Clinical Psychology

Many students ask whether Psy.D. programs are less prestigious than Ph.D. programs. Although it is difficult to comment on this ...

working with professors as colleagues. You will likely be responsible for organizing and run- ning large projects. You will be e ...

to engage in a variety of possible tasks. It is quite common for undergraduate students to assist with data entry, library resea ...

As we have discussed, admission to psychology Ph.D. programs is quite competitive. Successful appli- cants now typically have am ...

TABLE 1Monthly Tasks for Successfully Managing the Clinical Psychology Graduate School Application Process Prior to August of th ...

with that mentor during graduate school. This is different from the undergraduate application expe- rience, which can be discuss ...

achieve scores exceed the 75th percentile on each section; however,significant deviationin these scores is allowed when consider ...

experiences as well. It sometimes may make sense to include four letters, but please keep in mind that doing so requires more re ...

in that it expresses a great foundation on which to build during graduate training. If your potential graduate mentor is familia ...

childhood externalizing disorders, these two profes- sors might question your commitment to their spe- cific areas of research. ...

from the last few classes of admitted students (look for links that indicate“performance and outcome data”). A link to data for ...

admissions procedure becomes remarkably difficult for the faculty member and/or admissions com- mittee. Quite frankly, there are ...

information and number of people who will meet you likely will be reduced as compared to the expe- rience you would have on the ...

Questions to ask potential advisors: ■ What is your mentoring style? ■ How does one earn authorship in this lab? ■ How do studen ...

First, do your homework. When you initially applied to graduate programs, you likely looked for faculty mentors with whom you sh ...

talk about your own research experience and inter- ests in detail—at least insomuch as it helps you dem- onstrate how you are a ...

research interests are (you may want to plan a 2- to 4-minute response to this question). Most impor- tant, think about the rese ...

At many graduate programs, applicants may be invited to an informal reception hosted by graduate students. Although it may look ...

about this process as you were is still waiting on an offer and cannot hear the good news until you have made your decision. If ...

References Abeles, N. (1990). Rediscovering psychological assess- ment.Clinical Psychologist, 10 ,3–4. Achenbach, T. M. (1991).M ...