b_l91 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I'm not sure if you guys tend to think as far ahead as me or would be interested in this information, but as we do know, pre-doctoral internships are very competitive. In the last few years the gap has been closing between the number of internship applicants and the number of internship positions available. This year, finally, there were more internship positions available than applicants! I for one hope this trend continues as it's pretty relevant to those of us applying to clinical programs. Hope everyone is hanging in there as we wind down interview season and are waiting for good news! kitcassidance, 1|]010ls10o, deactivated and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycholostress Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Has anyone gotten waitlisted or rejected from University of South Florida, USF, post interview? Alternatively, acceptances? I’ve only seen a couple of acceptances on the survey page. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycgrad14 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Hey there, I officially accepted USF this morning - for RS lab. Was trying to make decisions ASAP so that they might let people know who were in a "on hold status". Not sure if that pertains to you or not but hope its helpful. Psycholostress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycholostress Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 1 hour ago, nycgrad14 said: Hey there, I officially accepted USF this morning - for RS lab. Was trying to make decisions ASAP so that they might let people know who were in a "on hold status". Not sure if that pertains to you or not but hope its helpful. Thanks and congratulations! I have a different POI, but I appreciate your response. I interviewed first wknd so it seems like a long time not to hear anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycgrad14 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 19 hours ago, Psycholostress said: Thanks and congratulations! I have a different POI, but I appreciate your response. I interviewed first wknd so it seems like a long time not to hear anything. Thanks! I was there first weekend as well! They made us wait since the second interview day was the 15th/16th. I know they met on the 20th to make all decisions, not sure why you havent heard anything - even a wait-list notification... hope you hear something soon and best of luck! Psycholostress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantunderstand Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Any thoughts on requesting feedback from programs? I applied to 8 schools and didn't land a single interview. I have 4+ years field experience, high GPA, excellent GRE scores, and good recommendations. Did not major in psych for undergrad. Would like to get feedback on how to become a better applicant, but I've heard mixed feelings on contacting programs with this kind of inquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycgrad14 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, cantunderstand said: Any thoughts on requesting feedback from programs? I applied to 8 schools and didn't land a single interview. I have 4+ years field experience, high GPA, excellent GRE scores, and good recommendations. Did not major in psych for undergrad. Would like to get feedback on how to become a better applicant, but I've heard mixed feelings on contacting programs with this kind of inquiry. I would 100% ask for feedback. This is my second cycle of applying and finally landed 6 interviews and so far have been accepted to 3 places and have pulled my name from the remaining 3 since I already have accepted. After my first cycle, I didnt land one interview and reached out to each program for feedback on my application and the majority of my feedback was my GRE scores were too low. Also when I was writing my PS, the fit didnt really show as well as I wanted. So this time around I went through and really applied to programs that were perfect matches for me, forgot about location location location, and that really turned things around. Hope that helps! iliketurtlestoo, Psycholostress and PsychM 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychM Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 31 minutes ago, nycgrad14 said: I would 100% ask for feedback. This is my second cycle of applying and finally landed 6 interviews and so far have been accepted to 3 places and have pulled my name from the remaining 3 since I already have accepted. After my first cycle, I didnt land one interview and reached out to each program for feedback on my application and the majority of my feedback was my GRE scores were too low. Also when I was writing my PS, the fit didnt really show as well as I wanted. So this time around I went through and really applied to programs that were perfect matches for me, forgot about location location location, and that really turned things around. Hope that helps! Did you ask specific POIs for feedback? Program coordinators? Did you just say something like "I am hoping to find out how I can improve my application in the future" or something like that? Thanks! And congratulations!! 1|]010ls10o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycgrad14 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 45 minutes ago, PsychM said: Did you ask specific POIs for feedback? Program coordinators? Did you just say something like "I am hoping to find out how I can improve my application in the future" or something like that? Thanks! And congratulations!! I asked whoever I had the most contact with! Some schools I just a typical mass rejection, so I would respond either to the program coordinator or the DCT. Some schools the POI let me know that they were not extending an interview so I would ask them. This is the message I used: I want to first thank you for reviewing my application for Clinical Psychology Ph.D program for the 2017 admission cycle. Even though I was unable to move forward I was told that I could reach out to get feedback about my application. Were there areas of weakness in my application (E.g., GRE scores, personal statement, or my letters of recommendation)? I would appreciate any feedback on how I might be able to improve myself as a candidate for the next submission cycle. My Application number was: (if applicable). Thank you so much for your time. So something like that and I got really nice responses from everyone - so dont be afraid to ask. courtnord, 1|]010ls10o and PsychM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantunderstand Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 49 minutes ago, nycgrad14 said: I asked whoever I had the most contact with! Some schools I just a typical mass rejection, so I would respond either to the program coordinator or the DCT. Some schools the POI let me know that they were not extending an interview so I would ask them. This is the message I used: I want to first thank you for reviewing my application for Clinical Psychology Ph.D program for the 2017 admission cycle. Even though I was unable to move forward I was told that I could reach out to get feedback about my application. Were there areas of weakness in my application (E.g., GRE scores, personal statement, or my letters of recommendation)? I would appreciate any feedback on how I might be able to improve myself as a candidate for the next submission cycle. My Application number was: (if applicable). Thank you so much for your time. So something like that and I got really nice responses from everyone - so dont be afraid to ask. Thank you! Really great input and example. I'm hoping for some solid feedback I can address for next cycle. nycgrad14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deactivated Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Congratulations to whoever got accepted to Mississippi State! Can you DM me your POI? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevSci Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I thought everyone here would like this: Somone on Reddit estimated decision timelines based on GradCafe data. For each university and program you will find three graphs: Decision timeline as a cumulative sum of decisions (accept, reject, interview, waitlist) as a function of time between Jan 1 and May 1 for the last five years combined. Boxplots of GRE Q and GRE V for people who reported both scores. Histogram of GPAs (from 2.5 to 4.0 with 0.1 step). https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/comments/7srxxy/decision_timelines_for_particular_universities/ Brilliant! kitcassidance, horseshoesandhandgrenades and clinicallyindependent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monisha Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 8:50 PM, 123pickme said: I am actually very uncertain what is going on with TC so maybe someone else can address that. There may be hope for this one! UCLA: My colleague had an interview invite in January and the interviews were conducted earlier this month. Based on the results page one of the admissions already went out. Here is this link that may have a status check for your application, though they usually don't send non-interview rejections until like March: https://appstatus.grad.ucla.edu/Account/AppStatus.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fAccount%2fLogin.aspx Don't get discouraged if you get an outcome other than an interview/rejection for those two programs, they are some of the most competitive programs and theres many factors that go into interview invites. Good Luck! Thank you so much for this! This was very useful! I'm an international applicant so I had no idea how it would work for me because I'm sure it would be over Skype for me. I contacted the department and they said that most decisions are made around March April and I should wait till April 15th. The link was very useful thank you! I wasn't sent anything over email so it's good to have handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monisha Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 9:39 PM, PsychApplicant18 said: PhD interviews were yesterday, unfortunately, for TC. In-person interviews and Skype interviews as well? I'm an international applicant and am unsure how it would work for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinapp2017 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Monisha said: In-person interviews and Skype interviews as well? I'm an international applicant and am unsure how it would work for me! They’d work the same way, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychM Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 2/27/2018 at 11:10 AM, nycgrad14 said: I asked whoever I had the most contact with! Some schools I just a typical mass rejection, so I would respond either to the program coordinator or the DCT. Some schools the POI let me know that they were not extending an interview so I would ask them. This is the message I used: I want to first thank you for reviewing my application for Clinical Psychology Ph.D program for the 2017 admission cycle. Even though I was unable to move forward I was told that I could reach out to get feedback about my application. Were there areas of weakness in my application (E.g., GRE scores, personal statement, or my letters of recommendation)? I would appreciate any feedback on how I might be able to improve myself as a candidate for the next submission cycle. My Application number was: (if applicable). Thank you so much for your time. So something like that and I got really nice responses from everyone - so dont be afraid to ask. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deactivated Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Has anyone head anything post-interview from the University of Pittsburgh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahTonin Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 54 minutes ago, corbeau said: Has anyone head anything post-interview from the University of Pittsburgh? I know my POI said they were still in the process of making decisions this week, so I'm guessing that holds for most of the faculty. Looking at previous years, acceptances seemed to go out either this week or next week, so I'd say we will likely hear by the end of next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timemachines Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, corbeau said: Has anyone head anything post-interview from the University of Pittsburgh? I know that at least some acceptances have gone out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deactivated Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Timemachines said: I know that at least some acceptances have gone out But what about for clinical psych? I've seen that one Cognitive poster, but nothing else except for a new non-interview rejections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClinicalPsych94 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Anyone heard back from the PGSP - Stanford PsyD program? They said candidates could start to hear back at the end of February, but I know interviews are still ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1|]010ls10o Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 9:44 PM, b_l91 said: I'm not sure if you guys tend to think as far ahead as me or would be interested in this information, but as we do know, pre-doctoral internships are very competitive. In the last few years the gap has been closing between the number of internship applicants and the number of internship positions available. This year, finally, there were more internship positions available than applicants! I for one hope this trend continues as it's pretty relevant to those of us applying to clinical programs. Hope everyone is hanging in there as we wind down interview season and are waiting for good news! May I ask where you got this information from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyDuck90 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The APPIC website has the stats. 1|]010ls10o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_l91 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 hours ago, 21ny14 said: May I ask where you got this information from? I work at a facility that has an internship program. I haven't looked at the APPIC website but like Hk328 said, I'm sure the stats are there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradcafe18 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Anyone hear back from Michigan yet? It looks like they haven't sent out offers yet, but I'm still wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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