Hello All,
I am virgin in this whole process so, I have a few questions.
Let me give you a little back ground. Ill be graduating in 2014 with bachelors in Interdisciplinary studies. The disciplines of study were IT Security and Psychology. Needless to say, I want to continue on to graduate school and pursue a degree in Psychology. I do not have any research experience, and I will be making a career switch from accounting into psychology. From the reading, that I have done an also looking at some of the blog post it seems as if you need to be a research assistant in order to get into grad school. Also note, I want to go on to pursue my doctorate in psychology. So here are my questions. I am sure I will have 80 more. So thank you in advance for your help.
My goal is to be able to teach at a university and/or counselor women in domestic violence situations and women that just need help in going through life.
Here are my questions:
What do you look for when looking for graduate schools?
Should I start looking for a job as a RA?
As far as getting job as a RA, do you just contact different professors to see if they need assistants?
After you get your undergrad, do you apply for PhD programs or do you go to get your masters?
Is it better to go right into a PhD program?
What is the process for to schools?(this question I can look up, I think I saw it in the forum)
That is all for now, I am sure I will be back.
Thanks
Court