Writing sample advice...

[futureapppsy2]

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So, in general: what to submit/what not to submit? Is it a bad idea to submit a slightly modified lit review (from previous threads, the answer I'm getting seems to be "yes..."?)? A co-authored paper (I'm betting "yes)? A paper outside of your area of proposed research? Many of the programs I'm applying to offer little in the way of explicit guidelines, so advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[lookitssara]

I used a research paper for an upper-level course. It was a literature review (not critique, it more summarized "what we know" in the area). It worked.

This year, I may use a scholarly-article type paper (not ever actually submitted) that I wrote regarding a dataset that I analyzed.

 

[cara susanna]

I used a paper that I wrote for class.

 

[KillerDiller]

I think that submitting published articles is fine, even if you do have co-authors. If the paper is not published or under review, though, it's best if you are the only author.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Writing sample for.....grad school application? a teaching gig? Internship? etc.

It'd vary greatly.

For grad school, I would think you should be the sole author, though I guess if you have something published as a first author that'd be okay. For teaching it'd probably be something similar. For internship I'd also consider a de-identified integrated report, particularly if your site is more assessment focused.