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Temple University - Organizational Behavior Ph.D.

This was so helpful, thank you! Very much what I'm looking for.

Hi everyone! My partner is applying to PhD programs next Fall in Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and School Psychology as her research interests are focused on children and the classroom, peer interactions, etc. With that being said, she does struggle with the GRE. For those that have just went through the PhD process and have taken the GRE or are familiar with applying to the subfields below, how competitive do the GREs need to be for these programs? Also, out of the 3 programs, can you rank the subfields from most to least competitive (in regards to general program selectivity)? She plans to apply to ~20 schools (about 6-7 in each area). Any information (subjective or objective) is helpful at this point as we look to prepare. Thank you!

Congrats to everyone who got accepted! See you guys at SIOP!

Hey, Are any admitted applicants from the Fox School of Business attending tomorrow? Looking to meet the other Organizational Behavior admits!

UNO has made their decisions although not released yet! Decisions were made last week - was informed that I was being admitted when I let them know I was accepting an offer. I Hope this helps!

Admitted to Penn State tonight for 100% (PhD only) admit rate; UNO is MA/PhD and Villanova was Masters only (albeit funded).

Has anyone heard from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO)?

You can obviously get a PhD.

About how long after being notified by either PIs or the admissions staff does it usually take for admissions decisions in portals to be reflected? One of my programs said within 2 business days on Thursday and it's still showing up as "under review."

Applied to 2 PhDs in OB: Temple, Drexel (Admitted to both) All other programs were I/O

Villanova just released some early decisions yesterday!

Villanova released some early decisions yesterday.

Hi! I applied to Penn State IO's program which is honestly nothing short of outstanding! The interview experience was great. With that being said, I have two schools in mind I am considering, but it will all come down to funding at this point. Realistically, I am leading to one program in particular, but I am waiting for other results of schools first to see if I am overlooking something.

I haven't heard from UNO, I am waiting to hear back from them as well. Saint Louis has extended admissions, I saw someone on Twitter with an admission from PI: CR. That's all I know, wishing you the best of luck!

Where else did you apply?

Hey, This was for the PhD program. I have been chasing after Montclair since 2018 though before they even made official their PhD program.

Hi, I received a call from the Director of the program!

Yes! Montclair's program is new, fresh, and innovative to say the least! It's definitely in my top 3. For me, however, funding is going to be the deciding factor in where I choose. Thank you, by the way!

Hey, just some updates... Admitted to Drexel's OB Admitted to Temple's OB Admitted to Montclair's I/O Still waiting on UN - Omaha Penn State's interview weekend is tonight I'm declining all other schools requests for any interviews, etc. Wishing you all the best of luck! Congratulations to all of the other admits in I/O. I look forward to seeing you at SIOP/AOM!

I applied to a few of each types of programs and OB does have its benefits-mostly being tied to money and the ability to transfer seamlessly between I/O programs and OB programs. Apparently, you can move from an I/O degree into OB, but it is slightly more difficult. Oh, also...OB is strictly preparing students for careers in research/academia, whereas I/O favors the scientist-practitioner method. Something to think about...

Have you been contacted by a student to get more information on the interview days yet? I heard from SH via email/Zoom and then he told me a student would contact me, but haven't heard anything since. Look forward to seeing you that weekend if all goes well!

Thank you so much! So I listed JL, AG, and SH on my application...SH is the PI who reached out to me.

Montclair should be receiving decisions next week officially, I heard from my PI. I was also contacted by a PI from Penn State for a meeting tomorrow. It sounds like next week is really going to be serious!

I've heard back from 3 places so far, but one of them is from an Organizational Behavior program (very closely linked with I/O as I'm sure you're aware).