OFFICIAL Interview Invite Thread

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Barca16 said:
i'm sorry to hear that paramour 🙁

was this feinberg or northwestern evanston?
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Hmm, suppose I should have mentioned since many of you are actually applying to Feinberg and not Evanston, eh? This is for Evanston, so you Feinbergians can hopefully rest easy for a few days perhaps. 😀
 
paramour said:
:laugh: I know that and I would have absolutely no shame in getting "only" one acceptance. I was not attempting to convey that I must have as many acceptances as possible to be considered worthy of anything. I am simply worried that I will not get one acceptance out of my two current interviews. This is my second time through--last time I was extended two interviews, yet it did me no good (except as preparation for this time around) as I was not accepted at either place. I am concerned that the same will happen this cycle as well . . . so I want more interviews to hopefully better my chances of getting that one.
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Hey Paramour just wanted to empathize im in the exact same boat. Last year i had two interviews and no offers and this year only two so far. I am soooo afraid this will be a repeat of last year. If so i do not think i will be applying again. This is soo stressful not to mention expensive when your applying to so many programs. Best of luck to you!! I hope this year is better for the both of us!!
 
Alright, now I'm going insane. I've read through all the posts, and my heart is pounding even more than it was before...

I applied to these clinical programs:
U Washington
Yale
Rutgers
Adelphi
Washington State
Emory
American

I'm assuming Emory, Rutgers, and Yale are all going to be sending me rejection letters based on what I've gathered. I did get a call from my person of choice's lab assistant at U Washington last night congratulating me on making it past the first cut. (He left a voicemail though, so I haven't really talked to him in any more detail yet... ) Any updates on any of these schools would, if nothing else, give me some freaking closure.
 
Just to clarify, it's NYU's Counseling program that I heard from. Not sure what's happening with clinical.
 
I went back to look at this thread from the last two years and we are close to their total post count and view count from both of those years. In fact, at this point last year they were only on the sixth page of the thread! I am not sure what is different this year, perhaps I just have caused an unhealthy obsession, but I thought it was pretty amazing to see that. Views are also way up, I am guessing this thread will get over 50k views by the time we are done. We will see, but that is a little story I have been watching. We should do an over/under game on page views.
 
Muahahaha, we've all gone a bit insane. And, I suspect that this will worsen as the days, weeks, and (should I even think about it) months progress with people wondering "where's my interview", "where's my rejection", "where's my acceptance letter", "where am I at on the waitlist because even though I have already received 'x' number of acceptances, I really prefer the one I was waitlilsted at" . . . Woe is me!

Here's hoping that we all get accepted (unless you're vying for my spot, in which case I become a selfish twit and hope you get accepted elsewhere instead!). :laugh:
 
Anyone having an interview appointment already?

I saw that I will be invited but have no date yet.
 
Just got off the phone with the administrative assistant at Georgia State. She said that decisions were being made today and calls were going out tomorrow (Jan. 30). Good luck! :luck:

(Also guessing I didn't make the cut at Boston Univ. since I never got a call. I made a rookie mistake in my letter, anyway, and listed a non-clinical person as my top professor. Duh! 😳 )
 
Does anyone else have the feeling that this week is going to be fast and furious when it comes to invites. Less than half of the schools I am waiting on are on the list, so I just have a feeling like we all are going to hear from these schools quickly. I hope I am right 🙂 good luck to all!
 
Totally agree, Irish! I think this week and next week are going to be very BUSY!

Just FYI: I know that UVM will be sending out invitations either this Wednesday or Thursday to their Interview Day.

I still wish it were April 15th =)

*Ella:luck:
 
GAClinPsych said:
Just got off the phone with the administrative assistant at Georgia State. She said that decisions were being made today and calls were going out tomorrow (Jan. 30). Good luck! :luck:

Do you know if she meant acceptances or interview invites?
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I know how you feel because I did what I promised myself I wouldn't...I have one school which is now my favorite. While that is good and it can help me make a decision down the road (plus I think it is natural) it isn't helping with the stress because I really want to be "the one" for that school, and it sounds like you are the same way.

Good luck Ella. Hopefully we all lock up a few more interview offers and the rest will take care of itself. Hopefully 🙂.
 
thedrandmr said:
GAClinPsych said:
Just got off the phone with the administrative assistant at Georgia State. She said that decisions were being made today and calls were going out tomorrow (Jan. 30). Good luck! :luck:

Do you know if she meant acceptances or interview invites?
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I am almost positive GA means interview invites.
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thedrandmr said:
I am almost positive GA means interview invites.
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Yes - sorry to be unclear. The invites for interviews are supposed to go out tomorrow. FYI, I specifically asked about the clinical program, so if you applied to a different track, it might be different.
 
I had what I can only imagine to have been a pre-interview by phone last night with a lab assistant of my person of interest from U of Washington. I have another one that will happen before Wednesday. The guy I talked to said they are way ahead of where they were last year with applications.

Here's hoping the second interview goes as well as the first!
 
Hey guys has any one applied to or heard from the following schools?

U of Ill at Urbana/Champaign
George Mason
DePaul

I havent seen anything posted just wondering as I have not heard squatt from them.
 
Has anyone heard anything from UArizona?
 
I applied to U Illinois- Urbana Champaign and have not heard a peep from them!
 
Wow, I got my first interview done. UGA. I think I over-prepared, because it was a lot more laid back than I thought it would be. I don't mean the program, that looks pretty intense, but the interview style was pretty relaxed. I got to ask a ton of questions and left with a good feeling about my chances, although there were a lot of qualified people there...
 
YAY!!! I got a Curry Invite!!! 😀 I am soooo excited. My fiance 😍 is at uva for organic chemistry (yick) so this is my top top choice!! The invite says for Feb 23rd. Maybe cuz its too close to the 9th. Any one elses invite not give them a choice? It also gave me the choice to do it by phone, not that i will but did anyone else's say that? Sorry i analyze everything.
 
tkj said:
Congrats!!!! I applied to U Washington as well but haven't heard anything...doh!!!! My friend goes there and she loves it there, so I'm sure it would be a fantastic place to go!!!
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Yes, but aren't you the one who got the Yale interview?! For that, I am jealous like whoa! That was tied with UW for my affections...
 
I got an email today inviting me to interview at Suffolk!
 
So I havent gotten any interview invites yet ... but I also havent gotten any rejection letters ... theyre probably in the mail. Did anyone get a rejection from Miami? I know they already gave out interviews but I want to know if I still have a chance. Congrats to the UVA people - I'm checking my email every 5 seconds waiting for something from Curry. The only thing keeping me going is that I havent heard anything. Think no news is good news right now? Ahhhhh freaking out
 
I haven't heard from U Wash either...so maybe they are just starting to call. Here's hoping thats the case anyway.

I did get a call from my person of interest at Northwestern (Evanston) yesterday & we talked for about a half an hour. She said they will be extending invites this week & confirmed the interview date will be the 16th. I haven't got an invite yet...but I'm hopeful that I will hear back from this prof.
 
Purdue is in the process of 'talking to good candidates' right now and after that they will be extending invitations for the interviews. My person of interest there says that they hope to have that done by the end of the week. Good luck to all the applicants!

STILL no word from CURRY for me 🙁
 
CuriousGeorgia said:
So I havent gotten any interview invites yet ... but I also havent gotten any rejection letters ... theyre probably in the mail. Did anyone get a rejection from Miami? I know they already gave out interviews but I want to know if I still have a chance. Congrats to the UVA people - I'm checking my email every 5 seconds waiting for something from Curry. The only thing keeping me going is that I havent heard anything. Think no news is good news right now? Ahhhhh freaking out
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Thanks for the congrats!! Try not to worry too much because they said they will be inviting people for a week. its only day two!! I know easier said than done i was also checking non-stop!

Also about rejection letters....In my experience from last year some of the schools did not notify me that i had been rejected. April 15th came and went and i had not heard a peep from them so i contacted them just to hear that i had been rejected. Curry was one of them. I interviewed and then never heard anything. Others like Drexel and VCU also. I mean i was pretty sure i was rejected by that point but be wary.....some of these schools are not very considerate to those they dont want.
 
Ok scratch what I just said...I just got my invite to Northwestern! Yay!
I'm really surprised...the prof said they only invited 10 applicants to interview. I was under the impression that most schools invited upwards of 20. Whatever the case, I'm thrilled. NU is at the top of my list. 😀
 
I got an email/phone invite to IndianaU/PurdueU on 1/22/07 for an interview 2/15-2/17.

Does anyone else have this horrible fear that an invite email may have been swallowed up by the Bulk Mail feature? Or maybe that's just wishful thinking.
 
Nimadea said:
Does anyone else have this horrible fear that an invite email may have been swallowed up by the Bulk Mail feature? Or maybe that's just wishful thinking.
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I keep checking my spam box just in case!
 
Got the invite from Fordham by email.
 
CuriousGeorgia said:
So I havent gotten any interview invites yet ... but I also havent gotten any rejection letters ... theyre probably in the mail. Did anyone get a rejection from Miami? I know they already gave out interviews but I want to know if I still have a chance. Congrats to the UVA people - I'm checking my email every 5 seconds waiting for something from Curry. The only thing keeping me going is that I havent heard anything. Think no news is good news right now? Ahhhhh freaking out
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I totally hear ya. I applied to 15 schools, and have only received one rejection letter, and ZERO invites. Last year I only applied to 3 schools, but I did receive letters by like late March from each of them. I even got two letters of rejection from Northwestern: one from the graduate school and one from the department head! Ha! Go with "no news is good news," and at least for me, I'd settle for ONE offer. It only takes one if you like them and they like you! Hold out hope!
 
You know, I really hope I meet some of you guys at interviews. I feel like we've really bonded. They say highly stressful/threatening experiences draw people together...you think this counts? 😉
 
This definitely qualifies as a high-stress situation!

I just got a voicemail at work from Northwestern Feinberg school's admin asst. for a Clinical PhD interview on March 9.
 
Psychxiety said:
Ok scratch what I just said...I just got my invite to Northwestern! Yay!
I'm really surprised...the prof said they only invited 10 applicants to interview. I was under the impression that most schools invited upwards of 20. Whatever the case, I'm thrilled. NU is at the top of my list. 😀
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NU has really small cohorts-- usually 2-4 people, but one year, it was one person-- so that is why they invite fewer people. Nonetheless, you should feel great about being one of only 10 chosen to come out!
 
Psychxiety... was it northwestern evanston or feinberg?!

congrats!
 
tt123 said:
Got the invite form Fordham by email.
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Congrats! Was it for Fordham clinical?

Did you express interest in the child and Family Specialization?

What is the interview date?

Sorry for all the questions, just getting nervous :scared:
 
Psychxiety said:
You know, I really hope I meet some of you guys at interviews. I feel like we've really bonded. They say highly stressful/threatening experiences draw people together...you think this counts? 😉
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Funny, I def. think this would count. I do hope to meet some of you at interviews- that would be quite interesting.


As for the rejection letters, last year when I applied I only received a few rejection letters. After I interviewed at PSU, I never heard from them- I even tried to contact the department. I never heard anything from Stony Brook or UCONN either.

This is a new year and I expect to hear from more schools this week (interview invites not rejection letters 🙂 ). It would be nice to have options. I am extremely excited about my first interview though because so far from what I can tell the program is def. ideal and I think I would be very comfortable there.

I am really amused by this whole thread. I feel I can say that because I have applied to programs as well, so i can def. identify with how everyone is feeling, but there is still some part of me that finds this amusing :laugh: Maybe it's just that I have reached a point of delirium that masks the seriousness of this all 😕
 
Nimadea said:
This definitely qualifies as a high-stress situation!

I just got a voicemail at work from Northwestern Feinberg school's admin asst. for a Clinical PhD interview on March 9.
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I'm just staring at my work phone now 🙂 :scared:
 
zbombvt... hang in there! It is still early in the process, especially if your schools were 1/15 deadlines, as many of them are!!! Good luck!!!
 
Psych_Ho said:
zbombvt... hang in there! It is still early in the process, especially if your schools were 1/15 deadlines, as many of them are!!! Good luck!!!
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Thanks Psych_Ho! I was referring specifically to NW-Feinberg though 🙂
I've had some good results from a couple other schools, but am very fond of the NW program.
 
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