[I is stressed *Non-Judgmental Space for PhD Applicants*]

On 2/1/2019 at 7:59 PM, anxiouscoffeedrinker said:

I graduated this past December from a top 10 research institution with a 4.0 GPA and said school has been asking me to be valedictorian. During undergraduate, I have been working as a PA for a private neuropsych practice working with kids and have been participating in 4 different research groups (1 second author manuscript in progress with a conference coming up in a month, and 3 other manuscripts in progress with potential conference presentations in which I'm co-investigator/second author for). I have very low self-esteem, so I started applying to Ph.D. programs with no expectations, but post-docs, licensed psychologists, and graduate students have been hyping me up since last year saying that I would get in with the amount of experience I have.

I've been rejected to pretty much all of the schools I applied for expect for my safety, in which I have an interview for. Not only do I feel worthless, but I have to go to work several times a week where people have been constantly asking me about grad school results and being surprised that I haven't gotten in anywhere, as if the rejections haven't been crushing enough. So yea, not sure what to do right now and had to get this off of my chest. 

This is super real. I've got a post bac in a really well recognized institution, a number of 2nd author publications, 10+ posters and gave an invited talk at a national conference (and of course very solid GRE and GPA). I can't complain, I have a few interviews in really well established and strong institutions, but it especially hurt when my supervisors said they "expected I would get many more." This field is extremely competitive, and even getting one interview straight out of undergrad is an accomplishment! Apply to some prestigious  post bacs in research you really enjoy, get full time research experience, and I promise you will have it in the bag next time around. And don't place your self worth in this!!! 

[Fall 2019 Clinical Psych Interview Invites]

Just called Drexel, they have not sent out their official interview email yet. Someone called me I think on Jan 9th inviting me to interview on POI's behalf and told me to look out for official email. Called to make sure I haven't missed it! Interview dates are on the 8th and 11th.