Hello everyone,
I joined SDN in hopes of gathering some feedback. I will be graduating with my Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling at the end of this year and am looking into local doctoral programs in the South Florida area. I am horrible in Math, so I found that CAU (Carlos Albizu University) does not require GRE scores and they offer an APA accredited PsyD program. I also found Fielding Graduate University which is the only online APA PhD program in Clinical Psychology in the US and is based in California. According to their site, the program "utilizes distributed delivery for many classes combined with residential sessions and training experiences in the student's local community."
I would absolutely love to be accepted at Nova Southeastern University which is in South Florida as many of the professors have research interests similar to mine. (Again, my biggest fear is the GRE. I am studying for the exam as we speak. I will be graduating with a 3.5 from my Masters program. I am hoping that 1 year of research experience as an undergrad and 4 years of experience working in the Mental Health Field will boost the appeal of my application.).
My goal is to be a clinician (psychotherapy and assessments), but I also have a desire to teach later down the road. I don't have a need to teach at a top research University. I would be content even teaching General Psychology classes at a Community College. I am also concerned that I may need to work full time while going to school, and the online program may offer me more flexibility as I do not feel that my GPA or GRE scores will be high enough to get me into a funded PhD program.
I apologize for going around in circles, but I guess my question would be is, if I didn't get into Nova, which program do you feel would provide me with a better education...Fielding Graduate University or Carlos Albizu Univerrsity?
I appreciate you taking the time to read my post. Thank you!
I joined SDN in hopes of gathering some feedback. I will be graduating with my Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling at the end of this year and am looking into local doctoral programs in the South Florida area. I am horrible in Math, so I found that CAU (Carlos Albizu University) does not require GRE scores and they offer an APA accredited PsyD program. I also found Fielding Graduate University which is the only online APA PhD program in Clinical Psychology in the US and is based in California. According to their site, the program "utilizes distributed delivery for many classes combined with residential sessions and training experiences in the student's local community."
I would absolutely love to be accepted at Nova Southeastern University which is in South Florida as many of the professors have research interests similar to mine. (Again, my biggest fear is the GRE. I am studying for the exam as we speak. I will be graduating with a 3.5 from my Masters program. I am hoping that 1 year of research experience as an undergrad and 4 years of experience working in the Mental Health Field will boost the appeal of my application.).
My goal is to be a clinician (psychotherapy and assessments), but I also have a desire to teach later down the road. I don't have a need to teach at a top research University. I would be content even teaching General Psychology classes at a Community College. I am also concerned that I may need to work full time while going to school, and the online program may offer me more flexibility as I do not feel that my GPA or GRE scores will be high enough to get me into a funded PhD program.
I apologize for going around in circles, but I guess my question would be is, if I didn't get into Nova, which program do you feel would provide me with a better education...Fielding Graduate University or Carlos Albizu Univerrsity?
I appreciate you taking the time to read my post. Thank you!