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did anyone applied to the University of Connecticut's HDFS PhD program and has any updates?

Hi, I also applied to the HDFS Phd at Oregon State and had an interview with an admissions officer last week and with POI yesterday. They told me interviews will keep rolling in the next couple weeks and Admissions results will possible be out by the end of february. Is there an HDFS program at UMich? Or what program did you applied to?

Does anyone has any updates on the HDFS programs at UConn or Purdue?

Also applying this year to a Ph.D. program at UMich and I'm having the exact same struggle!

Hi everyone, I am a bachelor in psychology from Peru and I'm applying to psychology Ph.D. programs in the U.S. this fall. Any advice is welcome! Applying to: University of Michigan: Joint Ph.D. in Social Work and Psychology Georgetown: Psychology Ph.D. - Human Development and Public Policy Northwestern: Social Psychology USC: Social Psychology UC Irvine: Social/Developmental Psychology UVA: Community Psychology University of Pittsburgh: Developmental Psychology Undergrad institution: Universidad de Lima, Peru Undergrad Major: Psychology Undergrad GPA: 15.2/20 (this converts to 4.0 according to www.scholaro.com) Relevant Work Experience: 3.5 years working at a non-profit that recruits U.S. university students to teach STEM in Peru and Colombia, 1 year as a psychology intern at a residential care facility for children coming from adverse backgrounds, 3 months working at a consulting firm developing STEM education and entrepreneurship model to be adopted by mining companies Research Experience: Did a bachelor's thesis and got a grade of 19/20 (A+). Member of the Research in Psychology student group at Universidad de Lima, we wrote a paper that is now under revision for publication at a Peruvian journal GRE: 157V/153Q/3.5AW weak score ? but luckily because of COVID the only schools asking me to submit GRE scores are Michigan and Georgetown Languages: Spanish is my native language. Got a 111 score on TOEFL Strength of LOR: I will have my thesis advisor, a university professor and my boss from the non-profit I work at write my letters. I think they will be good but I'm nervous because all recommenders are Peruvian and don't have any relations with faculty from U.S. schools, I don't know if this will affect recommendations. Strenght of SOP: I think this one's pretty good. I will talk about my work and research experiences, also about challenges I faced growing up in a developing country and how my background can positively impact the programs. Extracurriculars: Member of philosophy, clinical psychology, research in psychology, and social psychology student groups as an undergrad. Also, I volunteered for a semester as a clinical assistant for one of my professors at a mental health ospital.