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humankoko- did you hear anything from Brown? I see it's scratched out on your signature...

Turns out my name was spelled wrong on fee waiver so application was late for some unknown amount of time. Contacted the office today when I realized what had happened, they told me interview invitations had been sent. It was my first choice, it sucks.

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Does anyone know if some social psych programs accept students without interviews? Or if some wait list you without an interview?

Some schools do accept without an interview (OSU comes to mind from when I was accepted a few years back), however you'd have been notified by now in that case. Many will waitlist without an interview and wait to contact until they start getting declines from accepted students--this is how I got into 2 additional schools (Tufts & UVa) after I'd already picked a grad program--however, in both cases I was called and told that I was on the waitlist and asked around late February if I would like to be on the waitlist of if I had already chosen a program. Many programs however will only accept people who either interviewed or were invited to the visiting weekend (non-interview acceptance like at OSU but will only pick from the group that visits). I'm at Northwestern--we only accept people who interview, and even if they all decline we don't extend any other invites...we sent invites to interview several weeks ago.

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Yeah, I think it varies. At my school, there is a prof who, this year, interviewed five stellar people but got a bad "vibe" from all of them. Late February, he calls up another five and brings them in for an unofficial interview and accepts someone from that group.

However, I do think this is an exceptionally rare occurrence. I'm trying not to let myself hope for a situation like that, because I feel it would be a false hope and I don't think I could intentionally set myself up for that kind of disappointment.

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Yeah, I think it varies. At my school, there is a prof who, this year, interviewed five stellar people but got a bad "vibe" from all of them. Late February, he calls up another five and brings them in for an unofficial interview and accepts someone from that group.

However, I do think this is an exceptionally rare occurrence. I'm trying not to let myself hope for a situation like that, because I feel it would be a false hope and I don't think I could intentionally set myself up for that kind of disappointment.

Another (rare) possibility is for programs to do a second round of interviews (according to my prof/advisor). This would probably depend on the school though, and even then seems more of an anomaly than anything...I'm just passing along the shreds of hope to which I'm clinging.

@Watson: Thanks for the info! I didn't know UVa would accept people off the waitlist without an interview, so that's good to know.

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Has anyone heard from Michigan State's social program or know someone who has? There is nothing on the results board so far, but pretty much all of MSU's other programs have sent out notifications so I'm curious.

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For those who are still waiting for Berkeley, my friend told me that she called and asked the department yesterday. She was told that interviews were sent. Only 7 students were asked for an interview, which means they are anticipating accepting about 5 or 6. This year is extremely difficult...

Boston College post, could you tell me your POI too? Congratulations!! Good luck to everyone.

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For those who are still waiting for Berkeley, my friend told me that she called and asked the department yesterday. She was told that interviews were sent. Only 7 students were asked for an interview, which means they are anticipating accepting about 5 or 6. This year is extremely difficult...

:( Oh well, I wasn't really expecting an interview there anyway.

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Do all social programs interview?

No. And those that do are a more informal interview than with Clinical (i.e., you don't need to wear a suit, but this is still an interview so be on good behavior--you wouldn't believe some of the things I've seen!). I know several (excellent) programs accept without interview (ex. OSU), but only take from the people invited to the visiting weekend, others accept more people after the weekend if they get a lot of declines...they will usually happen in March and generally happen with an informal phone interview and/or an email/call saying you're on a waitlist.

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No. And those that do are a more informal interview than with Clinical (i.e., you don't need to wear a suit, but this is still an interview so be on good behavior--you wouldn't believe some of the things I've seen!). I know several (excellent) programs accept without interview (ex. OSU), but only take from the people invited to the visiting weekend, others accept more people after the weekend if they get a lot of declines...they will usually happen in March and generally happen with an informal phone interview and/or an email/call saying you're on a waitlist.

Are you saying to not wear a suit the interviews? And what do you mean by the comment about accepting without interviews. Are you saying that they accept you but won't take you unless you go to visiting weekend...?

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Are you saying to not wear a suit the interviews? And what do you mean by the comment about accepting without interviews. Are you saying that they accept you but won't take you unless you go to visiting weekend...?

I was planning on wearing a suit to an interview :(

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I was planning on wearing a suit to an interview :(

So was I. And I think I still will... You can always dress down a suit if you need to based on what everyone else is wearing. Just take off your jacket and your tie, just your jacket, or just your tie. You can also swap your suit pants for dark jeans and leave off the tie.

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Ok good, I have not gotten interview invites yet to any of my programs but they don't have any info on their websites about interviews. Many of the deadlines for apps were Jan 15 so I thought I wouldn't hear back until Feb at the earliest. I am beginning to think I may be completely wrong. I goes its possible that my programs don't interview but I guess maybe they do and I just assume that Im rejected?

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Regarding the suits:

Social psych interviews are less formal than clinical ones. If you're worried, just ask a grad student at the program (or the POI who invited you) what you're expected to wear. At NU, we tell you not to come in a suit/tie...I'd suggest slacks and a button-down shirt, nice but not super formal. The few people who come in ties/jackets usually feel awkwardly overdressed and take them off but then are carrying them around all day.

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Are you saying to not wear a suit the interviews? And what do you mean by the comment about accepting without interviews. Are you saying that they accept you but won't take you unless you go to visiting weekend...?

I meant that some schools that don't interview but have a visiting weekend will make offers and invite those students to visit (already accepted but as a way to woo them into picking that school). Only people offered a place before the visit will be accepted--no new offers later. However, (to answer your question) if you're invited to visit and choose NOT to attend the visiting weekend, they won't withdraw your offer....but I can't see a good reason to select a program you didn't bother going to the visiting weekend for if invited. If you got 2 invites to visit schools on the same weekend, tell one program and they'll usually work out another day for you to visit.

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