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I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I GOT MY FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY INTERVIEW INVITE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! The interviews are literally next week (like a 2 day notice lol). Would it hurt my chances if I picked a later interview date from the options given to me? Should I speak to the grad students before the prof?

I think for some schools this is true, though UNC Chapel Hill specifically said on their website that all interview invites had been extended. I'm in the same boat as you all, no official rejection yet but 100% sure I am not even close to being waitlisted lol 

How come some people got official UNC rejections? I'm 99% sure I didn't get an interview but I didn't get an email either, would prefer to get one just for closure. 

that's optimistic, and here I was thinking that I'm not even worthy enough for an official rejection hahaha 

How come some people got official UNC rejections? I'm 99% sure I didn't get an interview but I didn't get an email either, would prefer to get one just for closure. 

How come some people got official UNC rejections? I'm 99% sure I didn't get an interview but I didn't get an email either, would prefer to get one just for closure. 

On the note of competitiveness, diversity, and disadvantages - have any of you who have interviewed noticed just how many white applicants and white grad students there are in the labs you're applying to? I know whiteness doesn't = inherent advantages 100% of the time, but it feels very weird to me the faculty, current grad, and applicant racial and diversity background that still seems homogenous..

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but yes – invitations for interview day have been extended. I know that is not the news that you want to hear. I know how extremely nerve-racking this application process can be. I remember your application quite well and rated it very well. I thought that you were very prepared for a PhD program. I am sure that others will see that too. I remember that our interests significantly overlapped and that you have a history of community interventions. I thought that was very neat. I ultimately extended invitations to three other candidates. I know this won’t be much of a consolation, but the competition this year was very tough. We had many stellar applicants. In fact, I had over 85 applicants (including yourself) apply to work with me. You were towards the top of the list. " 
  U of South Carolina invites have been extended in case anyone was still wondering 

Thank you for that, it's nice to not feel alone. 
 
Unfortunately, a lot of things are complicating my situations. Visa issues, long distance relationships and personal finances so this was probably my first and last try to apply for Clinical Psych. Prepped my whole undergrad for it (like everyone else here I am sure), today just feels dim...as if I let a lot of people down. I know I won't feel this in the morning but it seems almost cruel, commuted for hours to work at a lab where I did grunt work before I could get to write a paper, gave up many many many outings and opportunities to make good memories with friends all with the goal of getting into a clinical psych program. I am so appreciative of the sweet reply this prof gave me but it just makes me feel a little mad at the world cause it feels like I literally couldn't have done any more than I did hahah ok sorry. emo rant over. 

Thank you for that, it's nice to not feel alone. 
 
Unfortunately, a lot of things are complicating my situations. Visa issues, long distance relationships and personal finances so this was probably my first and last try to apply for Clinical Psych. Prepped my whole undergrad for it (like everyone else here I am sure), today just feels dim...as if I let a lot of people down. I know I won't feel this in the morning but it seems almost cruel, commuted for hours to work at a lab where I did grunt work before I could get to write a paper, gave up many many many outings and opportunities to make good memories with friends all with the goal of getting into a clinical psych program. I am so appreciative of the sweet reply this prof gave me but it just makes me feel a little mad at the world cause it feels like I literally couldn't have done any more than I did hahah ok sorry. emo rant over. 

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but yes – invitations for interview day have been extended. I know that is not the news that you want to hear. I know how extremely nerve-racking this application process can be. I remember your application quite well and rated it very well. I thought that you were very prepared for a PhD program. I am sure that others will see that too. I remember that our interests significantly overlapped and that you have a history of community interventions. I thought that was very neat. I ultimately extended invitations to three other candidates. I know this won’t be much of a consolation, but the competition this year was very tough. We had many stellar applicants. In fact, I had over 85 applicants (including yourself) apply to work with me. You were towards the top of the list. " 
  U of South Carolina invites have been extended in case anyone was still wondering 

Thank you for that, it's nice to not feel alone. 
 
Unfortunately, a lot of things are complicating my situations. Visa issues, long distance relationships and personal finances so this was probably my first and last try to apply for Clinical Psych. Prepped my whole undergrad for it (like everyone else here I am sure), today just feels dim...as if I let a lot of people down. I know I won't feel this in the morning but it seems almost cruel, commuted for hours to work at a lab where I did grunt work before I could get to write a paper, gave up many many many outings and opportunities to make good memories with friends all with the goal of getting into a clinical psych program. I am so appreciative of the sweet reply this prof gave me but it just makes me feel a little mad at the world cause it feels like I literally couldn't have done any more than I did hahah ok sorry. emo rant over. 

Thank you, yeah I was expecting to get this one so I am kind of sad ?  I knew clin psych was hard and now I'm just going through an existential crisis that I know more about the clin psych application process than I do about the field itself and I'm starting to consider if this is the only path to achieve what I want. It just seems insanely taxing. 

Thank you for that, it's nice to not feel alone. 
 
Unfortunately, a lot of things are complicating my situations. Visa issues, long distance relationships and personal finances so this was probably my first and last try to apply for Clinical Psych. Prepped my whole undergrad for it (like everyone else here I am sure), today just feels dim...as if I let a lot of people down. I know I won't feel this in the morning but it seems almost cruel, commuted for hours to work at a lab where I did grunt work before I could get to write a paper, gave up many many many outings and opportunities to make good memories with friends all with the goal of getting into a clinical psych program. I am so appreciative of the sweet reply this prof gave me but it just makes me feel a little mad at the world cause it feels like I literally couldn't have done any more than I did hahah ok sorry. emo rant over. 

Thank you, yeah I was expecting to get this one so I am kind of sad ?  I knew clin psych was hard and now I'm just going through an existential crisis that I know more about the clin psych application process than I do about the field itself and I'm starting to consider if this is the only path to achieve what I want. It just seems insanely taxing. 

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but yes – invitations for interview day have been extended. I know that is not the news that you want to hear. I know how extremely nerve-racking this application process can be. I remember your application quite well and rated it very well. I thought that you were very prepared for a PhD program. I am sure that others will see that too. I remember that our interests significantly overlapped and that you have a history of community interventions. I thought that was very neat. I ultimately extended invitations to three other candidates. I know this won’t be much of a consolation, but the competition this year was very tough. We had many stellar applicants. In fact, I had over 85 applicants (including yourself) apply to work with me. You were towards the top of the list. " 
  U of South Carolina invites have been extended in case anyone was still wondering 

It’s quite literally the most competitive graduate program to get into. Full stop. Even more than medical school, unfortunately  I wish there were more accredited programs to keep up with the demand. 

Sorry to hear this :(. I think I also applied to this PI and just want to say, and I know this gets repeated over and over, but that getting rejected doesn't say anything about us or our abilities. Sometimes its funding, sometimes it's match, sometimes it's because we don't have a specific skill they are looking for but we WILL find someone eventually who sees our potential!
I believe in all of us here and we'll get there even if it's not on the timeline we had originally imagined.