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I am hoping someone can advise me on what to do in this frustrating situation...
I am currently a Master's student in the field of developmental & cognitive psychology at a good university (with full funding) in Canada. In case not everyone is familiar with the Canadian system, here, you must complete an MA (usually 2 years) before you can continue into the PhD. Once accepted into the MA though, it is almost an automatic transition into the PhD program. So anyways, I am now finished 1 year of the MA program, and I am starting to debate whether I made the correct decision of pursuing an experimental program instead of a clinical program. The more I think about it, the more I regret not applying to a clinical program. I am now thinking about applying to a clinical MA program after completion of my MA in experimental psych. However, I'm not sure about how this would look on my application. I'm afraid I'll be classified into the "she doesn't know what she wants" category. Additionally, given the intense competition into clinical programs, I'm afraid of losing my current position which guarantees me entry into the fully-funded PhD (although not clinical). Further, I'm afraid of my current supervisor's reaction to my decision (after all, he has spent time teaching and supervising my research, the university has provided funding for me, and now I will simply leave). I don't even know if he would write me a good reference letter after all this! Even if I re-apply to the same university, how will they look at my application? I don't know what to do, has anyone been in this situation before? I don't want to end up regretting anything..
If anyone can offer some advice on my dilemma, that would be really great..
I am currently a Master's student in the field of developmental & cognitive psychology at a good university (with full funding) in Canada. In case not everyone is familiar with the Canadian system, here, you must complete an MA (usually 2 years) before you can continue into the PhD. Once accepted into the MA though, it is almost an automatic transition into the PhD program. So anyways, I am now finished 1 year of the MA program, and I am starting to debate whether I made the correct decision of pursuing an experimental program instead of a clinical program. The more I think about it, the more I regret not applying to a clinical program. I am now thinking about applying to a clinical MA program after completion of my MA in experimental psych. However, I'm not sure about how this would look on my application. I'm afraid I'll be classified into the "she doesn't know what she wants" category. Additionally, given the intense competition into clinical programs, I'm afraid of losing my current position which guarantees me entry into the fully-funded PhD (although not clinical). Further, I'm afraid of my current supervisor's reaction to my decision (after all, he has spent time teaching and supervising my research, the university has provided funding for me, and now I will simply leave). I don't even know if he would write me a good reference letter after all this! Even if I re-apply to the same university, how will they look at my application? I don't know what to do, has anyone been in this situation before? I don't want to end up regretting anything..
If anyone can offer some advice on my dilemma, that would be really great..
