CharlieRae

Short-listed for SFU WOOT! I hope to hear back from Uvic as well...Eeek.

UNB also stated that they should be contacting short-listed applicants by the end of January, with interviews in the first week of February! Good luck Sevenoffs!

Ryerson stated that they hope to contact short-listed applicants by the end of January, with interviews in early February.

HAH. Crossing "MY" fingers.

PsychStudent, I was told that Uvic's interview date is February 20 and 21!! Crossing our fingers.

Anyone have any really good resources for interview questions to prepare for, or best ways to prepare for the clinical psych interviews?

I just heard back from two universities about their timlines: University of Victories hopes to compile a list of short-listed applicants by January 14 Simon Fraser University hopes to contact short-listed applicants by January 10 Cheers! And best of luck to those making the move from the states to Canada

Hello, I thought I would start this for those of us who have applied to Canadian universities for graduate studies. I have applied to four clinical psychology programs across Canada. I am hoping to enter into a Clinical Psychology program as a graduate student. I figure this is a good place for us to share our experience/success/frustration and so forth. Cheers, Charlize

I cannot speak to McMasters, nor their math program, but from my personal experience, it takes a long time for schools to collect/organize the application requirements sent from other places. I also sent my transcripts just over a month ago, and out of the four schools I applied to, only 1 has stated they have received it. I would just double check if they require official transcripts by the deadline, or if an uploaded copy will suffice until the original arrives.

Also. I was perusing this topic, and I have ridiculous anxiety now. Very unfortunate. Congrats to those of you who made it where/when you wanted, and best of luck to those continuing to pursue school.

Lol no worries. Yah. I've generally completed my letters. So now I'm looking to further improve them. I do generally have December 1 deadlines as well, more or less.

No worries

Hey! My Uvic app just changed to App forwarded: Interim Review. I'm curious what that actually means, as compared to app forwarded for review?

Statement of Purpose Statement of Intent Graduate Admissions Essay

In comparison with the torture I went through for the general GRE, I guess you could say the effort was pleasurable I definitely have heard that general GRE scores matter more, however, when it comes to some clinical programs, some schools will place more emphasis on psych GRE scores. Regardless, I hope it provides some balance, or a highlight when considering my GRE scores. On an unrelated note, has anyone come across any tried and true tips for writing letters of intent - or links to the post. It is the last component of my application (yay...), and as close to perfect as possible is preferred

To those hoping to take the psych GRE, I just got my psychology GRE scores back, and I thought that I would post my study plan, as some part of it seemed to be effective. I got 99th percentile on my psychology GRE exam. I have an honours psychology degree, so I have taken many courses in psychology. While in university, I had taken textbook notes for all of my psych classes. What I did was study my first year psych notes. I then purchased another textbook (Psychology by Myers - http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-10th-David-G-Myers/dp/1429261781/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384895757&sr=1-1&keywords=Myers+psychology), and took notes for every chapter in this text. I also created flashcards for every bolded term in the Myers Psychology text. I combined these flashcards with flashcards created from my university textbook (can't recall the name at the moment). For both of these textbooks, I created a list of all of the major headings of each chapter, and I would highlight them when I knew all of the points contained within that particular heading or subheading. I also bought the Princeton review, and went through and checked items off as I knew them. I found Princeton to be helpful for tidbits of information that you would find at a 2nd year course, that I wouldn't have thought of studying. Thus, I initially spent a lot of time typing notes, then a lot of time creating flashcards, and then a fair amount of time going through flashcards and the princeton book. I also looked at the Kaplan text, and created flashcards for any concepts I hadn't come across in either of the two psychology textbooks, or princeton's book. I did all of this studying in 6 weeks time. I would say 2-3 hours, 6 days a week. The first month was typing out the chapter notes, which sometimes was quite painful. At the end of my studying, when I realized there would be absolutely no way to master all of the material I wanted to, I focused in on the areas that ETS more heavily weights (in the practice book). Those areas that I felt a mastery in, or only had 3-5% of questions related to the topic I just ignored, and worked on acing the areas worth more weight. I cannot pin down what specifically worked for me. I think I did well for a few reasons. I long ago mastered what study habits worked for me, so what you have seen above, is what I did in university to learn material. It would probably be in your best interest to engage in whatever habits you find work best for you (which can be totally different than the above). I also found that many of the questions on the psych GRE were related to information that I had picked up through my university education, and didn't realize I still had floating around in my brain. Thus, if you have not had much of a history in psych, preparation will probably need to be a bit more thorough. The last suggestion i can think of is that the GRE focuses on breadth more than depth. I found that having a general idea of main concepts was enough for me to be able to cross off certain names, and make a guess at the right answer. If you are in a crunch and unable to decide what to focus on, I would say basic knowledge of many more items. Anyways, I am pleasantly surprised with my mark. I had calculated that I had more incorrect answers than I did. Hopefully this is helpful to someone at some point. I remember feeling frantic when I had absolutely no idea how to study for this exam. Best of luck to those writing it in the future. I found it much less painful than the general GRE. On another note: After typing all of the notes from Myers, I read Gleitman's textbook, and realized I would have done better to take notes from that text. So if you were to choose only one university text to study from, I would recommend Gleitmans. http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Eighth-Henry-Gleitman/dp/0393932508/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384896656&sr=1-1&keywords=Gleitmans

Hey, I have been looking at that Gleitman text on amazon, looking for this magical review, but I am assuming it is located elsewhere. Any ideas as to where? Or what she prescribed. Thanks! Char

Hello lovely folks, I greatly appreciate your responses! I think part of the issue would be the stamina definitely. I used to have a great mental ability during school, and have used my brain far less in the two years since I graduated. In saying that, by the 2 hour mark, I had a horrific headache to finish the exam with. I did quite well on the analytical response (96 percentile), but only 71 and 73 in verbal and math! I think I may have attempted to look at two many materials, and to be honest, I did not look at Princeton at all! Thank you kindly! And if you have any other hints, they would be welcomed. Char

Hello All, I just have a few questions regarding the two GREs. I have already taken the general GRE, and did not score nearly as highly as I would have liked, so I will be retaking. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestion with re-studying in terms of things that they found important, especially if you have written it multiple times. I am also going to be studying for the Psych GRE, and from what I have gleaned, I will be using a textbook and essentially memorizing it, with extra focus on areas of weakness. Are there any textbooks that you would recommend in particular, and old vs. new? Also, are there any prep books that do a good job of thoroughly covering the content of the exam. AGH. Grad school stress!!