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2 hours ago, aaapal said:
Do we think it's okay to reach out to a POI before hearing back about interviews? (I have a burning urge to because the stress and impatience is killing me, but I also feel it reeks of desperation)
I feel you and I also feel the temptation, but I wouldn't. You don't know what's happening with the POI that's caused them to not get around to sending emails yet - perhaps they're very busy with personal matters, maybe they're teaching a lot of undergrad classes and had to worry about marking tests and term papers first, or maybe this is just simply their process. Or maybe they sent out emails already. Either way, you'll find out eventually, so I think it's better to be patient to show some courtesy.
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52 minutes ago, xtrahotlatte said:
I’m thinking this is probably dependent on the prof, but I’m a little worried about a prof I applied to work with who has an Honours Thesis student in their lab. Their bio on the lab website says they will be applying to clinical psychology programs this year- do you think it’s a given this prof will accept this student as opposed to other applicants? I’m feeling like I don’t have a fair shot.
You don't know that this student is applying to work with that prof! Maybe they want to join a new lab for their graduate studies
try not to lose yourself in the "what ifs" (although I'm certainly a one to talk for that hahahaha)
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So McGill Counselling's website says that "interviews are not required" this year or something along those lines. This tells me that they won't actually interview applicants formally, and whether or not the professors will interview their applicants is up to them. Not sure how I feel about this, because I would like to at least get acquainted with the person I applied to work with, especially if I do end up informally interviewing with other professors (this is all one big "if"). Although I've been in touch with each professor over email, I am very much looking forward to interviews to also get a sense of what the professor I applied to work with is like - would it be reasonable to ask if my POI at McGill will choose to do informal interviews, and if not, request an informal meeting? Or is that too extra? Hahaha
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Anyone else keep having dreams where you get an offer somewhere and you wake up to check you didn't actually get one? These dreams are SO CRUEL lol. I've also been having dreams where I get rejections but the interview invites/acceptances ones are way more common and wooooow they hurt haha
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29 minutes ago, psych51038 said:
Does anyone have any thoughts on informal/preliminary interviews with a professor? I didn't have any and am hoping this doesn't mean my chances are lower (most that I emailed either did not respond or emailed back providing more info about their work/program) but it is very hard to tell with so many people seemingly already having contact with some of the professors they are applying to work with!
I don't know the absolute answer but if it helps, many of the profs I applied to work with outright told me they will not meet with anyone until after the application deadline to keep things fair. So while I can't speak for all profs, clearly some profs weight the actual applications more than informal meetings. I feel like the informal meetings are more just a way to put a face to the name.
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12 hours ago, Mickey26 said:
Dal is considering/interviewing more students than ever before in program history LOL. This might be the case across all schools this year!
Good luck everyone!
Oh dang! Does that mean they may be sending out another round of interview invites? (If you can't disclose that I understand - just hella bummed I didn't get an invite for this week!)
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Just now, Mickey26 said:
Right. and b/c trauma/sexual health is quite rare, I think as long as you can spin your personal statement to show how your present experiences demonstrate research skills, etc, that should be acceptable in the prof's eyes! Again, depends on prof/a number of factors.
Yeah, because my experience is so varied, in my SOI I focused on explaining the applicable skills I've accumulated across all experiences instead of going really-in depth with any particular study (e.g., data analysis with 3 different statistics programs, literature review across a large span of research areas, experimental design using a variety of approaches, scientific dissemination which resulted in several poster presentations, etc). I hope that stands out, one of my concerns with my SOI was that I didn't go too into detail about any one particular research project since I couldn't justify singling any particular one out. If things don't work out this year anywhere then oh well, something to keep in mind for next year I suppose!
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Just now, Mickey26 said:
I also have diverse research experience (social, I/O, cog, health, etc etc) that isn't directly related to what I'm studying. It's good to have these experiences and it will make your application stand out, but I've heard from a lot of faculty that the prefer students with SOME experience in their chosen field. For example, I was 4 months into my Honours project in my respective field when I applied. This isnt a ton of experience (compared to 4 yrs of health psych), but it showed supervisors I was actually interested in my chosen field given I've worked in it (rather than applying to random supervisors just to get into clinical psych)and you're able to commit to that work for 4-6 yrs given you've already done some research in that area.
That being said, I think b/c you have diverse research experiences, supervisors might be able to deduce that, hey, this student tried cog psych and developmental psych, and it wasn't there thing, thus, they wanna work with me and do trauma, etc.
I wouldn't automatically count yourself out though, since there are many other factors in play. But I'm seeing more of the former, rather than the latter. Sorry if that isn't what you wanted to hear ?
Source: current applicant who mentors aspiring clin students
Well then that sucks for those of us who literally don't have any labs at our universities that do research in our areas of interest... I'm hoping at least some profs will humour the fact that my diverse experience shows I can pick up methods in a variety of areas, and that I did my best to flesh out my experience despite the limited options in my department.
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Does anyone know if having research experience in psychology that is not directly in the field you're applying to work in is a bit of a disadvantage? My school does not have a clinical program, so all the research available to undergrads was very experimental as opposed to clinical (eg., cognition, developmental psych, neuropsych, social psych, etc).
Most of my research experience is in cognitive psych since it's what I did my honors thesis in, however I also have done research on presentation anxiety and been an RA in a developmental psych lab. I also completed a program evaluation of a psychological intervention at my internship. And yet, I'm not applying to work in any of those areas at the graduate level - I've applied to work in trauma and/or sexual health. I never really considered it to be a disadvantage since I have a bunch of experience nonetheless, but sometimes I worry that if I'm compared to someone with research experience directly in that area, I wouldn't be seen of as good a fit for the lab and they'd take the person with directly applicable experience instead.
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1 hour ago, clinical_psyc_hopeful said:
just saw a tweet that McGill saw an increase in applicants from 350 - 600 (I think the whole Psyc department)
Oh god... do you know anything about Ed Psych's department? I didn't apply to clinical there because there was no match in PI's but I did find someone in counselling psych that matches so I applied there instead.
Edit: jk you probably don't because the deadline for counselling psych is still tomorrow lol
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23 minutes ago, tiredoftheseapplications said:
Hey everyone,
So I’m just posting on here because all my applications have already been submitted but I’m seeing everyone’s experience/grades/scores and feeling really discouraged.?
I just graduated from my undergrad in October and didn’t write a thesis, I also didn’t write the GRE? (but I figured that since it was waived this year, it wouldn’t matter too much), i have an A- gpa in my final year with only 1 B+ and 1 B, the other 4 courses were A’s. I was going through stuff in my third year so I have three courses that really brought down my GPA. I have 1 year of RA experience (still ongoing), 8 months of experience as a peer mentor for at risk youth position at a school, and i volunteer in the mental health department at a hospital.
i’m super nervous about getting into any of the grad schools I applied for (OISE/UofT, York, Ryerson, & Western) because I already received a rejection email from Ryerson.?
Hey don't be discouraged! If you aren't quite competitive this year there's always next year. Based on what Ryerson said in the letter it seems that the lack of thesis may have been problematic since it was based on basic requirements... do you have an independent study that you could claim as equivalent to a thesis? If not, I would see if you could get involved in one. Since you graduated, could you possibly do one via open studies at your school? I think doing a full research project is going to be most important to help you in the future if things don't work out this year, since you seem pretty good to go otherwise.
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20 minutes ago, higaisha said:
How did Ryerson already send rejections out? Seems unlikely that the email you received was a rejection per say
I believe it, they're clearly processing applications right now because they emailed me the other day to inform me one of my documents was missing (my SOI form... I guess I forgot to upload it when I hit submit even though I swear I uploaded everything). I'm worried that's going to set me back since it was more than a week late.
Edit: in re-reading the rejection letter it sounds like they're going through the first screen to filter out the basic requirements.
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Just now, Psych1313 said:
Oof that's rough. I honestly have no idea why Dal's app process is so archaic? Why not have a portal like most other programs? I've often wondered how much gets lost in translation there after reading on the results page that someone was interview and accepted in April because their application didn't end up reaching the POI in December.
I had a similar issue there with one of my references. Apparently everything was received, but it still seems like a lot of administrative work to compile all of those documents into one application and send it to the POIs. Also seems like an opportunity for unnecessary human error, no shade on the admin team but things happen!
I'm glad it's not just me!! I think their system is in dire need of an update, it was absolutely the oldest looking application website of all the schools I applied to. Plus I just didn't feel good from the get-go about sending all my documents to that one administrative email. And it's not even anything to do with me not trusting the administrators - emails glitch all the time, things fail to send, things get deleted, things accidentally go to the wrong inbox. So yeah, this could be anything tbh. Trying to stay positive as I have 4 more schools to hear back from yet though
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2 hours ago, Drew James said:
Dal interviews will be held by the program on the 14th and 16th. I got an invite to interview only a few hours ago, so I would give them some time to contact you. Good luck!
Still haven't heard anything, kinda losing hope... oh well. Honestly my application with Dal itself had some issues and the whole thing ended up being kinda messy so I wouldn't be surprised if something got lost/messed up along the line. First, Dal did not list a CV as a required component in the list of documents, so in following the list I realized I forgot to attach one and sent it separate from the rest of my documents, although it was supposedly received. Second, my clinical reference did not have an institutional email so did not get a reference invite, so I reached out to ask about this and they sent the form to me to send to the reference, and the reference would send the form back to that Gradprog email in return. Third, my school does not email transcripts like how Dal requested them to be sent - so I requested one to be sent via courier as per what Gradprog suggested I do, and then sent scans of my official transcripts in the meantime. Wouldn't be shocked if one of these caused a slip up in my application being reviewed to begin with
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If it's true that Dal is doing interviews on the 16th, is it safe to assume that those of us who have not yet received an interview offer will not be invited? ?
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Just now, clinical_psyc_hopeful said:
Mine says that as well! I think in progress means like in review?
Ok good! I was worried something was missing, but it says all my docs are submitted
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On 12/3/2020 at 9:11 PM, Wanderingmind said:
For those planning on re-applying next year if you dont get in this year, any thoughts on how you may spend the year?
Going back to the place I did a 12-month co-op at and working as a testing assistant. I found a job posting for it on LinkedIn and they make BANK - 65k starting!!! I was tempted to honestly just take a year off and do that anyways to save some money.
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Anyone's application for UBC say "in progress" when they click "manage"? Kinda wondering why it says that when I click "manage", but on the homepage of the application website it says "submitted"
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On 12/4/2020 at 11:52 PM, Psych1313 said:
Where is everyone applying??
Clinical: Dal, UBC, Queen's, Ryerson
Counselling: McGill
2021 Clinical Psychology Applicants CANADA
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Same!!