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Having gone down the physician path myself, I had no idea how competitive this Clinical Psychology PhD process is (i.e triple digit applications for double digit interviews for 1-4 spots) and definitely realize I lack the intuition I once thought I had about it so I need help.
My partner has worked multiple jobs in the area of psychology with a diverse range of clinical experiences at psychology centers, an OK uGPA (she's a bit removed from it though), an above average GRE, and she has recently started getting more publications as a product of her most recent research job. The issue that she has brought up to me is that she feels like she lacks experience with coding (ex. R) and a foundation in Statistics. This cycle she has a couple interviews but recently her #1 (top 30ish program) rejected her and she feels it is because she doesn't have coding experience which I think is absurd. It's a PhD program, they're supposed to teach her the research methodologies. I feel her time would be best spent pumping out more publications to improve her CV (in the off chance she has to reapply) whereas she agrees that she wants to keep doing that but also take classes in advanced statistics and programming which she's currently doing and it's like stressing her out. I obviously support her and love her drive to learn programming but do you all really feel this is necessary for her admission into a Clinical Psychology PhD program (I'm not talking a tip top academic program, I'm talking any program). She has an unhealthy tendency to underestimate herself sometimes and wanted to get some wiser opinions. Obviously I am happy she's taking initiative but just want to make sure she's not putting the cart before the horse...
My partner has worked multiple jobs in the area of psychology with a diverse range of clinical experiences at psychology centers, an OK uGPA (she's a bit removed from it though), an above average GRE, and she has recently started getting more publications as a product of her most recent research job. The issue that she has brought up to me is that she feels like she lacks experience with coding (ex. R) and a foundation in Statistics. This cycle she has a couple interviews but recently her #1 (top 30ish program) rejected her and she feels it is because she doesn't have coding experience which I think is absurd. It's a PhD program, they're supposed to teach her the research methodologies. I feel her time would be best spent pumping out more publications to improve her CV (in the off chance she has to reapply) whereas she agrees that she wants to keep doing that but also take classes in advanced statistics and programming which she's currently doing and it's like stressing her out. I obviously support her and love her drive to learn programming but do you all really feel this is necessary for her admission into a Clinical Psychology PhD program (I'm not talking a tip top academic program, I'm talking any program). She has an unhealthy tendency to underestimate herself sometimes and wanted to get some wiser opinions. Obviously I am happy she's taking initiative but just want to make sure she's not putting the cart before the horse...
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