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SharperImage, rest assured that your UC graduate chances remain unchanged by the CA budget cutbacks for undergraduate admissions. You can read more about it in a link posted to the "admissions" section in the thread titled something like "I wonder how this will affect CA public institutions". (Sorry, I don't know how to paste a link from another part of this website.) It explicitly states that graduate enrollment is safe from these cutbacks. So, yay for you -- your chances are still good! (And mine, too. )

Okay, what the heck... 8 apps: 1 acceptances 1 waitlist 6 rejections ...and a partridge in a pear tree.

steveotron: Sorry to hear that. I expect to be writing a similar update about WashU soon myself. Darn it, though, that there wasn't an update on my status page! A few more "brew and stew" days are likely in my future. Good luck, everyone!

hrcharron: I can confidently tell you that if you are a no show for the GRE, no schools will know and nothing is reported. It's as if you were never scheduled to take the exam as far as schools know. So, no worries.

zhukora: Thanks for this cogent debrief and the link to the UC press release. I wish you the best with your own position!

digits2006: I'm not comfortable posting my stats publicly but will share that I have a fair amount of research experience (independent projects, R.A., etc.) but do not have a publication - yet! It appears that you are highly motivated and will be participating in a summer program to gain additional research experience -- which is great! -- and it will surely help to compensate a lower than typical GPA for social psychology Ph.D. applicants. Keep in mind that programs also consider the types of courses you've taken (i.e., a well-rounded course load with a healthy mix of hard & social science classes and math classes). So, if your GPA is a bit lower because you've taken a more challenging course load, this will likely be factored into their evaluation of your transcript. It sounds like you're on the right track so good luck with your studies and keep up the research. And start studying for your GREs. One of the easiest things you can do to get yourself prepped is to create & review your verbal flash cards now; it will make it a lot easier when you need to knuckle down to brush up on your math and learn the reading comprehension and essay strategies as the test date draws nearer.

Hello! Just wanted to throw my hat in the ring and share that I, too, am applying to social psych Ph.D. programs this year. I'm not comfortable naming all the schools I applied to or listing my stats quite yet, but good luck to all you social psych'ers applying this year! FWIW, I've only heard from one West coast school (12/15 deadline) about an interview thus far...waiting on all the others! One of my advisors said I shouldn't expect to hear from most of the social psych programs until Feb/March so I'm working hard on not obsessing over the results page.