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Hi folks
Would love any advice/info on my chances here.
As a bit of background, I'm a non-trad applicant with an undergrad degree in psychology as well as a Master's in clinical psychology. I've got two years of work experience in psychology, a large majority of it in intelligence testing and neuropsych evaluations. For a year of that I worked in an outpatient/inpatient neurology department at a hospital doing batteries for concussions, stroke, pre-op / post-op evaluation, Parkinson's, etc. I also volunteer at a free medical clinic doing intake interviews (hoping to do scribe work there after Christmas). Past volunteer experience is pretty extensive, with 4 years of YoungLife in college and a summer at a homeless shelter. I also currently work doing more concussion evals while also working as a communications director for a nonprofit.
My sGPA is largely from a post-bacc program that I completed (3.84 GPA there ... 2 B's in physics) combined with 2 B's from intro bio and chemistry back during my freshman year of college almost 8 years ago. Do those science classes even count anymore since they are so long ago? My post-bacc courses were the requirements for med schools, so not too many upper level courses. Although I did finish physiology and biochemistry.
During my master's program I had about 1.5 years of research experience, the first being in a lab examining cognitive effects of HIV and then the rest in a lab for neuropsych looking at how children function with rare genetic disorders. I have some shadowing experience (primary care, ER, ortho; probably 40 hours). Do I need more of that?
What kinds of schools should I be shooting for here? I would prefer to be somewhere near the Southeast or East Coast but I am not strictly limited geographically. Also, should I push my interest in neurology and psychiatry in my application, as I'm fairly certain I want to do one of those? Or do I need to come across as open to anything? On one hand I have first hand experience into both of those fields but at the same time I don't want to look pigeonholed either.
Thank you for reading!
Would love any advice/info on my chances here.
As a bit of background, I'm a non-trad applicant with an undergrad degree in psychology as well as a Master's in clinical psychology. I've got two years of work experience in psychology, a large majority of it in intelligence testing and neuropsych evaluations. For a year of that I worked in an outpatient/inpatient neurology department at a hospital doing batteries for concussions, stroke, pre-op / post-op evaluation, Parkinson's, etc. I also volunteer at a free medical clinic doing intake interviews (hoping to do scribe work there after Christmas). Past volunteer experience is pretty extensive, with 4 years of YoungLife in college and a summer at a homeless shelter. I also currently work doing more concussion evals while also working as a communications director for a nonprofit.
My sGPA is largely from a post-bacc program that I completed (3.84 GPA there ... 2 B's in physics) combined with 2 B's from intro bio and chemistry back during my freshman year of college almost 8 years ago. Do those science classes even count anymore since they are so long ago? My post-bacc courses were the requirements for med schools, so not too many upper level courses. Although I did finish physiology and biochemistry.
During my master's program I had about 1.5 years of research experience, the first being in a lab examining cognitive effects of HIV and then the rest in a lab for neuropsych looking at how children function with rare genetic disorders. I have some shadowing experience (primary care, ER, ortho; probably 40 hours). Do I need more of that?
What kinds of schools should I be shooting for here? I would prefer to be somewhere near the Southeast or East Coast but I am not strictly limited geographically. Also, should I push my interest in neurology and psychiatry in my application, as I'm fairly certain I want to do one of those? Or do I need to come across as open to anything? On one hand I have first hand experience into both of those fields but at the same time I don't want to look pigeonholed either.
Thank you for reading!
