episome1996

I just got an invite from BCMB! 

Does anyone have the link to that page someone made where they compiled all of the results from each year and showed graphs and gpas for each school and program based on the results page?

How are you dealing lol, I don't know how to not think about it 24/7!

Me too! 

Has anyone else gotten zero emails since submitting? I am freaking out and getting really anxious!

I'm sure 2 minutes late will not preclude your application from being considered. The GRE thing kinda sucks, but it shouldn't take more than a couple days to transmit the results. I wouldn't fret.

Hey, don't listen to this guy about BU. He just got there and really knows very little about it and turned everyone off during the GPN interviews...duh... why he didn't get in! Problem with this site is that everyone comes off like an expert. First lesson, they are not. If you have great research experiences do reach out to faculty. Show you are passionate about coming and about their research. Make sure you reach out to those who will appreciate your previous accomplishments. See if you can get an interview. If you do, don't screw it up. Be positive to both faculty and students, be humble and show your vision! Don't respond to folks who say "PM me". They are just too nervous about discussing the truth on the forum where it shd be. You will get in somewhere have faith!

Sure I just wanted to make sure you didn't only apply to top schools having heard the advice that "GPA doesn't matter if you have strong research" which I made the mistake of. If you're in NIH PREP/IRTA that's a big plus. Just make sure to appeal to at least 3 professors at each school you really want: I had a few PI's want me (and tell me as much) but because they were only 1 or 2 per school, I never ended up getting in (*cough* Carnegie Mellon *cough*); mea culpa. I have some specific recommendations regarding Columbia if you want to PM me and I can help you through which PI's to talk to or how BU works if you want as well.
Best of luck!!!

Hey! I'm pretending it's not a big deal because people tell me it's fine. I went to a small, competitive college and I took a lot of hard classes. I'm thinking of writing a lil paragraph about the reason my gpa is low in my app.
I've also been out of school for more than 3 years, so I think it reflects on me less. Also, maybe my GRE will counter it? I think your application sounds solid!

To weigh in on this I personally know someone that had a 4.0 GPA, multiple pubs and experience and research awards that got accepted to every school he applied to (harvard, hopkins, stanford, berkeley, WashU etc.) - I think it's pretty reasonable and if you only have limited funds for application fees and know you wouldn't accept a lower tier school's offer why not? maybe add one "safety" that they'd still be comfortable going to

yes I am very well aware.
I'm applying to programs where faculty under each program studies behavioral genetics and for clinical psychology I'd still be happy conducting research as a clinical psychologist as well as practice, I've gone over these options with my adviser at the NIH. 

I got a 159V/149Q/5.5 writing and was accepted to a R1 clinical psych PhD program for Fall 2019 if that helps! 
 
Editing to add that a lot of programs will overlook a weakness in one area if you make up for it in another. For example, I clearly had a terrible quant GRE score, and I also had a low undergrad GPA (3.13 cumulative), but I have great research and clinical experience, multiple first-author poster presentations, multiple manuscript collabs, and at the time of applying I had an encyclopedia chapter where I'm first authored in prep in my area of interest. I was convinced I wouldn't make it to the next stage of the process because of my GRE/GPA but I received multiple interviews to my top programs of choice. In short, don't let the numbers get you down!!!!