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got my first acceptance this morning from Southern Illinois!! definitely want to visit bc i did my interview over skype but i am super excited

I feel you. It's such a stressful and emotional time, and being waitlisted is like another hurdle to get over because you never know if anyone will decline their acceptance or not. I get tempted to reach out to my POIs for information like whether anyone has accepted yet or where I am on the waitlist, but I never do because I'm always afraid that I'll ruin something. 

The campus was really nice. The psych department was a spread out across a couple buildings, but they were all in close proximity to each other. I didn't see much of the campus, though. It was pretty cold and windy when I was there, but there wasn't much snow which was nice. They also had a great bus system to get around campus and the city. Feel free to message me if you have any other questions! 

I really hope this doesn't happen to you, I'm sure it will all work out, but also congrats on the acceptance!

Yes, I have this happen all the time even though I don't like to talk about it. It was even worse when in one of my interviews I was told by multiple professors that they loved me and my personality and really wanted me to be accepted.... Just to get an email saying that I won't be extended an offer and most likely won't even in the future if people decline acceptance. It's really hard to stomach rejection especially when you have an interview somewhere and feel some grasp of success just to have it all taken away from you. 

Yes, I have this happen all the time even though I don't like to talk about it. It was even worse when in one of my interviews I was told by multiple professors that they loved me and my personality and really wanted me to be accepted.... Just to get an email saying that I won't be extended an offer and most likely won't even in the future if people decline acceptance. It's really hard to stomach rejection especially when you have an interview somewhere and feel some grasp of success just to have it all taken away from you. 

Yeah I’m sure majority of people are just trying to make a super hard decision for their future. I hope yours works out how you want it!!!

I had this happen too FOUR times. Once in person where the professors said they loved me and I’d be a great fit, THEN the other three through email about how it was such a pleasure and how impressive I was and had a great fit....
*waitlisted at every one*
Therefore I am sending you good vibes and hoping that you will receive good news unlike me!

Yeah I’m sure majority of people are just trying to make a super hard decision for their future. I hope yours works out how you want it!!!

I’d say maybe like a month after? So like maybe in the middle of March if you don’t hear back. 

See this is totally understandable and I see absolutely no problems with it. Especially in the case of funding, you don’t want to go somewhere that is going to put you into insane amounts of debt. I guess it’s totally understandable as well for those waitlisted since it is a stressful time and you don’t know whether that place someone got accepted at is a top choice or just a backup school, but holding admission for the right decisions is totally okay. 

I know offers were made to the other 2 & 3 who turned it down

This. #middlefinger

I always just wonder whether that comes down to the program or the individual POI cause I feel like it would suck to have multiple students turn down your acceptance offer. 

I always just wonder whether that comes down to the program or the individual POI cause I feel like it would suck to have multiple students turn down your acceptance offer. 

Literally me except replace "my current job" with "my last semester of undergrad."

know someone who was their POIs 4th choice if that helps anyone (POI was accepting 2 students)

I had this happen too FOUR times. Once in person where the professors said they loved me and I’d be a great fit, THEN the other three through email about how it was such a pleasure and how impressive I was and had a great fit....
*waitlisted at every one*
Therefore I am sending you good vibes and hoping that you will receive good news unlike me!

I got rejected from what was supposed to be my dream program, but that after visiting and having many conversations with my POI, I actually felt really conflicted about. I loved everyone I met in the department, but did not feel so comfortable with my POI and their style of working and just some other hints that raised tiny red flags. So in a weird way, I’m relieved? I think I would’ve felt that the strength of the program would’ve made me feel like I had to choose it and just endure. Some of the other professors and grad students told me point blank that I might be better off elsewhere and I really appreciated that honesty. One even told me flat out that one of my other offers is the better choice! So, I’m not sad like I thought I would be. And my POi actually wrote me a very kind email with some very helpful tips about my thesis project and wished me well. Plus another professor emailed to say they’d still like to work with me wherever I end up. So all in all, it was a great rejection all around, go figure!
This just goes to show you that it’s a really good idea to be as candid as you feel comfortable being, and to ask good questions, because finding out your dream school isn’t actually your dream school can be a good thing, and still work out in the end. I am much less stressed now!

Oh man. So much this.

Literally me except replace "my current job" with "my last semester of undergrad."

I feel you, the thing about waitlists is that it just feels like you are in some sort of purgatory and I think that it makes the entire process more maddening because you have to endure up to 2 more months of waiting for some form of closure. But I'm really glad that you are waitlisted at your top two because it shows that you ARE good enough for this and have an extremely good chance of getting in, so I wish the best of luck to you and hope that you will get accepted off of the waitlist!

Literally me except replace "my current job" with "my last semester of undergrad."

No one here knows what it’s like to be a psychologist. We’re all trying to get into grad school so that we can get a degree in psychology and become one.

Hello I'm Gloria Flores a student at South Western Illinois Collage, I'm writing a paper for my English class about what is like to be a Psychologist. In my class I was assigned to do a Survey, and out of that survey do a essay. I would appreciate your input in answering my survey questions.
link:
https://goo.gl/forms/8qmRkA0rX72UV2mm2