JoePianist Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 25 minutes ago, nicokren said: I've applied to Social programs! I suppose I'll come up with a Plan B then haha Ah, got it! Either way, I believe most graduate psychology programs have sent interview invites, but I'd recommend just waiting one more week before starting to make alternative plans. If you need some input at that stage, feel free to message me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsailpsych Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 7:44 AM, nicokren said: I've heard nothing from my programs (other than UC Davis). I have emailed POIs for an update with nothing in return. Is this normal? I feel like that is just a precursor to the rejection letter. I'm in the same boat nicokren. What's your plan B you're working on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appletoapple Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 any updates on Harvard, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicokren Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 4:51 PM, JoePianist said: Ah, got it! Either way, I believe most graduate psychology programs have sent interview invites, but I'd recommend just waiting one more week before starting to make alternative plans. If you need some input at that stage, feel free to message me ? Thank you! I will do so! 14 hours ago, topsailpsych said: I'm in the same boat nicokren. What's your plan B you're working on? Terrible, isn't it? I simply would just like to know so I can move forward. As for my plan B, I am an adjunct professor at a community college so I believe my next plan of action would be to do whatever I can to try and become a full time faculty member. Do you have any ideas of what you will do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loffire Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 1:10 AM, Psychapplica said: Thank you for the feedback and thank you Cindyboop! The first 3 times I took the test- same exact score. The last time I took a prep course with financial aid and my quant went up 8 points ?. You make a great point, most of us don’t have the luxury to drop our job and study at the moment! I sure don’t! This advice was all very helpful. I took the gres twice before and got the exact score. Third time around I paced myself over 6months doing the prep with magoosh. I got a 6 point jump on my total putting me in the 90s and 80s percentile. It was difficult juggling both a research job and tryinna study (caffeine pills helped me survive), had to give up my social life. But I think it was worth it. Then again I've not received a single interview or invite so what do I know hahahah :"( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevPsy Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 This may be a weird question but for those who have experienced an interview weekend were you able to get a sense of your chances from the current grad students? Maybe from students in your POI's lab or your host? I was just wondering if any of them hinted or acted in a way that tipped you off. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinical_chicana Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, DevPsy said: This may be a weird question but for those who have experienced an interview weekend were you able to get a sense of your chances from the current grad students? Maybe from students in your POI's lab or your host? I was just wondering if any of them hinted or acted in a way that tipped you off. Thanks! I went to an interview and the professor told me she really wanted me to choose that program because she loved my research ideas. I'm guessing that's a good indication of a possible acceptance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychapplica Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 hours ago, loffire said: I took the gres twice before and got the exact score. Third time around I paced myself over 6months doing the prep with magoosh. I got a 6 point jump on my total putting me in the 90s and 80s percentile. It was difficult juggling both a research job and tryinna study (caffeine pills helped me survive), had to give up my social life. But I think it was worth it. Then again I've not received a single interview or invite so what do I know hahahah :"( Don’t be so hard on yourself! This is not my first cycle of applications... it’s also not my second unfortunately. I have two reference writers with two very very different views on the GRE. One values it a little. The other- phew! It serves as an indicator for how much work he/she will have to do as a writing mentor. Go figure? As an update- I emailed the POI that asked about my gre scores. I haven’t heard back... we shall see ? idk if I would be happy at a program that can’t look beyond GRE scores given everything else in my CV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VVMM Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Has anyone heard from any of these schools yet? University of Arizona - Clinical University of Oregon - Cognitive University of Denver - Cognitive University of Florida - cognitive Stony Brook - Cognitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychapplica Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) @VVMM I heard from UFL developmental- I acknowledge it’s not cognitive. The POI mentioned bringing applicant nomination info before the committee. He/She called as we had spoken a while back, our latest convo was not an interview. It sounds like they have a multi-step process. After committee meets they send acceptances in waves according to funding. He/she did mention that all 5 concentrations meet at this committee. It sounds like the realm of possibilities for UFL are still wide open. Edited January 30, 2018 by Psychapplica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timemachines Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 7 hours ago, VVMM said: Has anyone heard from any of these schools yet? University of Arizona - Clinical University of Oregon - Cognitive University of Denver - Cognitive University of Florida - cognitive Stony Brook - Cognitive U of Arizona clinical sent out invites in december! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VVMM Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Psychapplica said: @VVMM I heard from UFL developmental- I acknowledge it’s not cognitive. The POI mentioned bringing applicant nomination info before the committee. He/She called as we had spoken a while back, our latest convo was not an interview. It sounds like they have a multi-step process. After committee meets they send acceptances in waves according to funding. He/she did mention that all 5 concentrations meet at this committee. It sounds like the realm of possibilities for UFL are still wide open. Thank you so much for the information. Keeping my fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roii Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Has anyone heard from any of the following schools? Columbia (cognitive) Cornell (cognitive) McGill (cognitive) NYU (social) OSU (Ohio State) (social) Rutgers (social) UCLA (cognitive) UIUC (cognitive) TAMU (Texas A&M) (cognitive) UMass Lowell (cognitive) Thank you so much! Good luck everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stauce Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 18 minutes ago, roii said: Has anyone heard from any of the following schools? Columbia (cognitive) Cornell (cognitive) McGill (cognitive) NYU (social) OSU (Ohio State) (social) Rutgers (social) UCLA (cognitive) UIUC (cognitive) TAMU (Texas A&M) (cognitive) UMass Lowell (cognitive) Thank you so much! Good luck everyone!! I am almost entirely confident that all Ohio State social psychology invites/acceptances have been submitted. They have to finalize flights for reimbursement by 2/1, so I doubt they will send invites/acceptances now. roii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123pickme Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Has anyone who has an interview with CUNY - City College heard from the department about the specifics of who they will interview with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter45 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 4 hours ago, 123pickme said: Has anyone who has an interview with CUNY - City College heard from the department about the specifics of who they will interview with? No!! My invite letter said they'd let me know by the end of this month, so they should be telling us soon, right?! 123pickme and ML8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallaboop Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 I have my first interview Friday (ahh!) but I am kind of surprised about something. I received my itinerary and I have three back to back interviews with different faculty members. Two are within the program I applied to, the other is in the clinical program. Does anyone know what this might mean? Do you think they might try to get me to switch to a different program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinapp2017 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, cindyboop said: I have my first interview Friday (ahh!) but I am kind of surprised about something. I received my itinerary and I have three back to back interviews with different faculty members. Two are within the program I applied to, the other is in the clinical program. Does anyone know what this might mean? Do you think they might try to get me to switch to a different program? No - not likely at all. They just want to see how you interact with a diverse set of people. Don’t think too much of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallaboop Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 4 minutes ago, Clinapp2017 said: No - not likely at all. They just want to see how you interact with a diverse set of people. Don’t think too much of it. Okay, thanks! It just threw me off. Especially because it looks like they admit a small handful of people to their clinical program but only one to each of the other tracks. Which I still can't wrap my head around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychapplica Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, cindyboop said: Okay, thanks! It just threw me off. Especially because it looks like they admit a small handful of people to their clinical program but only one to each of the other tracks. Which I still can't wrap my head around... Agreed. I also interviewed with someone in clinical. She asked a lot more logistical and straightforward interview questions than those in my concentration. Could add a neutral opinion to the interview process. In my experience she also gave unbiased answers (there was a lot of selling the program). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallaboop Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 9 minutes ago, Psychapplica said: Agreed. I also interviewed with someone in clinical. She asked a lot more logistical and straightforward interview questions than those in my concentration. Could add a neutral opinion to the interview process. In my experience she also gave unbiased answers (there was a lot of selling the program). Interesting. Thanks, that was helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cognition001 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 22 hours ago, roii said: Has anyone heard from any of the following schools? Columbia (cognitive) Cornell (cognitive) McGill (cognitive) NYU (social) OSU (Ohio State) (social) Rutgers (social) UCLA (cognitive) UIUC (cognitive) TAMU (Texas A&M) (cognitive) UMass Lowell (cognitive) Thank you so much! Good luck everyone!! I heard back from cornell in december their interview weekend is feb.22-24. Also I think the interview for UCLA is this weekend roii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0sting Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Has anyone got any news or updates from Berkeley for psych? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML8 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 17 hours ago, peter45 said: No!! My invite letter said they'd let me know by the end of this month, so they should be telling us soon, right?! I emailed today because I will be flying in internationally and wanted to prepare as much as I could before my jet-lag sets in. I really hope they get back to us soon? Does anyone know how research heavy the CUNY interviews are and how many people they have invited in general? I know there are two separate dates, but that's all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torple Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 3 hours ago, fr0sting said: Has anyone got any news or updates from Berkeley for psych? Berkeley had their interview weekend for the psych program last weekend. They’re sending out acceptances now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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