supervisor. If it's the former, then you need to raise your GRE scores or maybe have strong reasons to persuade them why your undergrad GPA/GRE was not so good in your PS/SOP. (suggestion from Stanford Psy PhD.)

    Btw, do you mind me asking why you want to apply in two years instead of this cycle or earlier, considering all the excellent experiences and pubs you had? 

    Good luck!

  3. 4 hours ago, philopsych said:

    I can't respond to those questions but I just wanted to say congrats on the waitlist...and then ask my own questions. Does this mean everyone being considered has been contacted? Also, is this the Evanston campus?

    Yes, invites sent out. And this is for Evanston campus. 

  4. An update on Northwestern (personal email from POI):

    We have completed our initial review of applicants and the committee made selections for on-campus interviews. 

    At this time, you are#1 on my waiting list; I anticipate I will have more information for you in the new year, so we will keep in touch on that topic, ok? No matter the outcome for this year, I hope we can pursue the analyses and papers, which are of interest to us both and will certainly strengthen your position as an incoming PhD student (this cycle or next!)

    Questions here!

    1) why are people shortlisted? And if the professor will accept 1 student each year, how many candidate are interviewed for this professor’s lab? 1? I assume? And is my professor in charge of her shortlist or the committee?

    2) The professor mentioned that the two papers that I proposed to working on will strengthen my position as an incoming PhD student, both this cycle and next. Specifically, how will it strengthen my position this cycle (as I am already been shortlisted)? 

    3) How would you respond to this email, personally? (Well there is possibility that I may have several offers eventually)

    Thanks! Good luck to all of us!

  5. On 12/19/2018 at 8:24 AM, Sophie Su said:

    One of my recommendation letter writer submitted her letter to Columbia on Dec.15. I guess it means an auto-reject considering how early Columbia send out invite. 

    I know it's my fault that my letter writer submitted her letter past due date for that long.. but still.. 

    Hi Sophie, Don't worry! As I know (I checked that before), as long as you submit your application on time, other supplementary materials (e.g., official score reports, recommendation letters) could arrive a bit late and that will not affect your application status! I assure you that's not auto-rejection. :D

  6. 4 hours ago, StatsAddict said:

    Hello all! I'm new here-- applying mostly to developmental programs. I applied to University of Minnesota’s Child Psychology program, Developmental Science Track; wondering if anyone has heard anything from this program? They only have info on the accepted students weekend on their website— but they don’t say anything about interviewing. Also applied to Georgetown’s PhD in Psychology, concentration in human development: anyone hear anything from them? Any info would be most welcome! :)

    I thought I’d also share my current interview updates, in case anyone's looking for info on interview dates for these programs: I have interviews for the developmental programs at Missouri (Jan 25), UT Dallas (Jan 31-Feb 1), GMU (Feb 15), ASU (preliminary phone interview), and Notre Dame.

    Wow, that's a lot! Thanks for sharing! Good luck! 

  7. Hi guys. Newcomer here. Here are the programs and PI initials I applied and also my personal experiences. Wish to gain some useful advice here! I am expecting to know someone who applied the same program or same school!!

    Applied: Minnesota (PIB, MS), Northwestern (PD&H,OR), UCSC (Developmental, MZ)

    Visited: Northwestern (as full-time RA)

    Accepted: 

    Waitlisted: 

    Rejected: 

    Stats: 3.65 overall GPA | 3.91 Psychology GPA  | 153V, 3.0AW |1 paper, 2 conferences (1 oral presentation) | 3 years research experience 

    Research Interests: identity development among adolescents, master narrative (gender & race), socialization of identity, identity-based intervention, cross-cultural studies

    BTW, how can I put this into signature? 

    For the coming year (and years following if not admitted), I will still seeking more research experience and currently I have several RA job interviews. And probably I will retake the exams next year but I really question the validity and reliability of GRE..If I became a professor one day, I would not list it as a application requirement XD

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