Fall 2019 Psychology PhD Applicants!

[psychxgeekx]

Can you DM the person who got the interview at Purdue the initials of the POI for clinical psychology?

 

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Edited December 7, 2018 by psychxgeekx

[psycinfo]

Has anyone asked professors in their network to reach out to their colleagues that you are applying to work with to look out for your app? The PhD students at the university I work at are encouraging me to do this but I'm so nervous about asking them to do even more work for me after already writing and submitting LOR to 17 schools. I know that they would say yes but I'm still hesitant. 

 

For reference--I contacted everyone I applied to work with directly back in September and indicated that I work with x faculty, who is well known in the field and has worked with many of them. I got a lot of positive responses but nothing really concrete. My GRE scores are not strong (156V/158Q/4.0W). I know that if my app gets looked at my experience and letter writers will carry a lot of weight but I'm concerned that my GRE scores will prevent those things from being seen at some places. 

Has anyone had positive experiences from using their network to get them in the door per se?

Edited December 7, 2018 by SJK01

[dancedementia]

15 hours ago, checkingmyemail said:

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I can understand your sentiment for sure. That said, I think different strokes for different folks applies here. There are some schools that on the surface appear very "diploma mill" ish but with proper connections and/or niches are fine. As an illustrative example, I'm applying to William James - notorious for lower internship match rates, an embedded internship consortium, and lack of financial aid. That said, for folks who are interested in working with lower SES populations in the Boston area, that particular institution has good connections with agencies in the area and can place you there easily starting in Y1. I know colleagues who knew exactly the niche they wanted to work with, and after graduating from that institution, were able to network their way into great jobs in the field. The EPPP is also not that difficult and, assuming the individual is competent, the institution should not have too large of a bearing on pass rates. Perhaps postdoc hours are the greater issue there, I wouldn't know yet.

Perhaps the end goal needs to be clarified. Sure, if you want to be a psychologist at Mount Sinai and TT at an R1, then by no means should you attend a partially funded and/or PsyD program. But if you're content working at a standard PHP in the city and having a little PP on the side, the circumstances definitely change. 

I guess I should also specify that I have a licensable masters, a job offer that will support me through my first few doc years, and a fiance about to finish med school, so my financial circumstances are much different than the straight-out-of-undergrad applicant.

[Kylar]

2 hours ago, petitebiscuit said:

Me while all you clinical people are posting about your interviews....

Yeah I haven’t heard anything from any of my programs and this describes my life all too well...

[petitebiscuit]

2 minutes ago, Kylar said:

Yeah I haven’t heard anything from any of my programs and this describes my life all too well...

I haven’t heard a peep from any schools. BUT somebody else heard from one of mine. They must have had our emails switched ???

[shockwave457]

This waiting game is killing me

[xxxxxxxxxx]

Just now, davidfreire20 said:

This waiting game is killing me

Same. I think what's most difficult for me is that individuals at my workplace/lab who are also applying this app round do not talk about it(?). Everyone is applying to similar schools, very similar interests, and clearly some individuals are much more competitive than others... And it's this weird, day-long, awkward silence in the hallways... 

I guess we can all not talk to each other from now until March? Lol what! People are so silly

[socpsy]

5 minutes ago, petitebiscuit said:

I haven’t heard a peep from any schools. BUT somebody else heard from one of mine. They must have had our emails switched ???

The struggle is real

[socpsy]

1 minute ago, checkingmyemail said:

Same. I think what's most difficult for me is that individuals at my workplace/lab who are also applying this app round do not talk about it(?). Everyone is applying to similar schools, very similar interests, and clearly some individuals are much more competitive than others... And it's this weird, day-long, awkward silence in the hallways... 

I guess we can all not talk to each other from now until March? Lol what! People are so silly

I know! If I didn't have this outlet to talk about it I would go insane since no one else seems to (outwardly) care.

[shockwave457]

Plus the rage I get every time I get some random email that is irrelevant giving me a mini heart attack every few hours 

[xxxxxxxxxx]

3 minutes ago, davidfreire20 said:

Plus the rage I get every time I get some random email that is irrelevant giving me a mini heart attack every few hours 

I literally got a "Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays" e-mail from a school's Graduate Admissions yesterday..... It was SO unnecessary. LOL

[xChrisx]

44 minutes ago, checkingmyemail said:

I literally got a "Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays" e-mail from a school's Graduate Admissions yesterday..... It was SO unnecessary. LOL

?????

[loffire]

4 hours ago, psychxgeekx said:

I am so confused. I sent my GRE scores at the beginning of November. Then one of my schools I applied to says they have not received them on the portal, except on the ETS website it says they received them Nov 21. I call the graduate school to verify and they say its fine they have not received them to review applications, but they need it soon. I called ETS to see if it is an error on their behalf and they say its the grad school fault for not properly retrieving them. Any advice?

 

 

Please bug the school/dept to make sure theyve received everything they need. Especially GRE scores. Usually if you give them a screenshot showing how your name is spelt on ets, your registration number etc + that bit showing when you sent the scores to which school and what code, they should be able to find it. This is important. Not trying to be a fear monger but some schools will toss applications if anything is missing when they convene for reviewing applications.

[loffire]

48 minutes ago, checkingmyemail said:

I literally got a "Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays" e-mail from a school's Graduate Admissions yesterday..... It was SO unnecessary. LOL

Theyre trying to break our spirits. Dont. Let. Them. Win... In retaliation i suggest imbibing copious amounts of spirits

[higaisha]

1 hour ago, checkingmyemail said:

I literally got a "Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays" e-mail from a school's Graduate Admissions yesterday..... It was SO unnecessary. LOL

I would revoke my application goddamn it LOOLLLLL

[aokanlawon]

1 hour ago, checkingmyemail said:

I literally got a "Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays" e-mail from a school's Graduate Admissions yesterday..... It was SO unnecessary. LOL

This happened to me today and my heart could not stop beating for like 10minutes straight. I might need therapy after this.

[xxxxxxxxxx]

2 hours ago, Oluwachristabel said:

?????

 

1 hour ago, higaisha said:

I would revoke my application goddamn it LOOLLLLL

They’re jerks doing this sh*t on purpose LOL.. 

 

53 minutes ago, aokanlawon said:

This happened to me today and my heart could not stop beating for like 10minutes straight. I might need therapy after this.

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Edited December 8, 2018 by checkingmyemail

[PokePsych]

Its all gonna be fine...

eventually.

[Psych1234]

Hi all, this is my first time applying (and using the forum). Just a question for everyone who's applied to Temple -- you were only supposed to upload the person statements and LORs on interfolio right? I just went onto my Temple account and noticed that the application says I did not submit letters or personal statement. PANICKING (sorry I'm all nerves now). 

[ResilientDreams]

1 minute ago, Psych1234 said:

Hi all, this is my first time applying (and using the forum). Just a question for everyone who's applied to Temple -- you were only supposed to upload the person statements and LORs on interfolio right? I just went onto my Temple account and noticed that the application says I did not submit letters or personal statement. PANICKING (sorry I'm all nerves now). 

I applied to Temple!!! Don't worry. It says on the psych website that sometimes your Temple portal will say that you're missing things but you're not really. If you're missing anything they will contact you.

[loffire]

6 hours ago, Psygeek said:

Its all gonna be fine...

eventually.

eventual needs happen a lot sooner hahahaha

[HAC]

On 12/6/2018 at 10:58 PM, EileanDonan said:

Thanks for responding. Sounds like your schedule is insanely busy! I hope you're able to find some time to rest here and there. I'm not sure yet what project I'd be joining, but I don't expect to have issues with time management.

Although, I am somewhat concerned that having research experience that is unrelated to the interests I'll be pursuing might count against me. Has this ever been the case with anyone?

Actually, I have a surprising amount of free time because my jobs in the lab are classified as part time so I can’t work over ~10 hours per project per week. I think the hard part is just mentally organizing and prioritizing what is important in the limited time I am actually at work. 

 

I would say it depends how different the topics are and what type of experience you are getting from working on the project. I think as a pregrad student nobody expects you to be specialized and having a wide range of research skills may be more attractive to a future POI than having less experience. I know that professors I sent my resume to were rather impressed with the breadth of experience I have coming out of undergrad and didn’t seem to be worried that some of research experience is strictly cognitive (i.e. attention research) when I am applying to social psych programs. Good luck ?!

[HAC]

15 hours ago, petitebiscuit said:

Me while all you clinical people are posting about your interviews....

Haha ? this speaks to my soul ?

[loffire]

I have compiled some resources I found with regard to datelines. PLEASE DON'T USE THIS TO FEED YOUR ANXIETY

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hJFI7od93wXNHfLiUl0pv4lPUsueRmVg_6N85xgFQd8/edit#gid=0

https://imgur.com/a/CGVa9

https://fretpwner.shinyapps.io/GradCafeStatistics/

I think generally the spike comes around slightly after christmas

[petitebiscuit]

To the University of Oregon interview poster, do you mind posting which program/POI you applied to?