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Hi all! I just took the GRE a few days ago so I can finally post here I haven't taken the Psych GRE yet but will do that in November... I'm hoping to go to a clinical PhD program in/ around NYC in 2011.
-Cum. GPA: 3.94
-GRE Verbal: 600
-GRE Quant: 690
-graduated from a top 20 university
-completed an honors thesis and received highest honors
-member of phi beta kappa and psi chi
-volunteered on my school's anonymous helpline for 3 years
-volunteered in a developmental/ narrative psych lab for 1.5 years as an undergrad
-volunteered at two different psych labs at NYU over two summers
-will begin working as lab manager of a clinical psych lab at the school from which I graduated starting in July
As of now, I think my top choice is Columbia TC, which accepts very few students per year... but I'd be happy at any PhD program in the NYC area. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
I think it will really depend on your personal statement, your research experience that you start in July, and your letters of rec. Will you be full-time? I think you are competitive for a PhD program in other parts of the country, but NYC is so hard to say. As if phds aren't competitive to begin with, NYC is extremely more so--hence the low stipends. I would check to see if your GREs are close to the averages for these NYC Schools. 1290 is not a bad score by any means, but when you're competing against hundreds of applicants, you may want to retake the GRE and get a 1350-1400+. Good luck!