LolJustAdmitMe Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 So I’m waitlisted by this program I’m interested in, so I sent an email to restate my interest and for the first time I received no response. Granted, this was my first time contacting her. I’m trying not to read too into it but I feel like that’s a passive sign orrr...my email is currently sitting in Spam. Hmm
PokePsych Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, LolJustAdmitMe said: So I’m waitlisted by this program I’m interested in, so I sent an email to restate my interest and for the first time I received no response. Granted, this was my first time contacting her. I’m trying not to read too into it but I feel like that’s a passive sign orrr...my email is currently sitting in Spam. Hmm Or they were super busy, maybe did not see the need to reply (unless you asked a question), etc. I know the waiting game is horrible, but just I don't know.. try to distract yourself. I'm also horrible at this. LolJustAdmitMe 1
LolJustAdmitMe Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 22 minutes ago, Psygeek said: Or they were super busy, maybe did not see the need to reply (unless you asked a question), etc. I know the waiting game is horrible, but just I don't know.. try to distract yourself. I'm also horrible at this. That’s so true! I didn’t even think of that option. Sometimes I just need to be checked lol Thank you! clinical_chicana 1
Psych2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Can whoever received the acceptance from Saint Louis University please pm me the POI? Thanks!
Hopeful22 Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Psygeek said: Or they were super busy, maybe did not see the need to reply (unless you asked a question), etc. I know the waiting game is horrible, but just I don't know.. try to distract yourself. I'm also horrible at this. What school were you waitlisted at if you don't mind me asking?
Hopeful22 Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 9 hours ago, LolJustAdmitMe said: So I’m waitlisted by this program I’m interested in, so I sent an email to restate my interest and for the first time I received no response. Granted, this was my first time contacting her. I’m trying not to read too into it but I feel like that’s a passive sign orrr...my email is currently sitting in Spam. Hmm What school were you wait listed at if you don't mind me asking?
PokePsych Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 11 hours ago, LolJustAdmitMe said: That’s so true! I didn’t even think of that option. Sometimes I just need to be checked lol Thank you! I'm the same. Don't worry. It's hard to keep yourself in check. I'm literally waiting for my dream school to get back to me (not waitlisted, just after the interview) LolJustAdmitMe 1
LolJustAdmitMe Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Hopeful22 said: What school were you wait listed at if you don't mind me asking? Utah State!
vallaboop Posted March 9, 2018 Author Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/8/2018 at 1:29 AM, Synappy said: It spans a variety of things from neurodegenerative diseases to pharmaceutical evaluation. I'm hoping further education will help me narrow it down. Currently I'm examining the long-term effects of early-life administration of antipsychotic medications. At Miami I'd be working on an early-life stress model of PTSD, and at Wayne the impact of prenatal drug exposure. Yourself? Those are vastly different, I'm not sure if I can provide any insight to help you decide :/ I guess if you are interested in both fields you can decide by who provides better funding, which area would you rather live in, how well known are the professors you would be working under, which program would allow you more opportunities to be published and/or first author. As for me, my interests are in serious mental illness and degenerative diseases. The etiology of these diseases, psychopathology, neurobiological underpinnings, epigenetics. Synappy 1
Synappy Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 Officially attending Wayne State in the fall! Declined my offer from Miami this morning for anyone waitlisted. Cheers!
PokePsych Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 Got waitlisted a few days back - so waiting continues. UGh.
vallaboop Posted March 30, 2018 Author Posted March 30, 2018 Anyone else think it's weird to still have not heard back from schools that you didn't even have an interview for? I mean there is no way I would be accepted without an interview, so what's the deal? It's almost April...
MindOverMatter Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 11:51 AM, cindyboop said: Anyone else think it's weird to still have not heard back from schools that you didn't even have an interview for? I mean there is no way I would be accepted without an interview, so what's the deal? It's almost April... Yeah - it's puzzling. I wonder if we were unofficially waitlisted, but then again, I do not want to entertain false hope. ha. I wish they would just let us know. I had a phone call with a POI in December and in January he said he ultimately decided to admit someone else even though he thought my application was very strong. I wonder then if I was listed as an alternate - but I thought based on our last correspondence that the decision seemed rather final. I reached out to admin but no response. I don't like the unofficial waitlist business; people should know their standing as a courtesy. sigh.
PsyDuck90 Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 I think they just send out mass rejections after the deadline. Very few schools, if any, will waitlist students who they did not interview. Often, enough students are invited to the interview weekends where they can create a waitlist from that pool. The programs are more focused on getting everything together for filling and funding the incoming cohort. Once that's done, they will probably send out all the rejections they didn't send yet. It sucks, but if you didn't interview for a program by this point, you can just assume you're getting a rejection at the end of the month.
MindOverMatter Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Yeah I'm not putting too much stock into the outcome at this particular school. Based on other notes about it on this forum and in results, it seems they mostly do informal interviews (i.e. phone or skype) before inviting admitted students for their recruitment event in February. It's not as competitive as other schools so I figured maybe they operated differently for waitlist - but purely speculation.
Sparkybob Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 2:51 PM, cindyboop said: Anyone else think it's weird to still have not heard back from schools that you didn't even have an interview for? I mean there is no way I would be accepted without an interview, so what's the deal? It's almost April... It is probably different in I/O psychology but I got wait listed by 3 schools and never interviewed with them. I only had 2 official interviews, 1 acceptance and 1 rejection.
vallaboop Posted April 4, 2018 Author Posted April 4, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 1:23 PM, MindOverMatter said: Yeah - it's puzzling. I wonder if we were unofficially waitlisted, but then again, I do not want to entertain false hope. ha. I wish they would just let us know. I had a phone call with a POI in December and in January he said he ultimately decided to admit someone else even though he thought my application was very strong. I wonder then if I was listed as an alternate - but I thought based on our last correspondence that the decision seemed rather final. I reached out to admin but no response. I don't like the unofficial waitlist business; people should know their standing as a courtesy. sigh. I agree, just let me know one way or the other so I can move on. It's frustrating MindOverMatter 1
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