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7 minutes ago, CoffeeErryday said:
Maybe not. Because I emailed my POI today asking if TC interview invites were sent out and he said yes... oh well.
Do you mind DMing or sharing your POI? Totally okay if you're not comfortable!
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1 hour ago, PsychBear92 said:
I know exactly how you feel. I'm the first in my family to ~consider~ grad school. I have explained these exact things to them, but I still get the same "well you graduated from blah and you have a good GPA, I'm sure you'll get into tons of places." My mom says "well.... have you considered applying to [alma mater]?" except their clinical psych program is just as competitive (if not more) as others, and I don't have a POI there. My brother will tell me "well if it's so difficult then apply to CSU Chico," which doesn't have anything I'm interested in, but he sees as a cheaper school and is the solution. I also feel that I am so far behind my peers because I earned my bachelor's at 27, and this is why I will never catch up to being competitive or I will in my 40's and get my PhD at 50.
It's so frustrating that you are seen as gifted and talented by your family, but the field doesn't acknowledge your potential. Sometimes the gap between expectations and reality feels like gaslighting. It's so exhausting to explain to family and friends how arduous this process is because it's not considered as "elite" as medical school.
I encourage you to continue validating your own experience and feelings because they are very real. Also, remember to take care of yourself ❤️
Thank you for your kind words! I love the way you put that - it does feel like gaslighting by myself lol! Same, first person in my family to pursue a PhD. Sometimes the advice is hard to deal with! When I told my mom about the soft rejections, she was like "don't say that, you never know!". Well, I do know hahaha. I saw someone else say this and it resonated with me - in 10 years, you'll still be 40, degree or no degree. I relate to the impulse of feeling behind, but we're all on our own timelines.
I want to give everyone going through this incredibly difficult time a hug (or high-five) to be honest. Such a supportive environment full of future clinicians/researchers.
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Warning - just a general vent, nothing productive to be found here!
I'm feeling frustrated by others (whether family, friends, strangers) saying they're surprised by lack of success in the interview process, even after I explain the low acceptance rates. It feels stressful to explain the situation to them. I acknowledge a few things - this is my first round applying, I did have one informal and one formal coming up, but it still is incredibly frustrating when I feel like I should be more competitive? Which again, I acknowledge is an incredibly privileged statement, considering just HOW qualified everyone is. Just feeling a little disenchanted with this general field - feels like I should have been preparing from 18 to garner the amount of experience necessary.
The general advice of getting more research through an RA position/post-bacc is harmful too - these jobs are usually low paying, with not much career growth outside of preparation for graduate programs. This is certainly not feasible for everyone. I'm lucky to have a good position, but am frustrated by the amount of times this is spouted off as the advice for being more competitive. I know this is not an okay reality for so many people.
This isn't ire towards anyone in particular, except for an incredibly competitive process with limited spots, riddled with gatekeeping, while incredible mental health needs exist. Rant over!
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19 minutes ago, psychg said:
Hi everybody! I'm new here, this is my first app cycle. Wishing luck to you all! As for me.. still haven't heard back from a single school and losing my cool very quickly seeing other people post acceptances. I've seen some people mention some schools that I applied to won't be inviting people until the first week of feb for later feb/march interview dates. I haven't seen anybody mention UC Colorado springs or U of Arizona. Has anybody heard from either of these schools?
I reached out to UofA clinical program coordinator who said interviews were sent out already and copied the grad student coordinator to confirm (who hasn't yet, but I'm not feeling too optimistic).
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Hello! Has anyone heard from the University of Arizona or Arizona State? Both have been surprisingly sparse on the results page.
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23 minutes ago, Copingwithcarbs said:
Does anyone know if University of Memphis (specifically TH) or Duke (specifically KD) have extended all interview invites? Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure about the UofM PI specifically, but I believe all invites have been extended for their interview date (2/5).
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16 minutes ago, PhD1Day said:
Would it be frowned upon to send the PI I interviewed with (early last week) a quick email requesting an update? my work morale is so low due to this
I think this is fine! I did the same after a preliminary and was told after I followed-up I was waitlisted due to funding issues and they'll reach out if they secure more. It gave me more peace of mind rather than waiting for an answer. The worst thing that can happen is they don't respond (which is the same as your current situation).
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41 minutes ago, Oxford_comma2 said:
Anyone know someone with non traditional background? Looking at these professors, they all got a BS in psych or neuro, a masters in clinical (usually) and a PhD in clinical psych.
I majored in Bio with some post-bacc RA experience/authorship, stats, cs, and neuro credits— but I’ve also been teaching HS bio for years at this point. I know I have some insight into adolescents and a decent thesis idea because of my experience but out of all the programs I’ve seen, I’ve found only one professor (at Harvard) that was a teacher before getting a PhD. Am I delusional or just rare?
(I’m first gen too, so that doesn’t help with the imposter syndrome ?)
I’m also somewhat first gen (depends on the definition but the first to pursue PhD in my family) with a natural sciences degree (literally NO pure psychology coursework, only related courses), but with research experience. I think it’s becoming more common to have non traditional backgrounds from what I’ve heard from through my network, but that probably hasn’t trickled up to the faculty level yet.
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45 minutes ago, soobak said:
I haven't heard anything and I applied as well! I haven't even seen any official interviews posted anywhere (here, reddit, etc.) so I'm not sure if they did it sneakily or just really late to the party?
Hope it's the latter!
Thank you! I saw a few on the results page with interviews on a specific date coming up, so I wasn't sure if those were interviews for a specific PI or an official day organized by the school...either way, will try to be patient.
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Hello! If anyone has heard from the University of South Carolina, is there a formal interview date?
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Longtime lurker, but I wanted to add a note similar to what schizometric said. I had an informal interview, and the PI let me know that the school received a record-breaking # of applications and they're taking their time to do their due diligence. They are also facing some funding uncertainties (as you know, most programs confirm funding for xx # of years), so they want to make sure funding is still in place before proceeding with offers so their timelines will be delayed this year.
This is my first cycle and I know how stressful this all is - I hope we are practicing some healthy distancing from here and other online forums! I personally have been playing a lot of stardew valley to cope.
Fall 2021 Clinical & Counseling PhD/PsyD
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Hello! Has anyone heard back from University of Memphis after interviewing?