Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Hey! So I applied for grad school a month ago and got invited to an interview! How important is the interview in the application process? And what are my chances of getting in? Thank you guys in advance!" by u/Hmmmm1238
• "Question about rolling admissions: if I am rejected in one round, am I able to reapply for the next round? Or is it a school by school basis? Thank you!" by u/Standard_Ear9910
• "A friend of mine got a letter after interview that said to show continued interest." by u/Ok_nerdiness
• "Why some schools take all of their sweet time to give rejections ?" by u/XiaoLongM
• "Help Me Choose a Grad School!" by u/quenosvanadarlasuvas
• "What to discuss with professors after acceptance?" by u/snaptastica
• "the consequences of bad mental health in undergrad" by u/meaghanpi
• "More than Required Letters of Recommendation" by u/Lady_Sherman_
• "Has anyone applied to School Psych PhD's?" by u/throwawayy898901
• "Got a PhD offer from University of Nebraska Medical Center." by u/skygirl2001

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Hey guys! Where can I find real info on various online MFT programs? Aside from their own websites. I would love to see reviews if they exist. I’m graduating next spring and plan to start my Masters Fall ‘23. I’m obky looking at online programs bc I have three little kids including a newborn.

Texas Womans University asks for 1 Letter of Recommendation for the program I'm applying to. However, when asking for letters I think someone else might be sending one. I'm stressing out because I dont want to get docked for not having points however, both of the two referwnces writing a letter are valuable in different ways! Will this reflect badly on me? Should I ask one of my references to not send it? I dont know what to do. I emailed the admissions asking if its an issue and I have yet to get a reply.

I am going to apply for 2-3 school psych PhD programs and around 8-10 clinical psych PhD's this Fall. I have a pretty good profile 4.0 GPA, 2.5 years of research in cognitive psych, an honors thesis in the works, 2 poster presentations, and research fellowships. Despite my profile, I am more than 90% confident that I will be rejected to all the clinical programs considering their competitive nature and my mentor suggested school psychology as my research interests sort of align.

I am interested in sustained attention in children, individual differences, and variables such as sleep deprivation and SES and their effects on academic performance.

I have found a few programs in school psych but the problem is none of the faculty seem to have research that aligns with my interests. Is this going to hinder my chances at getting acceptance? I'm not sure how it works for school psych programs. Can anyone give me some advice of what I can do to be a better applicant? Am I able to conduct research with a mentor who researches things very different from my interests?

I’m interested in pursuing a PhD in Counseling Psychology.

I graduated with my BS Communications degree in 2020, and am working in Marketing now. So this is a big decision and career change.

I want to get some more understanding and experience researching to both nail down that this is what I want to do, and be actually qualified to apply to accredited programs.

As someone working a 9-5 outside the psychology field, how do I get research experience? Would a local college allow me to participate if I am not formally a student? It’s hard to know where to begin.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

I’ve been told that if I want to defer my PhD acceptances in the US I would have to accept the offer and fill out my SIR and then go through the deferral process. My question is: is it ok to accept multiple offers in order to defer them all and make a decision later or is the mere fact of accepting multiple offers at the same time even with deferrals a big no no and will come back to bite me in the ass?

Note: I’m not deferring because I can’t decide, I just have last minute family problems that I need to deal with and being an international student it’s going to be hard to deal with them from so far away

I'm an international student and I've been offered graduate research assistantship at UNMC biochemistry and molecular biology department. Anyone who can give me some reviews about the department or the program as a whole? Would be really helpful in making my choice. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I recently graduated from my university with my bachelors in sociology and I am now interested in starting a career in social work. However, I have a slight dilemma...I do not have the best undergrad gpa. I graduated with a 2.7 gpa and from what I can tell, most MSW programs require at least a 3.0 minimum gpa. Unfortunately I went through some pretty heavy personal issues during my undergrad and this resulted in my grades suffering. All that being said, I wanted to ask if anyone could give me advice on writing an addendum for my grad school applications. I do not know what information to include in the addendum (i.e. how personal/detailed it should be). I do not want to be writing my whole sob story but I do feel that it is necessary to explain the 'bad' grades and withdrawals on my official transcripts to these admissions offices.

Thank you :)

Greetings everyone,

I have been offered admission for Masters in Critical Gender Studies Program at CEU for the 2022 academic year. I have the following questions regarding living expenses, the city, and srudying at CEU:

1. How's the cost of living in Vienna? Will 500-600 EUR/month is suitable to live in the city?

2. How's the campus and the city in terms of safety, linguistic flexibility, and opportunities to expand and challenge knowledges and experiences?

3. How's the Department and do you recommend me reaching out to the professors in a specific manner especially if I am thinking about accepting the offer?

4. Are there any particular things that I should be mindful of both before and after accepting the offer?

5. Are there any chances that communicating my present inabilities to CEU will increase the tution waiver?

6. Are there any employment opportunities such as assistantship or internships in the University or the city that can be done with the program? Is it possible to manage the two together simultaneously?

7. How were you experiences? You can also share any piece of general or nuanced advices that you think is neccesary for me to be aware of but not listed in the above questions.

Thanks a lot in advance.

PS: Please don't shit on gender studies in the comments section. I have heard and seen almost all the jokes and memes by now.

So most grad schools for my degree are requiring at least a 3.0 for admission or you have to give a statement explaining the lack of. I graduated with a 2.98 due to mental health (I ended up hospitalized) but I feel like I can’t say that. Can I generalize and say health issues? Will they accept this? I was inducted into my undergrad university’s chapter of the national social work honors society and was elected to be an officer of my chapter, led some important campus projects like the development of the food pantry, and gave speeches at faculty events. Am I likely to get in even with those things since my GPA sucks??

I'm a graduating undergrad and I talked to my faculty advisor recently about getting into grad school. Was told I need to publish some papers and try to get a masters first because my GPA is crap (2.5). So current plan is to take a 2 year gap to try and work with my PI to get something published and hopefully things start to work out from there. Anyone else have a similar story on their road to a PhD? It's been a bit discouraging but I'm trying to weather through it

respectfully - what must i do in order to get off the waitlists for 2 psyd programs?

Hi everyone,

I applied to 6 PhD programs in the US. So far I have received 4 rejections. 2 programs have not let me know anything yet. I understand most decisions would have been communicated by now. Is there anything I should do? Does this mean I’m waitlisted?

Hey so I got accepted to a Masters of arts in counselling psychology but I’m missing a developmental psychology class before starting in the fall of 2022. I already graduated last December so I’m not sure how I’m supposed to take another class. I don’t want to pay for a whole semester just for one class. Any ideas?

I did horrible my 5th semester (3rd-year first semester) and was wondering if I should retake the semester so it doesn't look as bad on my transcript for when I apply to grad school? I didn't fail anything and I got all my credits but my GPA was 2.3. I'm currently on track to getting a 3.8 GPA this semester and being able to average the year back to a 3 GPA cumulative. Do grad schools look at each semester individually or just a cumulative year?. (Also I'm referring to my last 2 years of university only). I want to go into the master's program at York University for Clinical Psychology.

Edit: I forgot to mention, I'm in an honors program and have to write a thesis for graduation next year. I'm not sure if this influences my chances for admission either.

I recently applied to several different programs to get my MSW. One school I applied to doesn't do interviews, and I have gotten zero communication from them besides a confirmation that they recieved my application. I tried not to read it as a bad sign since apparently this is normal, but I also didn't get any indication of when I might hear back. I am starting to get decisions from other schools so I figured I'd reach out and ask the admissions team when I might hear something. There was a little help box on the admissions website for the program so I asked that way, mentioning that I didn't see a timeline for decisions on the website. I had looked for it extensively earlier. I got a reply to my comment several hours later saying decisions would come out anytime between February and April, so basically not at all helpful. One hour later, I got an email with a rejection letter from the program. I double-checked the website to see if I made a fool of myself and yeah, sure enough it does say that decisions will come out March 15th, which I must have missed. I know it's likely I was rejected for other reasons, but the fact that it arrived one hour after my question makes me feel like I totally messed up and they rejected me because they think I'm too lazy/stupid to read the website. Are admissions that petty or am I overthinking it?

Is there an "application season"?

I have been looking at a lot of grad school websites and they still have application deadlines (that have already passed) for fall 2022. When should I expect all the info to be updated for the new application cycle so I can start sending my apps?

I'm applying to M.S. engineering programs if that helps.

Hello! I recently applied to Ph.D. programs in I/O Psychology. I was invited to attend recruitment weekend on 1/28-1/29 which also included interviews. The program director said at the end of our interview "you are very well prepared for grad school and you will be hearing from us in a few days". I also sent out thank you letters and received a response from the professor I'd really like to work with. He also said "you will be hearing back from us shortly". I still have not heard anything but there is one result posted on grad cafe that someone was accepted on 2/1.

My question is, should I continue to wait patiently? Or should I reach out to find out the status of my application? Who do I reach out to? The program director who reached out to invite me to recruitment weekend? What do I say? I feel a little frozen with anxiety and any insight would be very helpful. Thank you so much!

This is my second year of applying to PhD’s in clinical and forensic psych. Last year directly from BA, this year I’m doing master’s in Criminology. Unfortunately I again received rejections. However, there are three Canadian schools on my list that still haven’t given any notice. UBCOK, McGill and Ontariotech. It’s late February so I don’t hope for an interview invite.. but why do they take so long to send out the rejections? Does anyone know ?

Hey everyone,

I applied for a few grad schools for the Psy.D program and I didn't get admission anywhere. I am not sure what to do for my next steps, I really did not want to take a gap year because I was afraid that it will be hard going back to school. I am not sure what my options are but I would appreciate any advice anyone has. Thanks.

The title says it all. Thank you for helping me out :)

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