MyAmygdalaDoesn'tLikeThis

School: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Type: Clinical Psychology PhD Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Accepted Type of Notification: Phone call from PI. Date Notified: 4/6 DM for POI: Yes Accepted off waitlist! I have officially accepted this offer and released my other offer to UND, incase anyone in waitlist limbo was wondering.

Hate to break it to you, but I think I hold that title... I'll be 32 in July ? I wasn't able to start college until I was 23 and I took a few years off after graduation to get research experience.

Yes! I was legit just telling my partner this. I cannot focus on anything. That's why I'm off the clock working on my journal club presentation for tomorrow. ? It's killing me...

School: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Type: Clinical Psychology PhD Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Wait list Type of Notification: Email from PI Date Notified: 3/4 DM for POI: Not at this time, sorry

School: University of North Dakota Type: Clinical PhD Track: General Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance Type of Notification: Email from DCT Date Notified: 2/25 DM for POI: Yes

So I just got an invite from UND! It came from admissions and not my POI. I hope you hear something too!

School: University of North Dakota Type: Clinical Psychology PhD Date of invite: 2/6/21 Type of invite: Email from admissions Interview dates: 2/11 for orientation meeting. Faculty interview dates will be scheduled between 2/12 and 2/20. DM for POI: Yes

School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Type: Clinical Psychology PhD Date of invite: February 1st Type of invite: E-mail from the director of graduate studies inviting to interview day Interview date(s): 3/5

Bless you. I was definitely wondering

School: Western Michigan University Type: Clinical Psychology PhD Date of invite: January 14th Type of invite: Interview Interview dates: 3/5/21 DM for POI: Yes

School: Wayne State University Type: Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Date of invite: 1/14/2021 Type of invite: Email from POI Interview date(s): 2/26/2021 or 3/1/2021 DM for POI: Yes

School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Type: PhD Date of invite: 1/8/21 Type of invite: Email Interview date(s): February 19-21 DM for POI: Yes

I go back and forth between feeling confident and then completely demoralized. I have been a full-time research assistant for the last few years after graduating and am second author on a few papers, but between being stretched thin with working on faculty's research and it being next to impossible to get permission to use resources for my own ideas, I don't have any of my own pubs. I also didn't do a thesis as I had to work full-time through my Bachelor's and struggling to pay my bills took up too much time and energy to even consider Honor's college. I feel like I missed out. I did keep a 4.0 though and was summa cum laude, as well as the recipient of a prestigious award. I did one poster presentation for a research methods class. I just don't know if I compare to others with more pubs or better research experience (say at a bigger university). I'm terrified my statement isn't good enough and I can't think about anything else right now. Also, I applied last year and only got 1 interview, ending in rejection. I'm also a bit older than the average applicant and I am getting discouraged. Sigh...I've worked so hard and I just want a chance. And no, I've not heard from any POIs yet either. I've seen 2 programs I applied to have sent out prelim interviews to others.

Could anyone who heard from Western Michigan University post interview message me please!

To the poster who is on the wait list for Western Michigan University: Would you kindly message me with your POI? Please and thank you! And best of luck!