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Awesome, thanks! I can also take Test and Measures, Abnormal Psych, developmental, and other courses that would be find in a regular doctoral program for clinical. I don't think think they would transfer but I will still have them underneath my belt.

Before giving views, can you supply brief list of what the existing literature has in this area? I am not that familiar in I/O psych, however, I have immense research experience. Maybe if you told me what has been done, I can ponder ideas of what could be done to make your research stellar !

Hello, my name is Jimmy and I am brand new to this site so I apologize if I am posting this in the wrong area. I'm 21 years old about to graduate in May from Monmouth University with a BA majoring in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in Criminal Justice. I have always loved the field of psychology since my teenage years and knew I wanted to become a clinical psychologist. I've taken pretty hard courses in college that went beyond my major (Informal Logic, Philosophy, Political Science Courses), have immense research experience with both child and geriatric populations, in addition to recently completing my senior thesis at the undergraduate level. Unfortunately, double majoring and minoring took a toll on my GPA and I only have a 3.46 currently, my psychology GPA is a 3.6, however. I obviously know I need to attain a doctorate to pursue my field of interest (clinical psychology) and am interested in Psy.D. programs although my research experience at such a young age could be seen attractive to Ph.D. programs as well. I did poorly on my GRE's mainly because I am a horrid test taker (do I really need to know about parabolas and square roots of 303 digit numbers to administer intellectual assessments and find the standard deviations and dispersion within a set of data?) and I also took them in the middle of collecting data on 115 undergraduates for my thesis. Anyway, I've become more OK with the fact that I may need to attain a Master's before entering a doctoral program to take the time to do more research, attain more clinical experience, and take the GRE subject test and possibly increase my GRE general scores. I've done extensive research on all types of graduate programs, licenses, and other aspects of becoming a mental health professional. Although my primary goal is to become trained in the diagnosis and assessment of psychopathology, I also want to continue researching, administer neuropsychological evaluations, possibly perform forensic assessments for criminal and civil litigation cases, and teach at a University. I was going to pursue an MA in psychological counseling so if I didn't get into a doctoral program the second go-around I could just get a certain amount of supervised hours and attain my LPC. However, my thesis supervisor directed me to Seton Hall Universities M.S. in Experimental Psychology program. It basically is designed to prepare one for work in the research field, or strengthen one's chances of admittance into a doctoral program. I think the later choice is more for me given my immense research experience already, however, I was wondering how doctoral programs in clinical psychology would look at an applicant with a Master's degree in a psychology related field, but unrelated to counseling. I also wanted any other tips in general. Sorry for the long post, however, I know it's go-time since applications are due in two weeks! Happy New Year!! Cheers, Jimmy