Kelso123

Thank you for your response! I'm curious, what are you doing (or planning to do) career-wise with your dual degree?

Hi there, so my dilemma is this. I am applying to several dual MSW / MPH programs, but most of these programs require separate applications for each degree (if accepted to both, it will be a dual program that only takes three years instead of 4+). Should I structure my essays around my reasoning for applying to both programs, or should I focus on each program individually (i.e. shape my MSW essays around why I want to be a social worker, my MPH essays about why I want to work in public health)? I would love to hear from anyone who has experience applying or attending a dual degree program or who works with dual degree program students.

Hi there, so my dilemma is this. I am applying to several dual MSW / MPH programs, but most of these programs require separate applications for each degree (if accepted to both, it will be a dual program that only takes three years instead of 4+). Should I structure my essays around my reasoning for applying to both programs, or should I focus on each program individually (i.e. shape my MSW essays around why I want to be a social worker, my MPH essays about why I want to work in public health)? I would love to hear from anyone who has experience applying or attending a dual degree program or who works with dual degree program students.

Same here, ugh.

Yeah that may have been a factor, although my 3 years of post-bacc research experience is in clinical psychology, and while it's not directly in the community-clinical area, I have worked on projects related to that so idk. Yeah totally, and I feel you with family members assuming it's way easier to get acceptance than it is. My mom's a doctor and she doesn't get the difference between getting into med school (40 - 50% acceptance rate) and clinical psych (7 - 12% in a "normal" year) is so vast. Thanks for the encouragement ❤️

So I've heard from people that "every year gets harder" for getting into psychology programs (particularly clinical psych), but this year is just insane. I'm feeling so frustrated because I got waitlisted at the only school I got an interview from, and now I might not get into grad school this year despite applying to 15 programs. This is my second time applying to clinical programs, and this time I applied with 2 years of full-time research experience (plus 3 years part-time research experience), 3 glowing LOR including one well known PI, and a paper in revision which then was accepted for publication shortly after apps were due (I notified all my potential PIs right away) plus 1 paper under review and 2 in prep, plus 4 first authored posters and a dozen other posters I've worked on as second or third author. (My undergrad GPA was 3.95 so that also shouldn't be an issue). My supervisors, an associate and assistant professor at an R01, were confident I would receive several offers this year with my CV and after looking over my personal statement as well. And yet here we are... I'm sure I'm not the only qualified applicant facing this. And I also know that people who are receiving offers are super amazing so no shade to them. It just sucks that funding is so down this year and there were suddenly so many more applicants. I'm feeling especially frustrated today because a grad student in one of the labs I work in was asking for my help with stats, and it's like if I can teach current grad students things they don't know and still not get into a program, what the heck?! Is it even worth it to keep trying to get into this field? I just feel so discouraged. Feel free to vent about this crazy app season or anything else psychology field / application related below.

Wow I relate so much to what everyone is sharing. People outside of the field just don't get how crazy competitive it is to get into Clinical Psych PhD program, and how this year is even worse than most years (for whatever combination of reasons). I do feel a little better at least knowing I'm not alone though We'll get through this, and no matter if we get in somewhere this year or not we're still worthy human beings and we'll get where we need to in life with time. (At least I'm trying to remind myself this haha).

Ugh I can't wait until this season is over... it's such a soul-sucking process. I had one interview but it doesn't look like I'll get anymore at this point, and this is already my second time applying. Is it just me or is this year crazy competitive even compared to other application years? Maybe it's a combination of COVID creating less funding and the GRE requirement being waived for many programs, I'm not sure...

My first interview invite!!! ? School: George Washington University Type: PhD Date of invite: 1/7/21 Type of invite: Mass email Interview date(s): January 22 or January 29 DM for POI: Yes

Hi everyone, quick question here. I'm first author on a manuscript which was just accepted for publication as of today. What's the best way to notify grad programs I've applied to that this manuscript has now been accepted?

Same here! I think out of all the schools I've applied to UCSB is the most likely to send out interview invites potentially as early as this week. We'll see... ?

Yasss me too! I've started baking more again, just made some delicious banana bread Aw thank you so much for the encouraging words for us! ❤️

Ughhh same! I don't know if I feel less or more anxious now that I don't have 15 apps to work on ?