Do PsyD programs accept students based on if the prof are taking new students??

[melon1129]

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So, I know for Ph D programs you have to make sure the prof your interested in working with is accepting new students....but, is it the same for Psy D. programs? Since some Psy D require you to do a dissertation do you need to make sure the prof is accepting new students before applying??😕

 

[psychmama]

So, I know for Ph D programs you have to make sure the prof your interested in working with is accepting new students....but, is it the same for Psy D. programs? Since some Psy D require you to do a dissertation do you need to make sure the prof is accepting new students before applying??😕

Hi. In my limited experience, most Psyd programs don't admit students to a designated professor's lab (although there may be exceptions I'm unaware of). That said, your chances of getting admitted increase if your interests match what various faculty are doing, and increase if they have a need for more students doing research in those areas of interest.

In my Psyd program we do dissertations, but this is not really linked to admissions. Most of us choose our topics after we've been in the program a while. However, I do know several students who expressed interest in doing dissertations on topics that mapped onto certain faculty research interests. This is always nice for the school and for the student. However, it's usually less important in a Psyd program than in many Phd programs.

Best advice is to research the particular program, whether PsyD or PhD, in order to determine how it works there.

 

[erg923]

Generally speaking, no. Im dont know of any that operate under a mentor model.

 

[melon1129]

Ok thanks ya'll! Another question....Do psy d dissertations tend to be shorter than ph d dissertations or are they essentially the same??

 

[erg923]

I know they are of a different type than the traditional dissertation. Usually a large paper on a clinical topic or review of the lit, and only ooccasionally full empriical studies. I doubt many Psy.D.s are collecting their own data for studies. But I'm sure it happens.

 

[futureapppsy2]

In my limited experience, most Psyd programs don't admit students to a designated professor's lab (although there may be exceptions I'm unaware of).

Baylor does, IIRC.

I know they are of a different type than the traditional dissertation. Usually a large paper on a clinical topic or review of the lit, and only ooccasionally full empriical studies

Almost all PsyD programs I've seen require a full empirical dissertation, though some programs may be less exacting than traditional PhD programs re: stats and other issues.

 

[FadedC]

Some of the PsyD programs I applied to allowed you to do a case study or a similar piece of written work in place of a traditional experiment. If you went this route however your paper had to be about 4 times longer then normal, so most people went the experimental route.

As a side note there are actually PHD programs that don't admit you to a particular professor's lab as well. For example the website for the clinical program at City College in New York outright forbids you from contacting individual professors until you are accepted, saying that you are applying to the overall program instead of an individual lab. I'm sure they still take into account who you would be a research fit with however.

 

[psychmama]

Ok thanks ya'll! Another question....Do psy d dissertations tend to be shorter than ph d dissertations or are they essentially the same??

In my Psyd program we must write full dissertations, however we have more freedom in the research design than the Phd students. My dissertation is a qualitative study of a particular population of women. I recruited the participants and am conducting the interviews. It follows principles of phenomenology and grounded theory -- two qualitative research designs.

Others in my program are doing empirical studies, program planning and development, and in some cases, theoretical dissertations.

Hope that helps.

 

[psychmama]

Baylor does, IIRC.

Yeah, I figured Baylor might be the exception!😉

 

[cara susanna]

Yes, the PhD program into which I was admitted does not do so per professor. You get admitted into the program and then pick your advisor.

 

[melon1129]

Thanks everyone! 😀