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    I haven't heard anything yet! I literally check the Results page a few times a day to see if anyone has posted any responses from UCSB. Any day now!!! I'm hoping we hear back this week
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    It'll come guys ? the pandemic has caused the majority of schools to completely conduct their interview weekends online. This is unprecedented and very different from what they have done in the past, so they have had to completely redo their entire system. I wouldn't be surprised if we'll be hearing from them later than usual in general. They cant do anything in person. Can you imagine the department individually going through applications online, needing to schedule Zoom calls that work with all of them, and continuing to deliberate on those online on their own computers??? That sounds so nuts to me man. I mean, they might have done this individually in the past too, but I always pictured a group of people sitting in a room with the applications displayed on a screen where they can all talk to each other in the same space and point to different parts very easily. Plus, the influx of applications is going to cause them to take longer too
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    Definitely - and also, even before the GREs were waived, the weight varied from professor to professor. There are some professors that don't even look at GRE scores, and some that screen for a minimum score. It completely depends on the person
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    I'm not sure if that would be ethical in the reviewal process - like, that seems like borderline nepotism. That would only probably help your letter of recommendation in the sense that, if your professor knows the letter writer, that indicates that you have experience working in the field in some sense or have been able to build relationships with people in your field (such as PTSD research or whatever). They will probably place more emphasis on another aspect of your application, like GPA.
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    Gradcafe is love. Gradcafe is life
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    I think that we (in thegradcafe community) are just taking a break at the moment because the uptick caused a lot of fear, stress, and uncertainty. Also, I definitely agree. I've spoken with multiple professors on my campus and they all said that this is similar to what happened in the Great Recession - a lot of people without the required experience are applying right now because of job uncertainty. Applying last minute to a grad program your senior year of undergrad (when you never worked in a lab) or years in a job that doesnt give you the skills or experience necessary isn't going to be successful. I assume that those applicants also dont even know that thegradcafe exists
  7. pomegranateleaves
    Hi everyone! It's finally the weekend! I doubt that anyone should be hearing about any interviews during the weekend, so I echo the post above. Take a break and take care of yourself!
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    it depends on your program really. I was advised to apply to around 10 (or more) for clinical and/or counseling psychology *whoops! I didnt realize this was in the poli sci thread. It showed up on my Recently Updated Topics feed*
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    a very similar thing happened to me. I have math anxiety, which caused me to really struggle learning math in High School specifically. A lot of the GRE quant section uses math from that time period, so when I did my first practice test, I got a 140 in that section. After studying for a year, I was repeatedly getting around 160 on the quant section (timing myself and not using a calculator or anything). But, when I took the GRE, I got a 143 on my quant section. I don't understand how. I took the GRE 2 years ago and didn't bother retaking it for this cycle. All but one of my schools waived it, and after speaking with the program that didn't, I was told that the professor I applied to work with doesn't ever look at scores anyway. Best of luck to everyone applying this cycle! If theres one good thing that came out of 2020, its the GREs being waived
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    It looks like the University of Tennessee (I'm assuming Knoxville) is sending them out too - at least in the Experimental Psych program so far
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    I was in a lab meeting earlier this morning and the PI said almost the exact same thing! Me and fellow people who applied for doctoral positions asked him what he thought about the surge. He essentially told us not to worry - he expects that a lot of the new applicants don't have applications that are competitive. Which was a huge relief!
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    The UNC clinical psych program received 980 applications
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    It's my second time applying too!! I applied in 2018 last time for Fall 2019 admission. I received 2 interviews then but unfortunately no offers. I was so CONFIDENT this time because of how hard I worked - plus learning from what I didn't do as well last time. All of that confidence just like went down the drain. I'm so scared but I'm trying to hang in there and stay positive. If you dont receive any interview offers it's not because you're unqualified - the odds are just literally stacked against our favors in the most turbulent year we have ever lived. Not to mention, we are also in the middle of a pandemic???
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    Thank you so much!! Good luck to you too!
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    Yes ?? ? If any of us get rejected this year its not because we're unqualified. We cant be discouraged from applying again next cycle.
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    God I feel that ?? ? I worked really hard on my applications too. It just sucks that so many super qualified people this year will mostly be rejected just because of the surge of applications. I wish you the best of luck!!!
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    Who else is scared right now? ? I just saw the tweet regarding UNCs clinical psych phd applications. I can't BELIEVE that they received almost a THOUSAND applications! That's CRAZY. So yeah ? time to pray guys. I'm not religious by any means but I am currently researching all of the deities that mankind has ever worshipped.
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    Holy fuck now I'm super fucking scared. AHHHHHHHH
  19. pomegranateleaves
    So exciting!!! Good luck everyone!
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    My app for UC Santa Barbara was due on 11/15, and their website says that their first round of interviews are going out in December and second round in January. If any of you had 11/15 deadlines, I'd guess maybe December too? I'd guess we'll hear back from other schools either reaching out or offering interview offers in January or maybe even early February
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    I only got the notification that one app closed and was sent to departmental review for the one school. Regarding the rest, I meant the like thank you for applying emails when I was talking about the confirmations. Sorry if I explained poorly earlier! Haha
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    Thank you so much for this super affirming comment! It definitely helped ease a lot of my own self doubts and anxiety about this whole process. ?
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    I oddly got an email that my app closed and was sent to departmental review for one school (UMass Boston) ? I got confirmation emails after submitting all of my apps though too
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    Haha! Same - my emotions keep flip flopping between being super anxious and worried, thinking that I'm going to be rejected from all of my programs, to then being super excited and hoping for lots of interviews. We're all in this together! Sounds great! I'm doing the same. I picked up guitar during quarantine and have neglected it during application season. I'm not good by any means eyet but it is definitely super fun and a great source of anxiety relief for me. Oh my god I know - I have final papers coming up and I have seriously neglected my masters thesis. Time to start working on those! Haha
  25. pomegranateleaves
    Hello everyone! Most applications were due today so congrats on getting them in! Now we need to sit back, relax, feel the anxiety, and wait for interview offers. I started this this thread so that we can give each other emotional support during this time. I know I'm an anxious and excited ball of emotions and will probably be checking my inbox daily for the next couple of months. I'm sure many of you are feeling the same way! May we wish each other all the best.
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