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hi I’ve turned to SDN again, the people here are silly very helpful and kind. I’ve decided I want to continue the psychology route. My gpa is a cgpa3.1 psych 3.2 with the main classes being A and B+‘s. According to my advisor my 3.2 isn’t the best but it’s NOT BAD. I won’t be automatically disqualified by the system. My plan is to do a masters first, unfortunately I missed deadlines as i was supposed to do an MSW program but backed out because I attended a MSW conference and realized its not for me. But I’ve found 2 programs that look decent LIU and Adelphi that do spring admissions and fall in a rolling basis. I don’t have a GRE because my family hit financial trouble and I had to help contribute and I don’t have the money for the prep courses (I’m bad at math) I wouldn’t be confident going into the test with no prep. I’ve found plenty of programs that don’t ask for the GRE. I know I will need it for PhD. My conundrum is I have no research as of now. I have an internship at a psychiatric hospital where I have ran groups, done therapies and worked one on one with patients, I also have another internship at a mental health and wellness where i did a lot of case management and file work but also ovserved groups. How can I get research experience to be competitive? The master programs I’ve looked at say they prepare students to apply to PhD level programs and a lot of emphasis is put on the thesis. However almost all of them don’t specifically mention research oppurtunities ar the MA level, however I find it hard to believe the masters level wouldn’t have any research opportunities. Any advice as to how to make myself more competitive for any PhD brogram? My advisor said he’s known plenty of people getting into programs with below 3.0 gpa and my only weakness if I bring my gpa up with a masters is research. I am 24 going to be 25, I’m getting older and I don’t want to wait until it’s too late to become a psychologist.