Psych Programs

[BCqueen]

Hello Everyone,

I was just wondering how competetive it is to get into specific Psych programs such as:
UPenn
UPitt
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
NYU
Specifically what are the range of Step I/Step II scores for people in these programs?
Is research a must? Can you realistically get into any of these programs without research?
Do they inteview most people?
Thanks so much in advance for the responses.

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[sga430]

i am an img and didnt get an iv at any of those places.

 

[cleareyedguy]

They are all strong places with excellent residents. From the point of difficulty gaining entrance, I'd put Columbia and Cornell as the most difficult; NYU, Yale and Penn are slightly less difficult. Pitt is something of a special case since it has a great research program but may not be as hard to get into as the others.

I doubt if any of them have rigid cut offs for scores. Interestingly, STEP was created as a pass/fail test but has become a way to differentiate among candidates. They do NOT interview most candidates. The most successful candidates tend to have excellent grades, published research, good interviewing skills, and a lack of bad stuff (ie, the letters, grades, scores). At the same time, nobody's perfect, and people with less-than-stellar records frequently do get in.