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Hi all,
I recently graduated with a specialized honours BA in Psychology, and will be applying to clinical and counselling psych programs for entrance fall 2008. I was planning on going to CSPP, but now that I've read all these comments about the school, I'm paranoid! Ultimately, I want to become a psychologist and practice...no aspirations for research. Why are these professional schools frowned upon (other than the fact that you'll be in debt forever)? Are there scholarships available for people planning to attend CSPP? Also, in terms of living expenses....would anyone mind sharing how expensive it is to live in California (I know it depends on which part...say San Diego or LA....)? How does health insurance work in California (sorry for all the questions...I'm from Canada and am not sure how it works).
As much as I want to go to grad school in Canada, I don't know how likely that is (3.3 gpa, some experience as a volunteer RA).
On top of all of this, I really, REALLY don't want to write the GRE's - math has never been a forte of mine, and I feel like the prep course I took did not prepare me whatsoever for the quant. part. I feel confident for the verbal; I've been learning my words..but the math has been incredibly frustrating and every time I can't solve something, I get frustrated and have not looked at it for the past month and a half.
Any advice on this? Should I just write it and not underestimate myself?
Also, does anyone know of any counselling programs that don't require the GRE that aren't from a professional school (if they exist)?
Any advice/commentary is really appreciated!!
Thanks so much.
I recently graduated with a specialized honours BA in Psychology, and will be applying to clinical and counselling psych programs for entrance fall 2008. I was planning on going to CSPP, but now that I've read all these comments about the school, I'm paranoid! Ultimately, I want to become a psychologist and practice...no aspirations for research. Why are these professional schools frowned upon (other than the fact that you'll be in debt forever)? Are there scholarships available for people planning to attend CSPP? Also, in terms of living expenses....would anyone mind sharing how expensive it is to live in California (I know it depends on which part...say San Diego or LA....)? How does health insurance work in California (sorry for all the questions...I'm from Canada and am not sure how it works).
As much as I want to go to grad school in Canada, I don't know how likely that is (3.3 gpa, some experience as a volunteer RA).
On top of all of this, I really, REALLY don't want to write the GRE's - math has never been a forte of mine, and I feel like the prep course I took did not prepare me whatsoever for the quant. part. I feel confident for the verbal; I've been learning my words..but the math has been incredibly frustrating and every time I can't solve something, I get frustrated and have not looked at it for the past month and a half.
Any advice on this? Should I just write it and not underestimate myself?
Also, does anyone know of any counselling programs that don't require the GRE that aren't from a professional school (if they exist)?
Any advice/commentary is really appreciated!!
Thanks so much.