NotYourMothersGrad

Either it was a mistake, or people are trolling. There’s been a lot of that on the results page

I second this! I'm a Bay Area native, and I know that someone isn't from here if they say "Cali." If you get into USC just sprinkle in "hella" here and there, and you will fit right in.

@everyone - if you read through the thread you'll see this thread is intended to ONLY contain interview invites. Make sure any other questions are asked in the regular Clinical & Counseling thread. Thanks! 

You are definitely not alone in this. I was a D, C, B student in high school and reviewing the GRE felt like a nightmare trying to learn basic math concepts for the first time. The test is a detriment to many people, including ESL students.

You are definitely not alone in this. I was a D, C, B student in high school and reviewing the GRE felt like a nightmare trying to learn basic math concepts for the first time. The test is a detriment to many people, including ESL students.

You are definitely not alone in this. I was a D, C, B student in high school and reviewing the GRE felt like a nightmare trying to learn basic math concepts for the first time. The test is a detriment to many people, including ESL students.

I agree the GRE is useless... I think it needs to really be brought to light.

I was almost down 1k just trying to take the GRE, travel for it, get materials, and get an assessment from various doctors to get the disability accommodations. My current documentation through disability services wasn't enough. On top of that, they do not let disabled students register until after the forms are approved for accommodations, which can take even more months. So the whole process for me took almost 8 months, and by that point the registration slots were almost all filled. There was only 1 slot left to take the GRE in time for program deadlines-- I had to travel 2 hours away for the only availability at 7 in the morning. It was the only slot open for the next few months. There's another catch: the forms have to be from within a 12 month period, so by the time the process was done and the test could be scheduled, the 12 month period was almost up. So I'd have to redo the assessments again.
I pulled an all nighter because I had to leave me house by like 4 AM, hardly functioned, and didn't receive my full disability accommodations. ETS skimps on accommodations and calls certain accommodations "standard" to accelerate the review process. Of course it's their pre-determined standard and not my standard from what my doctor determines. I would have missed the program deadlines otherwise because anything more than their "standard" will take longer to review, which is what I qualified for. If anything more than their "standard" is rejected, then you have to redo the process all over again. I was forced to not take the risk and opt for half of the accommodations I've been getting in school for 5+ years because everything took so long, despite me starting the process in the early spring. I most likely would have been accepted for the full if the process wasn't so long. It gets worse and worse the more I describe what happened. And... I was sick during it. I had to stop in the middle to take an antibiotic. ? I had a 3 year long infection that wouldn't go away, so I was very sick. To think I could go into even more examples of how the GRE is nothing but a useless created barrier.

Mind you, I have a 4.0 GPA, 3+ years research, 9 scholarships, a research grant, 3 years teaching college level, and a ton of other things I don't want to go into. My GRE verbal and quant was dreadful. All of this and you look at one day? 
I just think about all the people who have these dreams and worked so hard and long only to face unfair barriers that could get them automatically thrown in a pile where they aren't even considered, and it breaks my heart. It has clear social class, gender, disability, and ethnicity biases. Many programs are indeed discussing this year as a "trial" to see if it will remain optional. We will see how seriously they take their "diversity" claims. They claim they support diversity then weed out more disabled and BIPOC students this way than they seem to care. People may try to claim I am an "outlier" because I am such a strong applicant and did so bad. First, does that mean it's okay to keep doing this knowing it impacts certain oppressed or underrepresented groups because "oh it's just a few people!"?? Second, it is less of an "outlier" problem and more that it literally has processes built in that weeds out certain types of people based on money, disability, accommodations, the set up, etc. regardless of qualifications. It's not "just a few" at all.
The fact that they are suddenly doing something about it during a pandemic and that it took this long is also frustrating. It's like they suddenly cared the moment everyone else had difficulty taking it but didn't when certain groups have always faced barriers like this. If anyone from a program is reading this who can take a stand for underrepresented and oppressed groups, do it. 

This, this, and all of this. So sorry to hear about your experience. I agree, it’s so frustrating to see faculty boast about taking diversity seriously when they have a direct barrier that disadvantages BIPOC & disabled students. Like, if you want diversity, maybe eliminate the strongest barrier first? It’s beyond frustrating. While I’m glad that programs are starting to do away with it, some haven’t... even in this pandemic (Looking at you, UConn). It’s ridiculous. 

I agree. I consider myself a competitive applicant, however, I was set up to fail the GRE. I struggled with addiction in high school, which meant that I also struggled with my education during these years. Basically, I did not fully comprehend the core information presented on the GRE since it is primarily based on high school math and [kind of] english. I was psychologically unwell/not present during the time that these lessons are taught. I do not believe GRE is an adequate predictor of intelligence or success in graduate school, considering how well I have succeeded in undergraduate studies.

I would argue that the fact I have no publications is a huge knock on my application but I was able to recieve interviews. I know that's a huge barrier for many students especially coming from schools with faculty that don't push for publications. And with the other poster, not having the GRE saved my butt. I have a 4.0 GPA for both grad and undergrad but my GRE score was a terrible 300 (148 Q 151 V). 
Edit: I think it says enough about me that I can't add 148 + 151 correctly

Not typically, I'd assume the number difference is because at most schools, half the faculty won't be taking new students and it varies every year.

I don't think fall '21 will be as crazy as fall '20 regarding application numbers, but I'm worried about PI funding and PI's not willing to take students.

I agree, and looking back on just how much work and stress and effort I've put into my college education, knowing that everything I do and every opportunity I take, every bit of research experience and every grade all matters for this moment right now.....it's almost unhealthy to be honest. I think there's a lot of us here that feel exhausted getting to this point because it's years and years in the making sometimes. And in the end, it might not even matter! What does my 4.0 mean compared to the next person's 4.0? Or the other 20 people with 4.0s and years of research experience? etc. etc. etc.
Unfortunately it really comes down to luck, fit, and match with PI when you've got such good stats. Which is frustrating because we judge ourselves, asking if we could have done more to get interviews and acceptances, but sometimes it's not that simple. Even having gotten an interview this cycle, I'm still asking myself why the other 9 programs didn't choose me for an interview ?

Considering my Masters was my back up the first time I applied to PhD, this round my back up would be practicing in the field (getting licensed). I'd obviously continue volunteering in my labs, too. But my fingers are still crossed!

Just wanted to put it out there that this whole thing really sucks. Good to know that everyone else also feels like crap.

School: University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Type: Clinical Health Psychology Ph.D.
Date of invite: 1/14/21 
Type of invite: Email from Program Director with PI cc'd
Interview date(s): 1/29/21
DM for POI: Sure

Lmaoo exactly. Honestly I'm skeptical that GA State actually gave that person an interview ? I just want them to remove posts that aren't results. It's really annoying when people ask questions there

I had the very same thought ?

Yes! Especially the spammer afterward: "read better." Uh, they clearly didn't include the info? What even is happening right now?

Wondering the same thing with that Georgia State post I just saw ?

Sheesh, the results page.  Assuming that everything that poster said was true about their stats regarding LSU.... I think it’s time to have a conversation around having great stats but a low GPA and ultimately getting rejected. Could be other things too, but... I just feel bad 

Hello everyone!
I am wondering if anyone has heard anything from Arizona State University?

Miami University is having interviews on Jan 19 and 22. I think most invites have gone out, but I can't speak for EC specifically. 

me watching everyone post their interview invites on the results page, having not heard a single word from my schools albeit 1 rejection:

Not sure if this question belongs here, do you guys have any "go-to" questions to ask during interviews? I can think of some questions to ask the potential mentor, but what do I ask other faculty members? Any ideas? I feel like most general program questions will be addressed during like the orientation part