I haven't heard back from SDSU/UCSD either, on their website it states that they'll inform us mid-January either way. I had an informal Zoom meeting with POI: KH in July and asked if he was taking a student and he said yes.
A friend of mine received an interview invite from Columbia's Teachers College Counseling Psychology PHD program last year on January 17th. Hope that helps! I'm also waiting to hear!
I'm not sure if it was a mass email for everyone but I got a direct email from the Program Coordinator. I was invited for an initial Zoom interview from one UCSB faculty and received an email on December 7th and had that interview on December 11th. Additionally, I was invited for an initial Zoom interview from the other UCSB faculty I applied to and received an email on December 11th and had that interview on December 16th.
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Type: Counseling Psychology PhD
Date of invite: 12/18/19
Type of invite: email from Program Coordinator
Interview date(s): on-campus 1/17/20