ZingyNeuron

Finally, Concordia said the official “nope”to my clinical psychology aspirations. But at least they thoroughly and comprehensively explained their decision in the letter: no place. Nooooow I get it!! ??

Same here! It's driving me nuts lol When did you interview?

I am in the same boat as you ?

Thanks, I appreciate it. Now I have all these fantasies that I will get in nevertheless haha my brain has totally created a parallel reality to dull the sting of defeat lol

I just did, from my POI. He took another student who had more experience with his lab’s research tools (optogenetics, calcium imaging etc). So I guess that’s that for me lol

Thanks! I had a good conversation with the POI back in October, she even helped me submit a research proposal with her project for funding and I find it quite disappointing that she never contacted me after that for an official interview.... And I am also quite surprised that I interviewed with 2 profs at McGill, yet nobody cared for my application at Concordia? ?

Guys, has anyone here received an interview invite for Concordia yet? Or knows what is happening with them, where they are in the admission process? Thank you!

Same here haha I left my POI's office floating on cloud 9 after he said he would recommend me for admission and every day since I have been losing a bit of the pep I had in my step ? wishing you best of luck! hope you hear back soon cause this wait is pure agony

Mine was Feb 12. I have been refreshing my email furiously since haha

Still waiting. When was your interview, if you don't mind my asking?

Hey guys, I want to congratulate everyone who has received an acceptance, it's an amazing achievement. And to everyone who is still waiting, keep the hope up guys and keep in mind that just to be in the run for clinical psych, means you are already the creme de la creme ? Speaking of waiting does anyone have news from Concordia? I only applied in Quebec and it has been super quiet over here... Thank you in advance!

I was thinking the same thing! Why did I suddenly have such an overblown, misguided self-esteem around application time? When I applied I was thinking "Yeah, I got this! " and I applied to some of the most competitive programs. Now I literally stare for minutes on end at my email feeling soooooo small and insignificant and lost haha

Guys, I feel that it doesn’t make sense to have such ridiculously tiny admissions quotas for clinical psych. It’s not a niche domain, there is a strong need for psychologists in Canada, there is a foreseen labour shortage for psychologists in the next 10 years, so what’s the deal? I come from Europe and in most countries, basically if you want to be a psychologist, it’s not that tough to get in, so I was very surprised to see how different things are in North America. Can you guys explain why this situation here?

Thank you for the encouragement and for the info. Much appreciated!

Ahh, so Concordia really is out... stings a bit. Ok, stings a lot but trying to be brave.