Widener University PsyD

[psych-in-va]

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For people interested in getting a PsyD...
what's your impression of Widener University in Pennsylvania? I had my interview there yesterday and was very impressed with the program, faculty, and students. It was my third of six interviews, but it is my top choice so far (over Argosy DC and Hartford). It's hard to get a sense of reputation about these PsyD programs since they aren't ranked. They had 355 applicants this year for ~32 spots, so that's pretty impressive. I also expect to like Loyola in Maryland next Friday and the VA Consortium if i get an interview there.
Rank/reputation are somewhat important to me and I'm just not getting a good sense of that in the schools I'm looking at. Can anyone who knows any of the following PsyD programs attempt to rank them for me (putting financial support concerns aside)?:
Rutgers
Va Consortium
Loyola
University of Indianapolis
Widener University
University of Hartford
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Wright State University
Antioch New England
Argosy DC
The order I put them in is my best approximate guesses of rank...but I'm probably way off on some. Any help would be great.
THanks guys....

 

[JatPenn]

There's Rutgers, and then there's everyone else.

 

[psych-in-va]

ohhhhkay, but does anyone else have any thoughts other than that?
what if i don't get an interview at rutgers? or what if i get an interview and **gasp** don't like it or it isn't a good fit for me??? i know that rutgers is a great program, but i'm not gonna sell myself short here either. i've gotten 7 interviews so far, so i'm pretty proud of the work it took to get here. i hope that you are all equally proud, regardless of the luck you're having.
i'm a little tired of hearing so much about fabulous rutgers, to be honest. the simple fact is that they have room for 8 people - so "there's rutgers, then there's everyone else" isn't gonna work for me. does anyone else have any real ideas for those of us who kick ass but probably won't be at rutgers (because we're a big group)?
...i'm not trying to snap at you, jatpenn...just saying that your response isn't very helpful for me or probably most other people looking at the 9 other schools i listed. but either way, thanks for your thoughts.

There's Rutgers, and then there's everyone else.

 

[JatPenn]

Sorry, dude. You noted that "rank and reputation" are important to you, so I wanted to give you what the general view is on PsyD programs. Other people, feel free to jump in about how fabulous Antioch, Wright State, etc. are...

Again, my view is a general one, sort of outside looking in on PsyD programs (but not outside graduate level psychology programs altogether)

 

[psych-in-va]

okay, that's fair that that's your "outside looking in" view, but I also specified that I was specifically asking opinions of people applying to PsyDs...I did that for just this reason - that I was expecting to get responses telling me to do a PhD because it's better, the usual stuff from people who don't respect the PsyD very much.
Rank and reputation are somewhat important to me, like i said. I don't need people to tell me "how fabulous Antioch and Wright State are" (note that those are two that I put at the bottom of my own rankings). But if you're trying to tell me that Argosy or Antioch is equal to the Va Consortium or Loyola, I think you're just wrong about that.
Good luck with your own graduate program. Back to my original question, can anyone help me with putting those programs into tiers or ranks so i can get a better sense of what i'm looking at/how i'm doing???
repeat: i'm not looking for you to compare phds to psyds (that's a separate discussion). Thanks guys.

Sorry, dude. You noted that "rank and reputation" are important to you, so I wanted to give you what the general view is on PsyD programs. Other people, feel free to jump in about how fabulous Antioch, Wright State, etc. are...

Again, my view is a general one, sort of outside looking in on PsyD programs (but not outside graduate level psychology programs altogether)

 

[Jon4PsyD]

I think when you're talking about the PsyD there are probably 5 schools (and then everyone else):
Rutgers, Baylor, Pepperdine, Stanford, and Widener.

Of course all the other programs are probably great too but I list these since we're talking about reputation. Rutgers is probably the obvious number one. Baylor & Widener where the other two original programs and are very well respected. Pepperdine has an amazing program with great faculty. And Stanford, is only in it's 3rd year of existence, given more time it'll be right up there with Rutgers mostl ikely.

Jon

 

[JatPenn]

okay, so that wasn't TERRIBLY different than the opinion I gave 🙂 🙂

and relax, psych in va, I made no mention of comparisons between types of psych grad school.

 

[Psych98]

Hi - I am a graduate of Widener's Psy.D program. I graduated 9 years ago. I'm happy to tell you anything you want to know about the program. For those of you contemplating the whole Psy.D/debt issue, I'm happy to share my experience with that, as well.🙂

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

I think when you're talking about the PsyD there are probably 5 schools (and then everyone else):
Rutgers, Baylor, Pepperdine, Stanford, and Widener.

Exactly...minus Stanford. I need to see a solid track record by Stanford before putting it up there. They look great on paper, but I'd withhold judgment until it shows 5-10 years of solid graduates, placements, etc. I'm not sure why it wasn't accredited until now, so that gives me pause.

I was impressed by Loyola's program (though declined because of personal reasons).....and I'd put it in the next tier of schools.

-t

 

[psi123]

Exactly...minus Stanford. I need to see a solid track record by Stanford before putting it up there. They look great on paper, but I'd withhold judgment until it shows 5-10 years of solid graduates, placements, etc. I'm not sure why it wasn't accredited until now, so that gives me pause.

-t

The director of admissions at PGSP-Stanford told me that last year was the earliest that they could be accredited by APA since it's a long process..or something like that. ..He wouldn't lie about something like that right..??

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

The director of admissions at PGSP-Stanford told me that last year was the earliest that they could be accredited by APA since it's a long process..or something like that. ..He wouldn't lie about something like that right..??

I believe they have to have people (not sure how many years) go through their program before it can become accredited, and I know the process is a PITA. I know when they re-accredit the schools are given a range of 'approved' time, and it is worth asking if a school doesn't get the max # of years, though my knowledge about first time accreditation is limited.

-t