Hi all,
First, I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of invites I've gotten so far (I was the neurotic person that applied to very many programs). For a typical program, what percent of applicants are invited to interview? And is everyone interview ranked somewhere on their list? I'm trying to get a sense of what an invite means in terms of how interested a program is (i.e. do they send them to everyone who applies or only very few who have a good chance of matching or somewhere in between?)
I was also curious if scheduling later in to process (i.e. December) would hurt my chances at a program when options include October. Does it make me appear less interested? More importantly, do early interviewees have better chances?
Finally, I read the other thread, but how important is attending dinners? I assumed attending the dinner and showing good social skills would be particularly important in psych, but is this the case? I should note that interview well but am not very good at working crowds, so could it actually hurt my chances if I go to the dinner?
Thank you very much!
First, I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of invites I've gotten so far (I was the neurotic person that applied to very many programs). For a typical program, what percent of applicants are invited to interview? And is everyone interview ranked somewhere on their list? I'm trying to get a sense of what an invite means in terms of how interested a program is (i.e. do they send them to everyone who applies or only very few who have a good chance of matching or somewhere in between?)
I was also curious if scheduling later in to process (i.e. December) would hurt my chances at a program when options include October. Does it make me appear less interested? More importantly, do early interviewees have better chances?
Finally, I read the other thread, but how important is attending dinners? I assumed attending the dinner and showing good social skills would be particularly important in psych, but is this the case? I should note that interview well but am not very good at working crowds, so could it actually hurt my chances if I go to the dinner?
Thank you very much!