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Are there any other Human Factors applicants our there? I applied to 3 HF programs this cycle.

 

University of Central Florida

Catholic University of America

University of South Dakota

 

I know it's a smaller field, but to me it's a really exciting direction to go with psychology. Just want to see if there is anyone else on here wrapping up their applications, or playing the waiting game at this point.

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TXInstrument11 - Funny you should ask, I actually indicated his lab as one of my top choices based on my military aviation experience and intended career path. I think overall I mentioned 3 potential POI's. So you're working in that lab, but have interests elsewhere? Ironically, I was working in a lab that was rather different than the direction I was trying to go as well. It's interesting how things work out.

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Contacted the AEHF program director at UCF about what stage of the application review process they are at. 

 

"We are still in the process of selecting students. We hope to complete this task by next week."

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I'm not sure. His use of the words "first round" led me to believe they may not have had that many applicants, and that after the first 7 respond, their may be another "round" of review. 

 

I'm speculating, of course.

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Ok, so I emailed and asked if I was wait-listed, but also was told the same thing. I guess it isn't bad news as he told someone else directly that they are not being considered. Just some ambiguity involved.

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Still no word from UCF. I did get a nearly fully funded offer elsewhere, but I'm hanging out to see what UCF has to say. I saw that last year they made an offer on April 17th!!!! That's after the cutoff date. I would hope that most people had already taken an offer by that time. Anyone who hadn't should have either had insider info of the offer pending or maybe was way down the list for most schools.

 

I actually know a guy who was picked up by a school after the deadline for an I/O program because all of their selection and waitlist applicants had taken offers at other places. This guy was well down the list, but got picked up because he was available. It is at a nearly top tier program too!

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Last I heard (March 18), 5 of their 7 offers had accepted--not trying to be discouraging, just informative. Pretty cool story about the guy who got into an I/O program off the waitlist. I had always thought that getting in off the waitlist was an almost mythical feat.

 

I was waitlisted at a top-tier program as well; maybe I should have held out! Oh, well . . .

 

Hope things work out well for everyone!

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I think it is informative. Better to be realistic rather than be day dreaming thinking you have a chance when you really don't.

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I called the program admin today at UCF and they informed me that of the 7 offers only one person had accepted, so not sure why there is conflicting information. I did get an offer to USD, but there is no funding info finalized as of yet.

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Hmm. . . that is an interesting discrepancy. Perhaps the person I contacted was misinformed a the time, or perhaps they told me that instead of an outright, "Sorry, you've been rejected." On the results search page, it looks like someone got an offer from UCF on Mar. 25 and turned it down (pretty good funding offer too, apparently--19k + tuition).

 

Congrats on the USD acceptance!

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