junior313

i hope so! don't tell me otherwise or i won't be able to sleep ?

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER 1000 PEEKS AT MY EMAIL

Still haven't heard anything from UC Davis, the email they sent the last time to assume rejection if not heard from by the 25th, so maybe they anticipated being further behind.

Yeah, that is what I thought too. Hope that is the case!  Someone posted on the results page they got rejected today, but I don´t know if it was PI email or from the university. --For sure, I would let you know as soon as I hear something. Hope you also me know if you hear something haha. Good luck.   

Yeah should be 1 soon, I'm not sure what time they'd send them out but I think they sent the other email (about the process being delayed) right when I left work at 5 pm so 2 pm there.

Honestly, more than likely, I’m willing to bet she chose the candidate with connections to professors she’s familiar with. It’s a factor that can trump grades, GRE scores, publications, and research experience. That, or the program needed to fill a demographic gap. 

Nope and I'm getting really anxious! It's my first choice

I didn't read everyone else's responses to this, but you won't necessarily hear until after they interview everyone. I have a (lab manager) friend who told me last year her PI in a cognitive lab interviewed people, made multiple offers that got declined, then ended up making an offer to someone who they'd never even interviewed. I'm sure this is rare, but it's one example of a reason a PI would hold off on sending notifications. 

That's so helpful - thanks so much!

Schools will typically notify you of rejections. Some schools will notify you after they have sent out all interview invites, and some others may do so after they have had the in-person interviews to make sure they don't have to dip back into the applicant pool. 
You can reach out if you'd like, but it probably won't change anything. 

Those three domains may have different ways of doing things so if you haven't seen posts from people that applied to the exact same program you applied to, I would keep waiting. I wrote a longer post about this a few pages ago and I am speaking for CLINICAL psych PhD's here,  but many programs will send some sort of rejection via email or mail at some point after they have interviewed applicants, extended offers, and finalized their incoming class. So, that could mean rejections are likely to not be sent until after the decision date imposed by the APA or some other accrediting body for your particular type of program. An applicant who did not interview may also, eventually, just get an email that says to check your status in the application system, this will usually mean rejection. I applied to a program before and heard absolutely nothing from them, I was not invited to interview, and then out of the blue in June, I received a rejection in the mail.  Now, applicants that do interview tend to get their status within a few weeks of the interview (alternate, rejected etc.).
It is fairly typical for invitations to go out through late January and early February as some programs will not interview until March or maybe even later (I have no idea what sort of timeline a Cognitive Psychology PhD program uses). Regardless, don't lose faith yet, there is still quite a bit of time for invites to go out! Many schools resumed classes this week so POIs may just be getting to an initial review or perhaps even reviewing and finalizing the list of who they want to invite to interview. Again, I don't know the timeline for a Cognitive Psych PhD program but I would say if you don't hear ANYTHING by the middle of February, it could mean you are no longer being considered. Another good reference point is, if you know the interview date for a specific program and you don't hear anything from them 2 weeks before that date, you are likely no longer being considered. Notifying people that they are no longer being considered is just not a priority for doctoral programs in many different fields, not just psychology, and it sucks that it is like this! I hope this helps!

@junior313 Similar to what @1996kayden has said, I am under the impression (I don't actually know for sure) that different schools handle rejections differently. It seems that a few have sent the rejections around the time that they extended interview invites. My guess is that the ones that don't do this are going to wait until the official admissions offers are made and send the rejections then. 
My personal opinion is that you should not ask about your application status at any point unless there is a really good reason to do so. 

Not all, or even most I'd say. Most of my rejections last cycle sent out a generic reject email between mid February and late March. By that point I already knew I wasn't getting in because of the timing of interview weekends. I don't know of many programs that send out timely emails about not getting an interview/being rejected.

Good to know! I saw on the results that last year invites didn’t go out til mid January, but I’m getting anxious. I’ll let you know when/if I hear, and good luck to you!

Haven't heard anything from UChicago yet - I applied through the Cognition division.

That's reassuring, but I hope we both hear back soon!

So glad someone made this thread! I'm applying Cognitive Psychology as well. Did NOT hear back from Northwestern yet.