philoquant
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My next step is to find a place to live. I've already contacted grad students with the kind of place I'm looking for and they provided many helpful suggestions. I've also had my post-acceptance meeting with my PI so I have plans in that regard too.
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For me, the informal interview was the actual interview where I answered questions about my research and goals. My formal interview was really relaxed. I had some questions prepared about the state of the field and future research projects and that's all we talked about. The PI didn't ask me any questions at the formal interview. Of course, I don't know if this is standard.
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I declined Fordham's offer today. I hope that helps someone!
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47 minutes ago, plantgirl96 said:
I know that applicants have until April 15 to make official decisions, but when do most applicants typically make a decision by (or will make a decision by this cycle since everything is different this time around)? I also hear ur not supposed to hold on to more than one offer at a time to spots can be released if the applicant isn't interested... I've been waitlisted at my top program so I'm just trying to gauge when I'll know for sure ?
When I was waitlisted in another field, I found out I got in on April 15th. For a Psychology MA program I found out I got in on like April 19th and didn't hear about funding until a week after that. So that's all to say that you'll need to be patient (I know it's hard) because it might take a while.
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1 hour ago, -bambi- said:
Any lurkers on here applying to Canadian schools?
I applied to university of manitoba; but, now that I've gotten into a US school, I don't know if I would accept an offer if it was given. What about you?
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20 hours ago, wolmoth said:
So relaying more info on what I wrote above, after having talked to more professors, they said this year they received almost twice as many applicants as usual, where the average is around 20. So only 40 applicants for an extreme year seems more mild than what could be expected as something on the low end for clinical psych.
Even so, I'm under the impression that quant programs generally (even in "normal" years) are smaller than clinical psych. So, there's less people applying, but I think there's less spots as well. Of course, I don't have that much experience with clinical programs so I could be mistaken.
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5 minutes ago, AvocadoAvogadro said:
got ASU's interview invitation a while ago
Thanks for letting me know! Congrats!
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Any word on ASU? It says on the website that interviews go out at the end of January.
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Look up Curran Bauer. They just released the schedule for online workshops.
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2 minutes ago, alina6280 said:
Heve you received the schedule
I haven't but when I did my informal interview my potential PI told me the next step is an all day interview. So that's why I think it's an interview day not something for admitted students.
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On 1/24/2021 at 11:46 AM, Jessica2020 said:
Hello everyone!
I just received an email from my potential supervisor and from the graduate admissions (University of Toronto) telling me that I have been invited to their recruitment events. They also congratulated me for this invitation.
Has any one of you been to a PhD recruitment event? I dont understand if that means I am accepted or not. Does someone have an idea of what is the purpose of this event and if this is a very good sign?
Thank you
I was invited to a recruitment event as well. In my case, I take it to mean interview day.
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I'm currently an MA student at Wake Forest so if anyone has questions feel free to dm me.
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7 minutes ago, wolmoth said:
I asked the interviewer about the interview process, and he said this would be the only one they will do unless they have difficulty deciding and need to bring a couple of candidates in one more time to help them make the final cut. So unless that happens that will be the only time we have to meet face-to-face. He only asked like one question about me/my experience. Idk if that is good or bad. The rest I was just asking about the program. If you have more questions I would definitely email them as there was a lot even I couldn't ask that I wanted to.
At the beginning of mine he asked 1 questions which was basically 4 questions in 1 and that was the only question about me.
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53 minutes ago, halo2masterq said:
Good to see some updates here. I interviewed at Boston college the other day and mine was also quite short (30 mins) outside of a few questions. Seemed like more of a "we want you but just wanna make sure you aren't crazy". Who knows, maybe I am a bit crazy
As far as size goes, it is difficult to tell how many people are applying. Boston college did give me some info though, they are taking 5/15 applicants. Not sure how that translates elsewhere.
I have an interview with university of Maryland in a few weeks and I have been accepted to university of Minnesota without an interview which was kind of weird. Still waiting to hear back from UCLA, UW, and UTA.
Congrats on the Minnesota acceptance!
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2 hours ago, wolmoth said:
In other topic... did anyone else who did the Fordham interviews think it was really really short? Just 30 minutes for the only interview (unless the race is too close to call and they need another)? They hardly asked me anything it felt like. I assume they have there reasons to keep it short, but I feel it would be difficult for the admissions team to make a decision from this.
The Fordham interview did feel short. I agree that I don't know if I really said enough about myself in order to help make a decision. Did they tell you there was a possibility of another interview (you mentioned if it was too close to call, they'd need another)?
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Is anyone else wondering what's going on with UNC? I saw they sent out rejections, but did anyone get an interview invite?
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1 minute ago, JoePianist said:
This list is from 2014, but most of the information remains about the same. It also labels whether a particular program provides any sources of funding.
Some info that seems to have changed is I think Wake Forest gives full funding to most of their students.
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21 minutes ago, Dazen said:
I also have a non-traditional background. My undergrad is in engineering and all of my research was broadly focused on mathematical modeling/statistics (though done in the biology and engineering departments). I worked in finance for a few years, now am working in a clinical job for just over a year. I took all of my pre-reqs this summer/fall to meet admission standards, but took basically no psych classes as an undergrad. I've been fortunate to receive 3 interview offers, although I've also felt incredibly nervous about how my background will be viewed. I have no doubt that I'll be able to succeed if offered admission to a program, it's just getting there that's scary!
Good luck with the process. My biased belief is that having a wealth of diverse experiences leads to a unique perspective that you can apply to whatever you're doing. Lean into it!
I also have a non-psych background (philosophy). So far when I've talked to professors they've been super positive about the diverse perspective I bring. I'm not applying to clinical, but you're right that some will see our experiences as quite valuable.
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2 hours ago, Taro_Taro said:
Has anyone received info about interviews at this point? I'm applying to educational/quantitative psychology programs but haven't heard back from any of them.
I've only heard back from Notre Dame, and the only other school listed on the results page is USC. My advisor said to not expect anything before the new year.
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Has anyone heard anything?
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6 minutes ago, Nishaca said:
Hey ya’ll! I’m curious about preliminary interviews. I know it’s different depending on the school and PI. I’m wondering what preliminary interviews are used for? For all students they want to formally invite or just a few they want to get to know better before formally inviting?
I just had an informal interview and it was with a PI that I didn't get a chance to meet with before applying. From what he said, the informal interview was just to verify that the fit was there before moving forward with interview process.
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Is anyone submitting optional GRE scores? What do you think are the minimum scores to submit with? My scores are good but not great. I don't know if I should submit them. I don't want to harm my application either way.
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6 hours ago, EyelandPychePhD said:
Wow, funded Masters programs are a thing??? Are they relatively common or not so much? Can you name a few?
William & Mary and Wake Forest
2022 Ford Fellowships
in The Bank
Posted
Is anyone else still waiting? I'm beginning to worry that there's a problem with my application.