carlrogersfan98
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3 hours ago, clinclin said:
A few people mentioned SCCP interviews from oise. Has anyone heard back regarding a CCP interview? If you’re comfortable with DMing even just a yes that would be great thank you!
I would also like to know as well! This was my long shot school but I am still curious haha
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10 minutes ago, optimisticfutureinpsyc said:
UofA has changed statuses to 'pre-screening' now
For counselling psych? It's been like that for a while, at least on mine it has!
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1 hour ago, Electricladder said:
Thanks for the info! I listed BT as one of my POI but not primary. Im losing hope every min…At this point, my entire life hinges on uOttawa’s decision lol!
This is sort of unrelated to what you said, but it reminded me of something and I think it's useful to share - this cycle, I've learned that many profs don't actually review students who put them as second choice or lower, because so many students put them as a first choice that they have more than enough to form a shortlist just from those alone. I think it's ridiculous in that case that some schools encourage students to list multiple potential supervisors, but I guess it's helpful to know how some profs individually operate even though the application instructions online may say so otherwise!
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Just now, siriuslypadfoot said:
I don't suppose your POI also mentioned whether they are an anomaly doing prelim interviews and the rest of us still have a chance?
Haha well in all seriousness I don't know! Sounds like the profs just have to submit a list to the committee and how they shortlist is up to each prof. No idea if they were an anomaly!
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1 hour ago, babooshka said:
Was wondering if anyone has any interview advice as it is my first time getting interviews in three years! I've got one with SFU on Thursday with a graduate student. I'm assuming general questions like -why this school -why these faculty members -why clinical psychology and not experimental -what are you currently reading/what is the last paper you read -what are your career goals and how will this program further them -what are your research interests and what do you intend to pursue in this program, etc. Are there any questions that you found surprising in previous years? Or just general advice going into them and how much prep I should be doing?
Many thanks in advance to you all!
I think if you prepared answers for those you will be more than fine. It's important to not over-prepare - these interviews have been slightly more conversational than job interviews IMO, so be ready to be a little flexible and ask follow-up questions of your own to things that your POI shares with you!
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I was told in my prelim today that Queen's clinical interviews will likely be second week of Feb, and decisions of who will be invited to interview there will be out after the 25th
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40 minutes ago, Nazb said:
So I did email UTSC re: formal interviews and here is the response. It doesn't sound hopeful to me. Here it goes:
"Thank you for your email and interest in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Successful applicants will be contacted directly by the email and/or telephone number on your application if you are selected for an interview. Please note that we had over 600 applicants for the 2022-23 admissions cycle for only 5 spots in our program. The first round of our prospective student interviews are being held virtually from February 14 – 16, 2022. Only successful candidates will be contacted prior to interviews.
Final admission decisions will be circulated by end of March/ early April 2022."
Ooooof, I cringed so hard reading that statistic. Thoughts and prayers to UTSC applicants for sure. How do you even systematically pick out of so many applicants?!
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7 hours ago, clinicalpolarbear said:
Has anyone heard back from Queen's yet as to whether or not they made it to the departmental interview? I had my interview with my POI on Tuesday but am still waiting to hear if I made it to the departmental set of final interviews!
I have not yet even had my prelim (I am having it on Monday) so I am assuming towards the end of this week at the earliest!
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School: University of Calgary
Program: Counselling Psychology MSc
Invite Date: January 14
Interview Date: January 17
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4 hours ago, Terelia said:
I assume this may be helpful to others so I'd love to get some feedback and maybe do some brainstorming/get a discussion going in the forum about how people handle the following question:
"Is [school] a top choice for you?" or "where does [school] rank for you?"
I had this question a few times last year and I hated it. I found that during interviews last year, schools that initially ranked low ended up being higher for me once I learned more about them in the interviews (and vice versa). I think other people would probably agree - the website and initial emails with POIs prior to applications don't necessarily give you the full picture when you're applying. As others can probably understand, I applied to several schools for a reason - I would be happy to go to any of them and know that I might not interview/get accepted at my so-called "top choices."
How do people deal with this question? I handled it very poorly last year and felt very caught off-guard when it was asked so I want to be prepared just in case for this year.
I don't want to lie but I also don't want to shoot myself in the foot - I assume that professors recognize that I put them down for OGS but not CGS-M (as an example).
My thoughts on answers but open to feedback/suggestions:
- focus on the positive (ie. what I like about the school/program)
- vague language (they can likely see through this, but saying "it ranks highly" or something similar?)
RE: the CGSM vs OGS point... literally the way my applications worked out is that I applied to three non-Ontario schools and two Ontario schools, so I just saved the Ontario schools for OGS and used the others for CGSM. No rhyme or reason - just strategically spread out my applications like that to increase my chances of getting funding somewhere. Would that be a reasonable thing to say in an interview should they ask? I kinda doubt they will ask about that (it's kinda pointless to deliberate over it IMO since the results for either award aren't out till later), but just in case?
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Does anyone know if being a repeat applicant influences some schools'/profs' decisions? I've heard mixed thoughts - some say it does not influence but others have said that profs do notice repeat applicants and, if they came close to making a prof's shortlist in other cycles, may have an advantage as it shows persistence!
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1 hour ago, T.O.hopeful said:
Does this week seem fairly quiet to other people or is this to be expected? I was expecting to hear of more invites during this second week of January but it's been quiet on here and the discord page. Tough seeing American schools have so many invites being sent while we wait for our POIs to dust off the application pile... lol
And congrats @SoundofSilence!! Envious of your ability to relax now and it's only January ?!
Yes and no, this week feels about right to me but overall the whole cycle feels more silent compared to last year. I do wonder if some schools choosing to extend their winter breaks and/or transition back to online learning impacted this.
- T.O.hopeful and cofffeee
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Can the person who posted the interview for U of C share POI details please :') were the interviews sent per supervisor or was it a general mass email?
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41 minutes ago, keo14 said:
I realize this was already asked but any updates on interviews from UCalgary?
I haven't heard anything yet, I really want to know if they were sent yet or not
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Hey guys, does anyone know if Queen's has a formal departmental interview, or is all interviewing done by the POI's? Trying to figure out if my interview is "THE" interview or a prelim - it is with my POI and she said I should expect to meet for an hour.
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20 minutes ago, abecedarian said:
Just want to let you know that there's a discord server with resources for clinical and counseling psychology PhD applicants! It's meant to be a space where applicants can access resources, seek advice, and commune with others navigating the same process. There's also a Canada-specific channel! Here's the invite link, if anyone is interested in joining: https://discord.gg/wEcFTwxzNy
Awesome, thank you! Just joined
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School: Queen's University - Clinical Psychology PhD
Date of Invite (Interview with POI): Jan 9th
Date of Interview: Sometime this week or next - I have yet to set it up
DM if you have any questions!! This is my second time applying
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11 hours ago, clinclin said:
Has anyone heard back from OISE?
I have not heard anything yet. I applied to the CCP program. Do you know when they normally start sending interview invites?
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10 minutes ago, TeeM2022 said:
Yup - UofT doesn't have interviews for counselling psychology
I thought OISE's Counselling and Clinical psychology program does? Do you mean the Counselling and Psychotherapy one (the M.Ed)?
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2 hours ago, emsmith said:
I would love for this to be true, but I think the number of applicants will be the same as previous years (hopefully less than last year in the case that a few schools had 2-3X the applicants). I think there does tend to be fluctuation in terms of how busy these forums are, so I don't really think it can be an indication of the number of applicants. Maybe there are just more lurkers or people are using older topics to look at previous year's advice, etc?
If the numbers of applicants return to what they were pre-Covid then I would be absolutely overjoyed haha. Covid made applications a mess
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22 minutes ago, Cdn_Psych_Today said:
Did they announce they were doing interviews this year? Which program at UCalgary? The counselling or the school psych?
Counselling psych (the M.Sc). Pretty sure they always do interviews? Either way, I got an email saying they are reviewing all applications and shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview and they are planning to hold them the week of the 17th. I was under the impression everyone who applied to counselling psych got that email!
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Anyone know if McGill is actually doing interviews this year? I remember last year on the website they said interviews would be optional, and now this year I don't see anything mentioning interviews as a part of the application process at all...