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I feel for all of you, I also applied twice and its just soooooo painful. You try to tell people (not in PhD world) about how *hard* it is to get into PhD and its just impossible... let alone trying to explain to them the imposter syndrome aspect. If anybody needs advice or just somebody to talk to about how much this process sucks, please feel free to PM. Good luck everybody, you can totally totally totally do this!!!
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Certainly reputation plays a factor in this (but also which is cheaper or gives you funding is really important), but after just completing my MA, I think it's most important to see which advisor or program is gonna help you the best get into a PhD program. Is the advisor willing to work on a project you're interested in, is there a chance you can get first authorship on a paper, could you go to conferences with research you conducted with them, do they know people in your area of studies, do they seem to want to help you network, etc. I also think it may help to analyse your own profile as an applicant, and see why you want to go to get an MA and see where you may be lacking (not meaning this in an offensive way at all) in your application and try to see if the MA can help you boost that area. Hope this helps!
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14 hours ago, justacigar said:
I can't imagine they would completely postpone courses, though I'm not sure. I work for a university in CA now and they are discussing the possibility of having all courses online for fall semester. Though, it might be different for graduate level courses?
11 hours ago, PsyDuck90 said:I would be pretty surprised if any universities did this. My program is in the US epicenter of all this and we are potentially going to still be online in the fall, but no word has been officially announced. I don't believe there has been any consideration to just canceling the fall semester as a whole.
They will start making these decisions when they have all the facts. While classes can be conducted online, in-person is definitely the preferred method. Universities are going to want to cover all their bases and not make any firm decisions until they are absolutely certain this is the best course of action. Doubling back is never a good look, so they would rather wait a bit and have more information. The COVID-19 situation is changing so rapidly and states are figuring out what works best for themselves and the surrounding areas. The hardest hit states are just now thinking about a plan for re-opening and as far as I've seen, nothing has officially been announced by the Northeast 6 state council, which includes NY. Other areas that haven't been hit as hard may have different plans and timelines as well. I understand it's frustrating, but states don't want to open back up too early only to have an influx of cases, and they certainly don't want to keep things shut down longer than necessary.
thank you, you both bring up good points!
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1 hour ago, Psychological Yam said:
i'm definitely concerned that my school might push back us starting until winter quarter (jan 2021)! anxiously waiting to hear any solid information before i uproot and move my life this summer.
right exactly -- when will they start to make these decisions? should we even be looking at apartments...?
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I think getting more acquainted with different stat programs is a really good idea!! There are also several stat workshops that have moved online, so you could try and join those! You can put these newly acquired skills on your CV when preparing for PhD applications and they may ask you about your stats abilities during an interview, and you can talk about taking your own initiative to study it! As the above post suggested, I also recommend reaching out to PIs (or the PI you were going to work with) and see if there is anything you can help with! I did this about a year ago and the PI happened to ask me if I'd like to write a paper with her, so you never know unless you just put feelers out there! It is really rough now for research, because nothing is moving with COVID. But I think you still have options, good luck!
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Hi everybody
I hope that wherever you are in the world that you are safe and doing okay. This is a stressful time for the world, and to sound very self-focused, it's been also hard to juggle thinking about next steps in our academic careers. March/April time is really when things either come together or fall apart for us trying to get into PhD programs. In the midst of COVID and the world, society, families, friends all preoccupied with it, it does kind of seem to hampers our current academic success or struggles. I guess I am hoping that this message reaches those people who have either figured out where they will be going and to commend you on how far you've come, because it has not been an easy journey. But at the same time, I want to tell those people who are still figuring it out or just, honestly, so frustrated with the system and looking for something to keep you going.
PhD is just one of those things that is very hard to explain to other people why you are working so hard to get into these programs, why you love what you do that you essentially give up a normal life, what it really means to get into a (or many) program(s) that you are really happy to attend, among other things. It's so hard not to give up. It's so hard during undergrad to stay up one more night preparing for an exam or paper, it's so hard caring about the GRE even though there is no place in academia for it, it's so hard not to be named a co-author on a paper even though you did most of the work, the list could go on and on. I hope this message gives you some piece of motivation to keep going, because we all have been there. We all have asked ourselves these questions and felt down, sad, self-depreciating, depressed, anxious, and sometimes all you can do is cry. But I hope that you keep going and don't give up on your dream to do PhD! It's your dream, keep working hard for your dream
Congrats to everybody who has gotten into the program they wanted to get in! And I hope people still pursuing PhD that you don't give up, you can do this!
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On 4/9/2020 at 9:57 AM, AndHereWeAre said:
Not to add to the panic, but if there are some of you still holding offers and waiting to make a decision, it might be a good idea to make that decision in the immediate future. My university (public RI, typically five years fully-funded) just rescinded funding offers to those who hadn't yet accepted. Additionally, grads were told today that it was very likely they would not receive department funding after this academic year given the economic impact of the pandemic on the university.
I want to emphasize that this wasn't the program's decision--we're all in shock; these decisions were made at the executive level.
This is so terrifying. I'm so sorry to hear about this. I hope your position is okay!
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I'm in a similar spot, super super super hard......
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Seems like a really hard choice (but it's nice to have a choice right haha), but to me research fit with PI trumps everything for me.
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I think it depends on what you're looking for. I would try to talk to some of your past profs (or some PI's you applied to that you may feel comfortable reaching out) and ask them what they thought your weakest point of your application was. This may help direct you to see if you need more schooling or more of a research background. Also...there ARE so many variables that go into deciding who gets in or not into a PhD program, it SUCKS but it's the way it is...so it may be nothing wrong with your application...it could be due to other variables that we are not aware of.
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9 hours ago, Psych1313 said:
How do ya'll deal with waiting to hear back after interviewing?? Is it acceptable to follow up via email if it's past the date they said they'd contact you?
Not sure how other people feel about this, but I would give it a couple days after the expected date (sometimes funding decisions get delayed or something), but ya I think it's fine to contact the PI or program coordinator!
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10 hours ago, Phil4192 said:
Did anyone else get an interview invite to Georgia State’s Dev program on the 21st? I got the invitation and was told, “more details to follow” about a month ago and I still haven’t heard anything- time, place, schedule, etc. Considering that the interview is in 4 days, I don’t know what I should do. Is this normal?
I didn't apply there, but I would suggest contacting the coordinator?
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37 minutes ago, Psychedbeyondrepair said:
Watching people post decisions on a school I interviewed at and have yet to hear from. ? Help. How does one keep from panicking ?
question of the year...
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1 hour ago, ssdevpsych said:
Actually just got my rejection email today! Not sure why mine was almost two weeks later than the rest, but good to finally have an answer.
I'm sorry to hear that
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2 hours ago, SheMadeItEventually said:
I'm well aware I am not the first person to ask this question. How important is it to have your research out on publication? (More so, would it make that much difference if this is an international student?) I have been taking gap year and I will be applying this cycle (December) to Clinical Psychology and some Counseling psychology programs that are fully funded. I honestly don't think I can pay for grad school myself. I'm still unfamiliar with the posting guidelines of this website so please feel free to leave a comment if you think this post belongs somewhere else!
I graduated last year with all types of honors in both of my majors and have been working on my GRE and was working as a tutor on the side to keep my living expenses.
My GRE score is both on 90 percentiles and GPA is 3.7. I worked as an undergrad research assistant for a year in clinical psych lab (we developed a scale for clinical disorder) in my senior year. At the same time I worked in a different lab in a different department also as an undergrad RA for 2 years that is not really relevant to my interests but I knew the professor and learned quite a lot of skills. I also completed a honors thesis upon the completion of my undergrad study. My three LORs will come from 1. a person (not a professor but in academia) who directed my thesis and those who I have been working as RA. (1. professor from my second department who knows me really well and 3. one grad student and a retired professor in clinical psychology dept. co-signing the last letter) Although I'm kind of worried that some of my LORs will come from non-psychology people, they happen to know me for the longest time and very very well.
But the biggest problem is that I DO NOT have any publication. My professors from undergrad encouraged me to submit my thesis to at least undergrad journals but I'm just not confident that it will get accepted especially I know there were some mistakes. I presented at a regional conference for my thesis but it wasn't in psychology department. No posters, nothing.
So now I'm done with GRE, I need something to fill my gap year and boost my resume. I originally was going to work as a full-time RA at one of the university in my home country but due to unforeseen circumstance, I won't have the full-time position anymore. I reached out to several professors in my home country and they told me although they will be more than happy to take me in as an RA, my duties won't be that much different from the ones I did as an undergrad RA as their PhD/Masters students will get the priorities for all the funding and resources. In that case, it's not impossible but it will be very difficult to put my name as an author.
So far, I can only think of these three options
1. Volunteer as a research assistant (pretty much same as undergrad RA and help the lab members with their projects in hopes that I can put my name as a third or fourth author. + get a side job to save money
2. Get a clinical setting job (full-time, decent pay) in a private clinical practice and see if they have any research project that I can help on the side)
3. Get a research job that deals with clinical population but not clinical psychology-related. More like a pharmaceutical or researching company (this will be heavily research oriented but it won't be from clinical psychology)
I don't know how much of my status as an international student would change how important it is to have publication but I need as many advice as possible.
If you guys have any other ideas please help me, I feel so lost.
Hey I would totally reach out to an undergrad journal. Mine was published, feel free to PM me!
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There have been several posts here within the last few days about the wait...and it is just so terrible. We have an initial long wait to hear back from schools for an interview and then once (if) we hear back and have our interview, its another long wait. This whole week I've been telling myself to get things done that need to get done, but when I start, my mind just jumps right back to PhD. It's so hard to stay focused to do the things that need to get done. You try to explain to your family/friends why you're stressed, but it's hard to express why this is terrifying, because everything is hanging in the balance. I'm struggling with trying to keep busy and focused...but it's been helpful to know that I'm not the only one who can't seem to not think about PhD. I hope you guys are doing okay and try not to get in a cycle of thinking about PhD, try to stay positive everybody!
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2 hours ago, ur.future.therapist said:
Hey all, this cycle I applied to 11 programs for clinical or counseling psychology and received 6 interview invites so far, which was a good number for me. However, after finishing 4 interviews, I found out that I have been waitlisted from 2 of the ones I really like and rejected from 1. I think one of the reasons for this might have been because I didn't show diligence or self awareness that a prospective grad student should have, especially about research. In short, I don't think I prepared for them well enough. I still have 2 interviews to go and I have already started preparing for them, but I really wished I had done the same for my top choices.
Is there something I can do to reach out to my PI's to show them that I am still motivated to work with them? Or if grad school doesn't pan out this year, what can I do? Please note that I am in the US on a student visa, and to stay and work here in the next year, I would still have to be on some type of visa.
I appreciate your help!
What do you mean 'diligence or self awareness that a prospective grad student should have, especially about research'?
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2 hours ago, Shutterbug21 said:
Yessss... I feel this 100%. Had an interview 1/31 and this has been the most painfully slow week ever. Really having trouble focusing this week!
exactly!! its so hard to focus, how have you been coping?
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20 minutes ago, Psychedbeyondrepair said:
Yes! Sorry about that I should’ve clarified. I’ve never contacted a POI about interviews, just the department coordinators.
hmm have interviews been extended?
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2 hours ago, bruno516 said:
Hi all- question for you. What are guidelines when asking schools for updates? Huge no or acceptable?
Also if you do, do you ask generally about their timeline for interview invites or should you ask specifically about checking in on the status of your app?
Long story short- I love this program. I felt like I knocked their app out of the park and one of my LOR writers said it was "crystal clear" that I'd be a good match. I haven't heard anything. I'm panicking and the interview date is approaching in the next few weeks.
Should I just let things fall where they may and not send an email. HELP!
and thanks in advance.
I think it would be best to contact the department coordinator to see if interview invites have been sent out, from my perspective, it could go either way (either bad or good) if you directly ask the POI.
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3 hours ago, ssdevpsych said:
Yeah, once I saw that I figured it was rejection, but just confused about the lack of a rejection email. I talked to my current PI and she said it's likely I'm on a waitlist (since I had a really great Skype interview with my POI). I thought waitlists were only for after you interviewed, but she said I shouldn't be too worried. It's not necessarily my #1, so I'm not too worried, but I hate not knowing!
Oh! Do you want to let me know who you applied for?
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3 hours ago, ssdevpsych said:
I still haven't gotten anything from Cornell - no interview invites so I assumed rejection, but I also haven't gotten a rejection email. Any idea what this means?
Interview weekend is this coming weekend, all interviews have been sent out. I hope this helps!
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aww very nice of you, thanks!!