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    Fall 2020 - Where are you going?

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    19 hours ago, psycali said:

    I saw in your footer that you got into PGSP-Stanford - congrats! When did you interview and hear back?

    I interviewed January 27th and just heard back with an acceptance 2 days ago! I liked interviewing there but it is not really possible for me to afford to pay for school in addition to pay for the cost of living in Palo Alto so I will be rejecting their offer, but it is a great school. I hope you hear back with good news!

    What to Consider When Weighing Offers

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    I am back with another question and could use some advice. When I interviewed at EMU, it truly felt 'right.'

    Now that I am also waitlisted at Drexel, I am trying to decide whether there is a decision to make if I get off the waitlist or if I should just choose EMU. I have considered all of the factors you have all listed. Everything, for me, falls in favor of EMU with the exception of prestige and externships.

    Drexel is ranked higher and is more selective of students and much tougher to get in and has a better rep in that regards. Also the location so close to CHOPP and Dupont is a huge asset in externships and practicum. However I didn't get a good feeling at the interview and just felt underwhelmed. 

    I am really struggling. I feel like I am choosing between happiness for 5 years over happiness/success after graduation. If that is true, Drexel should be my first choice if I get off the waitlist but everyone talks about 'fit' and in regards to fit I KNOW it is EMU.

    I would love anyone's insight on this or information if others faced a similar choice and how they got through it.

    Waitlist Thread 2020

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    1 hour ago, Crosswordese said:

    First of all, congrats on getting the acceptance! I'm glad that perfect interview ended up leading to an offer in the end!

    At this point, a week out from that initial waitlist email (and now having just heard that I am most probably waitlisted at my final program too), I have begun searching for potential new jobs as well to try to distract me and make me feel less helpless, but a mental roadblock for me is the fact that I currently have an RA position on a study that will be in data collection for several years. So while part of me feels I shouldn't "jump ship" here and start from scratch in another RA/RC position just to reapply to programs in December, the other part feels my experience here wasn't "enough" to get in (it's not in my major area of interest, just related to a secondary interest, and I've only been involved in recruitment & data collection), and so I should join a lab/study that's smaller scale but faster-paced, where I might have more chances for a poster/pub by next cycle and for networking in my desired future field.

    So at this point I'm kind of putting off that decision (and conversation with my current PIs about my opportunities here) until I get rejections from my remaining two programs, which maybe isn't the best idea... But I am keeping tabs on openings, and am telling myself I will apply if something comes up that really seems to fit my wants and needs better than my current job. So hopefully just looking for things will keep me preoccupied until I hear back with the final verdicts... Anyway, thanks for sharing how you were coping with the not knowing and how it turned out well for you! Best of luck at EMU!

    ugh I know that feeling. After my first time round, my position wanted me to stay but once I was applying and thinking I may be getting in to school, staying at my previous position seemed like becoming stuck and almost moving backwards.

    My next position has had a lot of ups (conferences, papers, working closer my population of interest) but also has had a lot of downs. One of the biggest things is that the new position wanted me for 2 years and then a first authorship opportunity came up so i stayed for three. I have definitely outgrown the position and i put off applying to school for 3 more years and part of me regrets that. Looking back, I don't know if I would make the same choices about putting off school. I got too caught up in the 'perfect application' you know?.

    Regardless you are looking for positions and want a rec letter from the new P.I definitely keep in mind that many labs want 2 years minimum so if that works in your hopeful timeline then go for it!!!!

    I really wish you the best of luck and hope that you get great news off of that waitlist!!!!

    Waitlist Thread 2020

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    On 3/3/2020 at 10:16 AM, Crosswordese said:

    I just got placed on my first waitlist post-interview and I am worried about my mindset a bit... I don't want to take this as a rejection and get too down about it, but I also don't want to be too optimistic, especially as this school/POI has been my top choice since I started the process. I am also only waiting to hear back from one other school at this point, which makes things feel a little more dire. I'm trying to manage my expectations, but it's hard. All of my other rejections and assumed rejections have been softened by the thought that I still had my top choice on the docket, as it was my last interview. So now I feel sort of at a loss... I feel like I should be regrouping and thinking about next steps to strengthen my application next year, but I don't really want to at this point. I think I inadvertently got too attached to the idea of this program and POI being the perfect match for me, so now I'm trying to avoid clinging to the hope afforded by still being on the waitlist so I don't get wrecked when it doesn't happen... But it also could happen! So I keep going back and forth...

    There's really no point to this post, I just wanted to get my feelings out to some people who might understand. But any advice about getting into a good mindset about this all would be appreciated!

    This is so hard. This was my second time round and even though I felt like my interview was perfect, I got on the waitlist at EMU. After really getting down, I ended up going the "hope for the best, plan for the worst" route. I applied for 6 jobs, 2 masters programs, and set up 1 skype interview in the two weeks between being told I was on the waitlist and being told that I was officially accepted. I can't explain my relief but I can say that prepping for the possibility of not getting in helped to distract me and also feel better prepared for whatever future came.

     

    Good luck!!!!!

    What to Consider When Weighing Offers

    in Psychology Forum

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    Thank you all so much for your input!!! EMU really feels *right* (I didn't believe about the importance of 'fit' until I felt it for myself) and I wanted to make sure that an R2 wasn't a mistake.

    I know that it isn't the highest ranking school out there but I also really just care about being with faculty that make sense and also that I know will be supportive. So excited!!

    Fall 2020 Clinical & Counseling PhD/PsyD

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    On 2/22/2020 at 12:18 PM, Psych1st said:

    Hi! I've posted about this on the "I'm stressed" section, but I'm looking for some advice. I interviewed with my program in January. More professors interviewed than spots available. My PI said they are low on the list and as one person declines an offer of admission, another PI can make an offer. They said it could be several weeks to hear back since the interview was during one of the first interview weekends and people would need time to make decisions. However, it's been a month since then and I haven't received any updates, but I know at least the first 5 offers have gone out. I don't have any other offers so emailing doesn't make sense because I'm not asking for decision making purposes. But, is there a point where it is acceptable to email about status? What would you do? I know being patient is important but I'm going to need to start planning things one way or the other at some point. 

    I am in the same boat. Can I ask you what school you are waitlisted for? pM me if you'd like. In my case, the P.I didn't let me know where she was on the list to offer admission as everything was through the DCT. DCT said in the initial email that there is really no way to tell who will be able to put in an offer next so it has been about 1 month and I have heard nothing.

    Waitlist Thread 2020

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    I have been really struggling. Currently waitlisted at a school that does not tell you where on the waitlist you are so it is so up in the air right now. Applied 3 years ago with straight rejections after interviews so objectively I know that being waitlisted is a good thing but it just feels crushing.

    Are host gifts a good idea?

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    I am attending an interview that has a social hour day 1 and the interview day 2. One of the students currently in the program will be hosting me at their apartment.

    I have always been taught to bring a gift to any host, but I am afraid of sending the wrong message. I do not want to appear to be sucking up or trying to win points, only to say that I appreciate them hosting me. Is it appropriate to bring a small gift/token?

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