Gepetto13 Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 I was hoping that wasn't the case! Why not?
CAda Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 UT Austin has sent out its invites. Do you know if they sent out invites for all psych? I'm interested in developmental...
EastCoasting Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Not 100% sure, since I was referring to Social, but I know social sent its out quite a while back.
PsychSecret Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 SocialConstruction, on 06 Jan 2014 - 1:25 PM, said: U Mich this year did acceptances without interviews, but invited accepted students to a visit weekend Feb 21-22, so I guess it's possible. But is there any way to tell if specific schools have interview weekends or not/ what their process is? Do you know if U Mich is done sending out invites/acceptances?
Good-Luck Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Do you know if U Mich is done sending out invites/acceptances? I saw a lot of people posting rejection of social psych at Michigan. Did you get an email?
Stroop_There_It_Is Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) I saw a lot of people posting rejection of social psych at Michigan. Did you get an email? Yes indeed! Nicely worded, but to the slightly dream-crushing point. Edited January 29, 2014 by Stroop_There_It_Is
PsychSecret Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I saw a lot of people posting rejection of social psych at Michigan. Did you get an email? Yes indeed! Nicely worded, but to the slightly dream-crushing point. Me too, and ditto to Stroop. At least we know now...
SocialConstruction Posted January 29, 2014 Author Posted January 29, 2014 Me too, and ditto to Stroop. At least we know now... I received it too, sadly. But I think this year really was a challenging year for admission at UMich. Multiple people in the results section had quant and verbal scores above 160 -- so perhaps it's less about what we lack, and more about how INSANE the competition was. Best of luck to everyone throughout the rest of this grueling process!
Socially Awkward Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Multiple people in the results section had quant and verbal scores above 160 -- so perhaps it's less about what we lack, and more about how INSANE the competition was. I'll never understand our need to take the GRE considering there are people with rejections that have scores at or above 160 in both Quant and Verbal, as well as some rejected with scores at or below 150, and similarly an acceptance with scores below 150. The whole GRE process seems arbitrary if GRE scores aren't even taken into account.
ihatechoosingusernames Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Just heard back from Wayne State...reeeeeeejecteddddddd... First news of the season too. Shoot.
FinallyAccepted Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I'll never understand our need to take the GRE considering there are people with rejections that have scores at or above 160 in both Quant and Verbal, as well as some rejected with scores at or below 150, and similarly an acceptance with scores below 150. The whole GRE process seems arbitrary if GRE scores aren't even taken into account. I'll be honest, I wish the GRE factored in more. Haven't been contacted by ANY schools, but my test scores were good. Everytime I see someone on the Results Page with lower scores and lower GPA getting interviews, a little part of me dies inside. I must have just BOMBED my Personal Statement or something. I'll probably never know either. I want feedback on my applications, but I don't think I can get that...
Socially Awkward Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I'll be honest, I wish the GRE factored in more. Haven't been contacted by ANY schools, but my test scores were good. Everytime I see someone on the Results Page with lower scores and lower GPA getting interviews, a little part of me dies inside. I must have just BOMBED my Personal Statement or something. I'll probably never know either. I want feedback on my applications, but I don't think I can get that... I'm in the same boat as you. I have an excellent GPA and (what I thought were) competitive GRE scores, and I see people getting interviews and acceptances. The unfortunate thing is that I contacted all of my POIs beforehand to see if they would be accepting students and all said, "yes! please apply!" Of course there are various factors to why some, and not others, are chosen, so I completely agree that feedback would really help. If I don't get in anywhere, maybe I'll turn into this weird irrational stalker that visits the universities to which they applied, finds the POIs, and asks them, "remember me?!" To which they reply "no," on account that they've only seen an application I guess what we can learn from the deranged lunatic from the previous paragraph is that although the applications have no actual face, it certainly feels like a slap in the face at times. Disclaimer: I'm on a lot of meds (flu). SocialConstruction 1
lurkerwantingtocomment Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I'll be honest, I wish the GRE factored in more. Haven't been contacted by ANY schools, but my test scores were good. Everytime I see someone on the Results Page with lower scores and lower GPA getting interviews, a little part of me dies inside. I must have just BOMBED my Personal Statement or something. I'll probably never know either. I want feedback on my applications, but I don't think I can get that... PM me if you want feedback Edited January 30, 2014 by lurkerwantingtocomment
tingski Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 One of my POIs said that the GRE scores are what they use to eliminate people in the first round. So lets say they have a 150 cut off point, anyone scoring below that will not be considered. But after you pass the first round, its your personal statement that speaks the loudest and the gre will only be used as a tie breaker if there are two eqully strong applicants.
PsychSecret Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) One of my POIs said that the GRE scores are what they use to eliminate people in the first round. So lets say they have a 150 cut off point, anyone scoring below that will not be considered. But after you pass the first round, its your personal statement that speaks the loudest and the gre will only be used as a tie breaker if there are two eqully strong applicants. Interesting way of looking at it. I have pretty promising GRE scores, but I also took the Psych GRE, as a few schools recommended it, and didn't do as well as I expected I would. So far I have heard nothing positive from the few schools I sent it to. Seems arbitrary that GRE scores of all things should be used as a cutoff when grades and/or research fit would logically seem to be a lot more relevant. Also, feeling like it was a bad move to take and send scores from the damn Psych GRE when people who haven't taken it are getting interviews. Oh well! Nonetheless, congrats to them! Edited January 30, 2014 by PsychSecret
Socially Awkward Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Interesting way of looking at it. I have pretty promising GRE scores, but I also took the Psych GRE, as a few schools recommended it, and didn't do as well as I expected I would. So far I have heard nothing positive from the few schools I sent it to. Seems arbitrary that GRE scores of all things should be used as a cutoff when grades and/or research fit would logically seem to be a lot more relevant. Also, feeling like it was a bad move to take and send scores from the damn Psych GRE when people who haven't taken it are getting interviews. Oh well! Nonetheless, congrats to them! I'm sure this has been discussed before many times, the pros and cons of the GRE test, and so I'll just add that I do agree with your point. At least in as much that GPA (information of 4+ years) should probably be weighted more heavily than GRE test scores. Of course people with a GPA that is not so good should have the opportunity to explain it, as obviously not everyone has the same experiences in college. In all honesty I don't believe any program using cutoffs, in any criteria, is a good idea. But all of this is arbitrary considering we will probably never have an understanding of how this works and, as of now, have no control over what adcoms do. However, for those of us who hope to one day be in academia, maybe someday we will PsychSecret 1
bezoomny bunburyist Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 One of my POI told me that the GRE is a way for them to argue to the admissions committee that an applicant is worth admitting. There is apparently an algorithm that some schools use that combines GPA and GRE. The applicants that score above a certain number get put on a list, and faculty will pay most attention to those applicants. From my understanding, once you are on that list, your particular GPA and GRE scores don't matter as much. Also, GRE scores play a role in certain fellowships and grants.
Maleficent999 Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Anyone heard anything from UC Santa Cruz? I saw and acceptance on the results.
dsm Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 saw an acceptance to Miami U of Ohio social psych. person receiving acceptance mind PMing me your POI?
ii_whm Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 I also saw the acceptance to Miami of Ohio—I, too, got accepted without an interview and will be there March 8! PM me if you wanna chat, we could be fellow graduate students together, wooooooo
dsm Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 This thread is dead. I saw an acceptance from Missouri - Columbia. Congrats! Would you mind PMing me your POI?
ii_whm Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Oooooo who got accepted to Mizzou? I'm a social applicant who was also at the psychology interview day who also has an offer. PM me if you want, we probably met. Edited February 5, 2014 by ii_whm
Socially Awkward Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 When I went to SPSP last year I began to wonder how many undergraduates actually go. My perception of age is probably really off, but all the students I saw typically looked like grad students I was sort of wondering, is anyone going to this years SPSP in Austin?
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