DrErica

Thanks so much for the info! I received an email from Tufts today and just about had a heart attack when I saw it! Of course when I opened it there was no useful information only "The department is completing its review of applications and decision letters will be mailed out shortly". I just hope they update the online status soon and maybe I can actually enjoy my weekend - stress free! (What a concept)

LadyL - Could you share how your friend found out they were rejected? Letter, email, online status? Also - what area did they apply to (if you know). I'm probably irritating you all by now, but as you can see I LIVE on this forum and for any updates regarding Tufts

Hmm...so am I correct in assuming than that everyone here who applied to Tufts has either been waitlisted or has heard nothing? Not one single acceptance yet? That's not encouraging! I do know my POI mentioned possible funding issues - I wonder if the whole department is going through that and how many students, if any, they will be accepting! My view on waitlisting is that it means one of two things: 1. They have made their decisions on who they will offer admission to and none of those people happen to frequent this board 2. They are all waiting to hear about funding and don't want to offer admission to anyone yet. The second theory sounds more encouraging to those who have been waitlisted! Good luck to us all

Hmm...well I'm assuming since both people who were waitlisted today had interviews and I didn't that I'm not even in the running While I still haven't heard anything from anyone applying to the area I did (biological) I suspect that if the two areas you both applied to have made their acceptance and waitlist decisions that mine did as well and I need to start working on my Plan B. Oh, sad day. [note to self, apply to more than one program next year!]

Nilla - Thanks for the update!!! I had to break down and email them last week also - at least you could hold off longer than I did lol. To the person that posted in the results search - which area did you apply to? If you don't mind sharing Sorry to hear you wern't accepted - but it sounds like their just waiting on funding! At least you heard something and it wasn't a rejection!!

Thanks for the info LadyL I couldn't take it anymore and broke down and emailed them today lol. My prof said it wouldn't be inappropriate to just ask where the admissions committee was at in the decision process so I did and got the standard reply "We are in the process of evaluating applications" BLAH! I just want to know when to expect a decision so I can quit stressing until then!

Well congrats on even getting a phone interview! I looked up Dr. Kiln and she has done some very interesting research! I initally wanted to do Clinical Neuropsych...but changed my mind after hearing all the horror stories about clinical programs and talking to some clinicans who are very unhappy with their careers! What kind of questions did she ask? Did she give any indication as to when final choices would be made? I'm starting to feel as though most of the applications have been reviewed, at least partially, and if I don't hear something soon about some sort of interview than I may need to start working on my plan B. Sorry for all the questions - I know all this worrying won't change my chances of getting accepted or not, but I can't help it

According to the Results Search here - most notifications were sent out in early march in 2008 and 2007. I absolutely, positively CANNOT wait that long! Another MONTH!!! Argh - I'm actually getting behind on finishing my thesis and grading papers for my classes because I'm so worried sick about this lol. Well - that's the excuse I'm using anyways

LadyL and Cupcake - what areas did you apply to? Who is your POI? For me it's Biopsychology, and Drs. Cook and Debold....I'm curious to know if anyone has heard from that area!!

I'm becoming more bald as we speak lol. I only applied there for a few different reasons. 1. I really liked their program/professors/interests 2. I didn't find any other schools that I 'fell in love with' 3. I couldn't afford to send out many app's 4. I soooo want to live up north (in Florida now) I could have applied to a few others, money would have been a slight issue, but the biggest reason is because I really thought about it and asked myself "Would I actually go there if I got accepted"...and for every school except Tufts the answer was 'probably not'. So - I am DREADING any email/notification from Tufts because it is the end-all-be-all for me! Plus - I had no idea how hard Tufts was to get into (according to the websites I've been reading) so knowing that, I'm not sure what my chances even are I just want the waiting to be over!!

I'm so glad to finally find some fellow Tufts applicants! Lets all please update eachother if we hear anything! The wait is driving me nuts - checking my email a thousand times a day, checking their online status equally as crazy - I just want to know lol. I'm still searching for some admissions stats for them. How many people typically apply? get in? Average stats for those admitted? Why does Tufts do this to us!?

Thank you so much for responding! I applied to the Biological area...so I'm still holding out hope to hear from them I looked through the results from last year and it seems most acceptance notices went out the first week in March, so if I don't hear anything by mid-march than I'll start to worry! I was wondering about their interview protocol - I didn't see anything about it on their webpage (which was definitely lacking a lot of information in my opinion - like average GRE scores and GPAs!) and didn't know if they did formal interviews. Do you know anything about that? Did you just set up phone interviews with your POIs? Sorry for all the questions - Tufts is my one and only choice so I have a lot riding on this! I hope your interview goes well and we both start in the Fall at Tufts!

I saw today on the Results that someone who applied to the Psych program at Tufts heard from their potential advisors. Congrats!!! If you can - would you share what area you applied to? I'm ANXIOUSLY waiting to hear from Tufts - it was the ONLY school I applied at and I couldn't possibly be more nervous that I am right now!! Thanks!