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what if I went to a school with the color of poop? ?
haha jk... unless? 

what if I went to a school with the color of poop? ?
haha jk... unless? 

what if I went to a school with the color of poop? ?
haha jk... unless? 

what if I went to a school with the color of poop? ?
haha jk... unless? 

Cross-posting from the waitlist thread:
When would you guys say it's appropriate to contact a school post-interview to see if you're on a waitlist (if at all)? If so, would you recommend contacting the DCT, your POI, or both?
It's been a little over 2 weeks after a few of the interviews I had and I've seen some offers extended from those programs, but have not been rejected either. Am wondering if I could be on the waitlist at at least one of those few, but none of the programs have contacted me about it. Should I reach out, or wait more? 

I had a few interviews where they said they would get back to us in 1-2 weeks to let us know “either way” and then I never heard from them. I waited 3 full weeks and then sent an email saying another program was asking me to rank my interest but I am still interested in their program and would like to check on my status. I emailed the DCTs and heard back right away (same day), although I got no detail about ranking on the waitlist. I don’t think either school planned to tell me I was waitlisted which is really annoying. I suggest reaching out or you might not hear until they decide you’re rejected (or you get accepted off the waitlist). 

From my experience, I noticed a gap of time between acceptances being sent out and waitlist being sent out. I would wait a month and then contact the head of the program (not the POI) for information about waitlist.

Cross-posting from the waitlist thread:
When would you guys say it's appropriate to contact a school post-interview to see if you're on a waitlist (if at all)? If so, would you recommend contacting the DCT, your POI, or both?
It's been a little over 2 weeks after a few of the interviews I had and I've seen some offers extended from those programs, but have not been rejected either. Am wondering if I could be on the waitlist at at least one of those few, but none of the programs have contacted me about it. Should I reach out, or wait more? 

Hi All, 
Starting to feel stressed post interviews. I had 8 interview invitations, which seems like a good number. So far one school rejected me and another school the POI isn't taking a student anymore. Haven't heard anything from the other 6 schools post interview. On gradcafe I've seen that some people have gotten waitlisted or rejected from my remaining sites, but not really any acceptances. I'm thinking I'm an alternate choice at many of these sites. What thoughts do you guys have on my standing/chances?  This process is draining I guess, I'll just have to keep waiting. 

What I've done is familiarized myself with the methods the mentor seems to use frequently and the types of measures they typically use (survey, psychophys, interview, fMRI, cognitive tasks, etc) and come up with a couple of ideas synthesizing my research interests with those methods. I'd air on the side of thinking about a couple of broad study ideas and being willing to think on the fly or riff on ideas your PI might bring up. Most probably won't expect you to have all your measures sorted out, but you should probably have somewhat of an idea what you could use if they ask. For example, if you wanted to look at anxiety symptoms, would you want those assessed via interview, self-report, by gathering physiological measures like heart rate, or some other way? If self-reported, would you want to look at EMA or retrospective report? As long as you have a baseline knowledge of what you're talking about and are familiar with their research style (which you should have already if you made it to an interview!) you should be fine after a little bit of prep. Some people don't ask this question at all! But if they do, I've found it helpful to have a couple loosely fleshed-out questions prepared and to be willing to be creative in the moment. 

What I've done is familiarized myself with the methods the mentor seems to use frequently and the types of measures they typically use (survey, psychophys, interview, fMRI, cognitive tasks, etc) and come up with a couple of ideas synthesizing my research interests with those methods. I'd air on the side of thinking about a couple of broad study ideas and being willing to think on the fly or riff on ideas your PI might bring up. Most probably won't expect you to have all your measures sorted out, but you should probably have somewhat of an idea what you could use if they ask. For example, if you wanted to look at anxiety symptoms, would you want those assessed via interview, self-report, by gathering physiological measures like heart rate, or some other way? If self-reported, would you want to look at EMA or retrospective report? As long as you have a baseline knowledge of what you're talking about and are familiar with their research style (which you should have already if you made it to an interview!) you should be fine after a little bit of prep. Some people don't ask this question at all! But if they do, I've found it helpful to have a couple loosely fleshed-out questions prepared and to be willing to be creative in the moment. 

Hey, that's exceedingly unfair and unkind. 
 
Honestly, if a school decided against me for my use of a perfectly valid word...that seems like a place that would be way too high stress and judgment for me. 

It was just a piece of advice but the way you responded to this kind of proves my point of immaturity. Best of luck in this process! 

You don't have anything to be sorry for. This person either misunderstood or is just crabby

Truly sorry to have offended you by making a joke! This was really disappointing to wake up to. 

what if I went to a school with the color of poop? ?
haha jk... unless? 

A gay year sounds like a great way to rebound from rejection!  

This "Princeton rejection" made me laugh:
 

wow I love whoever this is ?

A gay year sounds like a great way to rebound from rejection!  

Heads up, I emailed the admissions counselor for UPitt and they say the interview invites should be going out next week.  Good luck all!

I got an invite from UAlbany (PI: JF) in December.

Speaking of this Harvard fiasco, shouldn't they be dishing out refunds? Seems pretty sketchy to have people pay the application fee only for PIs to decide they aren't taking students during the app process...

For those wondering about Harvard like me, I reached out and although there is no formal interview weekend, PIs will reach out directly for an in person or Skype interview, and these are most likely to take place before February 6th, with decisions extended late February and March. I hope this helps!!

Me, trying to remind myself that I’m not complete trash after dealing with this stress the last few weeks: 

To flip sendhelp’s question, what are some questions you can expect to be asked by faculty that are not your chosen mentor? I’m really nervous about those ones in particular.