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Actually, I'm not sure this is entirely accurate. One program I applied to specifically said my Q score is what kept me out.

It seems like all emails were sent out on Saturday.

Does anyone have any insight as to if the emails were POI driven or automated? In the past I'd got the impression it was one generic email for the invite :/

More waiting. Sigh.

I would be all like... O_O P.S I was so shocked by your advisor I forgot to answer the question! Mine all still say "submitted" or "complete".

Yeah I saw that too, but that was only one person :/ Either way, probably safer to go with what's on the webpage. If you happen to get accepted without an interview, all the better!

Yeah, the website makes it seem interviews are a prerequisite for admission...

Mine still says "submitted", which seems to be the norm (remember the PhD app is through FAS not HGSE, and so is slightly different). According to the results page, interviewees should be hearing back tomorrow or early next week!

Good to know! I wonder if this both Comp Neuro and the normal Neuro (I noticed on the results page these two strands of the GPN program tend to do things slightly differently)

At a picnic with a number of pre-med/biology undergrads and a few biology/immunology graduate students, the general conversation was about being a poor student and not being able to afford things. Towards the end of the group convo, one of the undergrads goes "Yayyy for being a poor scientist". The grad student: "You're not a scientist. You're just poor". *awkward silence*

Depends on the school; schools with more money (read: private schools) tend to be in a better position to reimburse travel for interviews. It has nothing to do with your "standing".

On the upside R has pretty solid documentation - yeah the output can be a little messy but once you get used to it it really isn't too bad.

I hear this, but I feel like there would be much easier ways of identifying me if someone truly cared that much! Now, I wouldn't post POI + GRE scores, but I really appreciated others posting their scores when I was reviewing previous results - I know others will find it useful in the future, too.

I haven't heard anything and haven't heard of anyone hearing from them.. Based the results page, they don't typically get back to applicants until the end of January - the interview weekend isn't til March after all.

Fair enough, I'm not denying it's competitive - I'm just not sure how much the "new program" aspect factors into how attractive it is to applicants. Additionally, I did my masters at HGSE and everyone I've talked to about the program seems to agree there is still a lot of disorganization and unknowns since there are quite a few departures from the EdD - including admissions. Either way, I guess there is little point in analyzing at this point! Seems like interviews should be going out in the next week or so.

Is this really the case? I feel like a new program like this would be still relatively unknown without any data as to the future of its graduates. I guess it is Harvard, which makes it competitive in itself, but I figured competitive applicants would be more likely to apply to established programs with developed reputations.

Even better, here is an open spreadsheet someone on here started a year or so ago. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AleHkppLmYnIdDdlaTBEcXQzM1Z6RTM0enJJdVJLZnc#gid=0 Let's keep it updated!

Would the international who posted a rejection for the Human Development PhD care to elaborate? Are they already sending out rejections?

Definitely don't give up - don't let some dick ruin your ambitions; if so, it will only foster greater resentment and regret later on. You can do it!

Nope, nothing yet. According to the results page, interview requests go out at the end of the 3rd week of January (i.e. end of next week!).

Your best option is to let program A know that you have a scheduling conflict and (courteously) ask them if there is a possibility of rescheduling. If they only have 1 interview/visit day, they will probably want to do a skype interview. They won't outright reject you because you have a scheduling conflict.

My day usually goes like this: Go to lab > check GradCafe/Results page (20 mins) > misc. online procrastination (10 mins) > Ok time to do work (10 mins later) check GradCafe/Results page (20 mins) > misc. online procrastination (10 mins) > Ok time to do work repeat until 5.30 PM. ...You get the idea. :/

There are no interviews for the masters programs. Acceptances usually go out in the first week of March .

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