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Tell me about it... Waiting it out is the worst. Thank you for good wishes!

Congratulations!! You heard back pretty early. In my case, there were only 4 interviewees with the PI, and 2 will be selected. I do not know why they haven't informed me yet.

Hi! I interviewed with Pitt on Feb 12-13, and still didn't hear back. How about you?

I am an international student who applied to a university in US to study PhD. I was invited for a recruitment weekend event at my top choice on 12-13 Feb, but I didn't hear a thing since then. In total 4 students were invited to interview with the PI, but only 2 of them will be selected. I have been checking the decision results for this university on gradcafe all the time, there are rejections, acceptances and waitlists. I am relieving myself thinking that may be I didn't hear anything because decision times differ between PIs or program tracks. What do you think? Is not hearing anything yet a month after the interviews a sign of rejection? P.S.: I know I can mail them to ask about my condition, but it scares me lol.

Thanks!

Thank you. I know that these responses don't mean that I am accepted. Is it certain that this invitation for Zoom call is just an informal interview? Should I prepare it as if I will be formally interviewed?

Hi! Two weeks ago I applied to a PhD program in psychology and I received an email from a POI yesterday . She said that she reviewed my application and that she wondered if I have time for an hour long Zoom conversation regarding my application. I answered it positively, and kindly asked her to give me more detail about this conversation so that I can prepare. She said that she would like to discuss my research experience, the kinds of topics you would be interested in, the projects she is working on, and where I see a possible fit between my interests, and the needs of her lab. Now, is this an informal interview or something like a pre-interview? What do you think? Also, out of 4 programs I applied, I got a response from two--this is one of them. I haven't decided which one to choose yet and I am a little indecisive at the moment. Any suggestions for this?

Just sent you a message with the link to my SoP. Thanks by now!

Hi! I am an international student and I am dealing with the grad school applications. I would like to learn if there is anyone who can review and/or edit my SOP. English is not my native language, so it may also need proofreading but I want to hear your opinion about it. I can send you the Google forms link if you are willing. Thanks by now!

I have the same issue. What I did was to indicate this misfit openly-as this will be apparent to the reviewers- and write that I can overcome any negativities resulted by this misfit by building on the knowledge from my experiences in different research fields. I do not know if that sounds problematic, but that's the only thing I could come up.