How many times did it take for you to get in?

[WaitingKills]

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Because I'm a second time applicant, I'm just wanting to get a feel about how many times people usually go through this process. It'll probably (hopefully) give us re-applicants a little more hope.

Sooo, how many times did you have to go through the application process before you were accepted into a clinical ph.d program?


PS. I know there is another thread like this around, but I like to be able to see charts so I'm doing it again with a poll 🙂

 

[WaitingKills]

Ok, so far more than 1/2 got in on their 2nd try or later.

Cool.


(Ya, this was my pathetic way to bump the thread 😀)

 

[psy86]

Er... 6/15= 40% got in on their second try or later, I think... ? 😳

 

[JackD]

Are all of you guys that voted in fully funded, highly coveted, 3 openings in the program a year PhD students?

 

[RayneeDeigh]

I'm funded as a TA and my program accepts five people a year.

But... I was thinking that this poll is probably a bit deceptive since people who have tried to get in but didn't aren't included.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

*Edit*

Simple answer....yes, but it wasn't a good fit. I fit better with a Psy.D, so I went with that. Though more expensive, I didn't want to re-apply and not get in and/or not find a good fit. I'll have the financial means to pay off my stuff in a few years (selling out to big business again!) Though if SDN was around when I was applying, I probably would have realized there were probably better fits for me on the Ph.D. side, eh...water under the bridge.

-t

 

[JockNerd]

Are all of you guys that voted in fully funded, highly coveted, 3 openings in the program a year PhD students?

I am 😀

But there were 4 openings last year.

 

[Ollie123]

Mostly fully funded here (92% - really wish they would just lower the stipend and fully fund us to save the hassle of dealing with tuition payments). Tuition is relatively inexpensive since its a state school, so its close enough as makes no difference.

7 openings in my year actually🙂

 

[deleted176373]

Are all of you guys that voted in fully funded, highly coveted, 3 openings in the program a year PhD students?

Fully funded, 5 openings (2 Navy, 3 Civilian)

Civilian students have 0 tuition and 25k stipends. Military draw full pay and benefits. (There are also 2 Army and 1 Air Force slot but you have to already be on active duty to qualify.)

Mark

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Fully funded, 5 openings (2 Navy, 3 Civilian)

Civilian students have 0 tuition and 25k stipends. Military draw full pay and benefits. (There are also 2 Army and 1 Air Force slot but you have to already be on active duty to qualify.)

Mark

Random Military Questions
(and since I'm the mod, I'm not going to consider this off topic.) 😉

When does your commitment start, entering school, on internship, or after? What is the standard # of year commitment? Does vary by branch? Can you get stop-gapped, or did they stop that?

-t

 

[psychanon]

Yes, in a fully-funded program with 8 people in my class.
A better way to do this poll would be to ask if you got in the first time you applied- to capture those people who are applying a second time now. Also, the poll doesn't really tell the full story of why people didn't get in (or for that matter, got in). But it's an interesting little study. 🙂

 

[deleted176373]

Random Military Questions
(and since I'm the mod, I'm not going to consider this off topic.) 😉

When does your commitment start, entering school, on internship, or after? What is the standard # of year commitment? Does vary by branch? Can you get stop-gapped, or did they stop that?

-t

First civilian students incur no commitment.

There are 3 different programs:

HPSP/HSCP (Scholarship programs)
Military Internships
USUHS

They all have different commitments and it can get a little sketchy. I am going to ignore the scholarship programs because they get particularly messy. I believe you owe for the scholarship and in some cases internship may add some time to that commitment (usually a 4 year service commitment including internship, but could be longer depending on the branch.)

Most military internships, incur a 3 year post internship commitment. In the Army you don't begin to pay back until you are licensed. All others payback after you finish internship, but that may change in the future.

USUHS is unique, we incur a 6 or 7 year commitment that begins immediately after we complete internship. If it's 6 or 7 is somewhat ambiguous and really kinda immaterial at that point. Here is why I say that. If you serve 4 years getting your Ph.D. and another year on internship, then have 6 more to serve (provided you don't do a post-doc and incur more time owed.) You will be past the 10 year point. So really you are walking away from a retirement program that is pretty damn sweet. Fact is that a high percentage of all military graduates from USUHS remained in service until retirement. Going to USUHS is a 10 year military commitment, minimum. It's also half-way to retirement and at this point you are making around 6 figures.

Stop-loss refers to enlisted troops primarily. Officers play by a slightly different rule book, but yes, you could be forced to serve longer. It's actually pretty rare that happens and with psychologists, despite historically low manning, it has not happened yet that I know of.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Stop-loss refers to enlisted troops primarily. Officers play by a slightly different rule book, but yes, you could be forced to serve longer. It's actually pretty rare that happens and with psychologists, despite historically low manning, it has not happened yet that I know of.

That was my concern. My friend is in the Navy and the last time we talked he seemed very happy with his setup, though I'm sure it varies by branch.

Thanks for the great info!

-t

 

[deleted176373]

That was my concern. My friend is in the Navy and the last time we talked he seemed very happy with his setup, though I'm sure it varies by branch.

Thanks for the great info!

-t

I would hate to tell you that it can't happen, because it could. From what I understand to date that it has not happened to psychologists, but it is part of that deal with the devil. Mind you, it's a pretty sweet deal unless you somehow end up dead.

Mark

 

[terrybug]

Are all of you guys that voted in fully funded, highly coveted, 3 openings in the program a year PhD students?

yes. fully funded with 4 openings for PhD students.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

I would hate to tell you that it can't happen, because it could. From what I understand to date that it has not happened to psychologists, but it is part of that deal with the devil. Mind you, it's a pretty sweet deal unless you somehow end up dead.

Mark

That is (of course) the concerning part. I'm not cut out for the military anyway. I dislike most all authority figures, I'm not a morning person, and I'm pretty lazy. You know when the Army says, 'Be all you can be'....yeah, I'm more of a, "Be all I can be after 10am, as long as I don't have to think or put forth much effort" 😀

-t

 

[LosingMyMind]

Fully funded, 9 clinical students taken this year. (4 adult, 5 child)

 

[paramour]

Fully funded; 8 accepted (5 'adult', 3 'child'; or since we have accepted subgroups: 3 'child', 3 'sexual and/or domestic violence', 2 'anxiety'), but we lost one at the beginning of our first semester, so now we're down to 7 . . . and counting. 😀:

 

[thewesternsky]

I am 😀

But there were 4 openings last year.

LOL.... Awesome. 🙂

 

[psy86]

Are all of you guys that voted in fully funded, highly coveted, 3 openings in the program a year PhD students?

Yes. (4 in my year).

 

[joetro]

Yes. I'm in a larger program, so there are 13 first-years, but also about 400 apps.

 

[amy203]

The other thing this pole doesn't capture is whether you got in straight out of undergrad. I got in my first try, but I waited two years after graduating. I doubt I would have gotten in anywhere if I had applied earlier!

In response to JackD's question, I'm in fully funded program that accepts 4 people per year.