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Hi, FutureEd, did you apply to CPEP too? Last year, it seems that acceptances went out around the 16th-20th of January, rejections later. It looks like they're later this year? Good luck!!

I'm applying for the first time, but just want to say thank you to the people who have posted their stories here. As I see notifications posted alongside my empty inbox, it is a great help to see how life and the aspiration to get a PhD are NOT going to end with this year's rejections. You are all an inspiration!

ha, ha, I read these kinds of posts when I was first starting to apply and said, "I'll never do that - how ridiculous!" And where am I now??? hitting refresh..... refresh..... refresh....

I posted this in the psych forum and then found this topic again.... Is the person who posted for Michigan Education & Psychology here? If so, did the chair say anything about other interviews going out? I read in a post from a previous year that CPEP doesn't do interviews... Thanks for helping with anxiety CPEP is one of my top choices.

Is the person who posted for Michigan Education & Psychology here? If so, did the chair say anything about other interviews going out? I read in a post from a previous year that CPEP doesn't do interviews... Thanks for helping with anxiety CPEP is one of my top choices.

Don't worry - once you submit, you have to wait a couple of days for your FAFSA to be registered, and then you can update it. You'll get an email when it's open for updating.

Thanks, emilyrobot I guess the best thing to do is be patient - or call and ask.

Hi Emilyrobot, do you know if all Peabody programs do interviews before decisions? It looks like interview notices went out the third week of January in past years...

I'm in education, not public health, and live in a place where distance education is the only option for an advanced degree. I've done a master's by distance for certification purposes and really didn't learn much. My experience was that the quality of courses varied tremendously by instructor, and there was no way to select alternate courses that might be more rigorous. While a lot of breadth could be accommodated, the online medium really made in-depth discourse rare. So my thoughts would be to do online if there's a specific course you know is good or if the degree is just a hoop you're jumping through for another goal, but to go in person if you want to develop advanced skills or knowledge.

If you still have time, it might be good to call or email and ask. Because... this was/is an issue for me too - I didn't list or request a transcript for a college course taken in high school. When the Grad Admissions office updated my online app status page five days before the deadline, the college was listed, along with "NOT RECEIVED" for the official transcript. Apparently they noticed the credit on my undergrad transcript and wanted a transcript from the original institution even though the application instructions say to list only courses taken after high school.

42 is perfect. I'm 46 and a single mom with one child in college and one in junior high. So if I get in to a Ph.D. program this year, I'll finish at 52 or 53... but do I want to still be drawing a nice salary and sitting in a house by the sea at 52 or do I want to be an impoverished researcher? No contest!