Hello All,
First time poster, long time lurker, haha. This will be my first time applying to Clinical Psych. PsyD/PhD programs, and I'm having trouble solidifying a realistic/shorter list due to a few factors:
Background:
- B.A. in Psychology, Minor in International Studies with a concentration in Global Health and Environment. Didn't have a ton of interaction with research during this time; joined a lab during my second semester of senior year.
- Did Teach for America and taught middle school for 3 years; left education to try other careers, then moved and worked as a Special Education Manager in middle schools for 3.5 years
- Got my MA in Psychology during the Pandemic, 1.5 years of research and President of Psi Chi chapter
- Have been working for the last year as a Psychometrist at a pediatric neuropsychological clinic serving primarily low income/minority populations
Stats:
- Undergrad GPA: 3.57
- Psych. Undergrad GPA: 3.74
- Grad. GPA: 4.08
- No publications (I was a founding lab member in my Grad program so we weren't ready for articles when I was there)
- 1 presentation at a virtual conference
- GRE: haven't taken
WAMC to these programs based on the fact that:
- I'm an "uncommon" applicant: in my early 30s, had a career in education prior to this
- I've worked predominantly in clinical areas (in the classroom, in special education, conducting neuropsychological testing) but I have experience in research and data analysis (took 2 semesters of Grad. Stats. in my MA program)
- I haven't taken the GRE (mostly out of anxiety, but none of the programs require it), so I don't have that data to use as a comparison tool
- My goal is to become a Clinical Psychologist who works in a hospital/team setting who can do both therapy and neuropsychological testing
Programs:
BU (Counseling PhD)
Catholic U
Drexel
Fordham University (Clinical) |
Fordham University (Counseling PhD) |
GW (PhD) |
Georgia State University (Clinical) |
Georgia State University (Community) |
GW PsyD |
Indiana University of PA (PsyD) |
JMU (PsyD) |
Loyola University MD (PsyD) |
Loyola University of Chicago |
Montclair State University |
Northwestern - Feinberg |
Palo Alto University |
PGSP - Stanford PsyD Consortium (PsyD) |
Roosevelt University (PsyD) |
Saint Louis University |
SMU |
Suffolk University |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
University of Denver (PsyD) |
University of Hartford (PsyD) |
U Mass - Boston |
UNC at Greensboro (program has a 20% attrition rate...) |
UVA (Combined School/Clinical PhD) |
West Chester University (PsyD) |
Yeshiva (either PhD or School/Clinical PsyD) |
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Thank you all for reading, responding, or thinking about responding!