masonis

Is anyone else struggling to find a place to fit into the traditional doctoral programs as a forensic psychologist? The general wisdom seems to be to apply to clinical and counseling programs not forensic specific programs. It has been a real hit or miss thing finding schools that have professors with a background in forensics. Then competing against all the other specialties to get an interview when only a few professors even work in your area is just a nightmare. I am hoping others out there have some thoughts on this because I feel kind of alone in this. It drives me nuts to have to compete with the other specialty areas that seem to draw students that are so much stronger academically. My goal is to work in a forensic hospital or correctional institution. It feels like none of the people I am competing with to get into grad school would ever end up competing against me for jobs so it seems a bit like being an orange stuck with a bunch of apples. I don't mean to imply that us forensic people are weaker academically its just that being somewhat in that criminal justice world comes with different expectations. It makes me worry that in trying to set a foundation for my career I have lowered my chances of being able to get the education I need to build on that foundation. What do you guys think? Where are my forensic people at?