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Ooof! It is so nice to know I am not alone. I also congratulate you on hearing back from one! That is awesome!

I have seen people already getting their admissions and rejections from the schools I applied to. I'm thinking will get all the rejections in late March once they are done but still feel like I have to hold out some hope that a random phone call interview will happen and I will get picked since I am still apparently in review ?

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations! That is a huge step! You are well on your way, life is about the journey after all.

Total nothing so far on my status but "in review." I reached out to my POIs and Admin and I am still just under review? No interviews, calls, emails, wait-list, rejections, or acceptances? Do I exist?

Yay, Pacific North West For The Win! ?? It's a pretty amazing place to be. Good luck to you either way!

Just hoping that all the other people being considered before me decide last minute to change careers so that I get an offer ? lol PhD or runaway and become a traveling acrobat? ?

Worried: I sent an email to one of the POIs I am applying to and I haven't contacted anyone because I was just going to wait. But I have had radio silence no interviews no nothing and so I sent a short and professional email since I want to work with her even if I do not get in. I feel like that was a mistake. I am worried that I wont get into a program and I wont be able to get a position in research post-graduation to gain more research experience because I gotta work. Excitement: And I will have a great masters, rock'in back up plans, a PhD is far from the key to happiness, so nothing is the end of the world.... Worried: So why am I still stressed anyway?????

Maybe if I send valentines they will reconsider ?

Thanks! I appreciate the support! I am considering waiting a year or two to see if I can do some research work post-masters to make my application stronger even before I cast a wide net. I have more than 10 years of clinical experience but only a year of research and am still writing my first paper for publication so I am a super baby with research. It is also really nice to have the prospect of contacting the POIs I like from all over not just because I want to get into the program as a whole but because I just genuinely want to get involved in their research with or without admission. It takes a huge load of pressure off lol

I haven't heard back from anyone so I feel like I am just waiting for all the bad news that I wont hear till come April.... ? It's all I can do to not start studying for the GRE again and consider going a non-clinical track ?

I have totally been considering the same thing. I will definitely be taking a month-long silent retreat post graduation.

I am looking for paid research positions either as an RA, coordinator, or working for an organization in some research capacity. I will reach out to the profs I want to work under and ask them how I can get involved. I am applying for a fellowship right now with the state. Once I have more research years under me I will apply for a PhD again. If all else "fails" I will start the non-profit I have been putting off for three years since being in graduate school land. And if that tanks I'll keep doing clinical social work ❤️ Really what is heavy on my chest is paying my 60k+ loans. I honestly feel really motivated to use all this momentum I have gained through working endlessly in graduate school to just work two jobs seven days a week and get it paid off in three years then move forward.....?