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I'm aware of that, it just sounded different the way DarwinAG put it when I read his response. I really have only just begun thinking about graduate school, but there are somethings I am aware of.

At my school our senior thesis actually is based off of our independent research, so I'm not sure if that'll change things at all. We have a course dedicated to learning how to conduct research and then a subsequent course relating to the research we are planning to conduct and actually conducting the research. I might consider looking at grad schools later and see if I can get an RA position. Thanks for your input!!

I work at a summer camp, and while it seems like something a lot of college students do, it is something that largely interests me and I've been considering something like developmental psych or doing something with child psychopathology. I'm not exactly sure if this is what you mean, but hopefully it's a start. Since I haven't had much time to do research, do you think taking a year or so to get experience as an RA or do you think the research I'll be doing in the fall would also be acceptable to grad schools?

Thanks for the input! The research experience is definitely going to be my biggest issue since my summers are fairly occupied with a job. Any advice on that?

So even though I'm only a junior I've started thinking about what I want to do for graduate school. My main concern is whether I have a chance to get in! I currently have a 3.55 GPA cum. as a psych major, which isn't extremely spectacular, but I am a member of Psi Chi and Delta Epsilon Sigma (which is a Catholic college honor society) - which means I am in no lower than the top 20% of my class. Do grad school admission people look at more than grades? Do they look at other experiences (for one of my classes next year I'll be doing independent research and a senior thesis)? I have also been an officer in two different clubs (vice-president of fellowship my freshman year for one and secretary in another for the past two years), have been involved in various community services events during my time at school, and will be studying abroad this upcoming semester. Do you think with these extracurricular things and if I can bump up my GPA a bit I'd be able to get into a good psychology program?