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Hi everyone! Does anyone have any advice or can point me to any resources for writing statements of purpose for Clinical Psychology PhD programs? I think part of the trouble I'm having is because I'm trying too hard to be articulate right off the bat, when I really just need to be putting words down on the page for now and can fix them later. I'm also worried that when talking about my research experience I'm just regurgitating my CV into my statement, instead of discussing my experience in a way that goes beyond whatever anyone reading will have gotten out of my CV.
Any advice is appreciated! This is my first time applying to Clinical Psych PhD programs (or any grad school, for that matter) so I don't really have a solid frame of reference for this kind of writing. I've never been great at writing about myself but I've also been in my RA job for a bit over 2 years now so I feel especially out of practice writing anything that isn't admin/IRB/grant related. Thanks!
Any advice is appreciated! This is my first time applying to Clinical Psych PhD programs (or any grad school, for that matter) so I don't really have a solid frame of reference for this kind of writing. I've never been great at writing about myself but I've also been in my RA job for a bit over 2 years now so I feel especially out of practice writing anything that isn't admin/IRB/grant related. Thanks!