What if your gpa is below the average for accepted students (3.3-3.4-ish) and you have been accepted to a fully funded masters program? Would it be worth it then?
Also, take into account that some programs prefer students with masters and some see it as more of a negative.
For me it was worth it. I had pretty good stats (3.53 GPA, 1310 combined GRE), but only an honors thesis as far as research. I lived in a rural area with no place to go to get more research experience, and due to my personal situation, did not want to move somewhere for a year to work in a lab. I got into a fully funded Master's program (Experimental), which gave me research / publication opportunities, as well as more contacts in the field overall. It worked - I'm starting a PhD program in the fall.
How can a masters degree in psych be terminal?
Do you mean "what can you do with a terminal masters degree in psych?".
Basically become a CRC (clinical research coordinator), or some other terrible job where you are destined to be the slave of PhDs and MDs, with awful pay and unsatisfying work. Obviously if people want to go the therapy route without getting a PhD an MSW is the way to go, not a masters of clinical pysch.
Do you mean "what can you do with a terminal masters degree in psych?".
Basically become a CRC (clinical research coordinator), or some other terrible job where you are destined to be the slave of PhDs and MDs, with awful pay and unsatisfying work. Obviously if people want to go the therapy route without getting a PhD an MSW is the way to go, not a masters of clinical pysch.
No I mean a terminal degree refers to the highest level of education in that field. A masters in psych is not terminal. A PhD is the terminal degree for clinical psych.