I’m more interested in clinical than research. Some of the PhD schools I looked into specifically said if your main goal is to be a clinician then their program wasn’t for you.
Yes, there’s likely a small handful of PhDs programs (and more likely, specific labs/PIs) that are extremely research heavy but most people on this board are PhDs who do non-existent to minimal research with a handful employed fully in academic settings.
Every PhD or PsyD student will do research during their program. If somebody wanted to avoid research totally and just focus on practice, a master’s degree such as LCSW, LPC, or MFT would be highly advised and a better fit than a doctorate.
Based on your signature, the parallel for the 2 schools you mentioned would be Caribbean med schools. And not the better ones of that bunch.
I’m really scared with what I’ve been reading about TCSPP. I’ve been accepted to TCSPP
If you were not geographically limited, how competitive would you be for PhD programs? Did you apply to any this cycle? A possible red flag is getting admitted to large cohort, for-profit PsyD programs while not getting interviews at PhDs in the same cycle, indicating that you’re on the lower end of competitiveness.
Are they okay or will they destroy my career too?
You’ll come out with massive amounts of debt that are not likely not sustainable for average psychologists salaries. You’ll also likely receive worse training than if you were in a small cohort PhD. And definitely less support to navigate more challenging parts of the doctorate, such as completing a dissertation and matching for internship.
But if you can finish the program and get licensed, you’ll be able to find employment. And every diploma mill program will have successful clinicians who likely would have been outstanding students anywhere and others who will likely struggle in different contexts.
