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Hey all, I realize this question has probably been asked a lot, but any advice would be appreciated. I got accepted to a super awesome school with a very generous stipend. I've gotten three other rejections, so I'm just waiting to hear back from two other places. So, while this school wasn't at the top of my list to begin with, during my interview I fell in love with it and really hit it off with a professor. The other two schools would have to make extremely generous offers in order to tempt me. So in emailing with my PoI, she asked me if I was going to be attending. I feel really rude, and like I'm leading her on (I know, silly, right?) by not telling her that I will accept, but she seems very excited about me. So my question is, should I just accept? Should I say that I have every intention of accepting but I'm waiting on other decisions? Or should I just be vague and wait? Thanks for your help!

Hi. I'm applying this fall for a PhD in Quantitative Psychology, and I was just wondering if there were any others out there who have applied/are applying in this field. It's such a small, overlooked field that I really would like to find some more information. I mention it to my professors and they just give me blank stares. One thing I'm curious about is what the acceptance rates are for these kinds of programs. I have a GPA of ~3.75, a GRE Verbal of 710, Quantitative of 780, and an Analytical Writing of 5.0. I'm also graduating a year early, which a rather pissy graduate adviser told me would count against me, but I don't have a lot of choice thanks to family finances. Another thing is, my undergrad school is pretty small (Bucknell), and I've taken the only upper-level quant psych course they offer, Advanced Psych Stats, and I'm getting a minor in Statistics, but I still have no idea what my research focus is, which I know I'll have to talk about in my applications. I love statistics and I love applying working with them and analyzing data, but I feel like I really don't know enough to pick a specific sub-domain. And my professors are no help, due to the aforementioned black stares. Thanks for any responses. ^__^