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I applied to St John's. They are a good program. The admissions people that I was in contact with were all very nice to me. If you live far away, they are willing to do a phone interview so you won't have to fly all the way out there. Your GPA is better than my GPA was, so that is in your favor. My GRE scores were higher than yours. If you're thinking about PhD, you may want to retake the GRE. It is incredibly competitive. As for the EdS, I think you will be fine. They may want to see a writing score that is a bit higher, because there will be a lot of report writing in the field of school psychology, so that would be the only concern. The only benefit to getting a doctorate in school psychology is that you will have a doctorate. That is pretty much it. If you actually want to be a school psychologist, then there is no benefit. If you really want to be a researcher and teach at the university, then get the doctorate.

I believe that if you're at the EdS level, the most likely thing that will happen is that you won't get a traditional 'scholarship.' What you will be offered, or have to apply for is a 'graduate assistantship' which is basically a job on campus. They will pay you and you will work. It's a lot like work study, only the pay is much better. If you do the graduate assistantship, there will usually be some kind of tuition discount/waiver in it. I can't speak for other places, but I am currently in Texas and if you work as a graduate research assistant or a graduate instructional assistant, then they will give you in state tuition and the pay for most jobs is over $1000 per month. The cost of an apartment per month in my area if you live with roommates is somewhere between 500-600 dollars, so the money is enough to live off of in this area.

You definitely have a very good chance of getting into any EdS / Master's / SSP /CAGS (different places have different names for the degree) program in school psychology. I had a lower GPA than yours when I applied. I don't know about your shot with PhD programs, as I did not apply to any, but if you play your cards right and apply to schools within reach, then you will definitely get into a EdS / Master's / SSP / CAGS program.

Generally grad students get the Grad Plus loan. You can get a grad plus loan up to the full amount of your school fees. It is better than taking out a private loan. Also, arf09, as someone who has experience in what you went through (i.e. I applied to st John's for grad school and was accepted, but i ultimately decided to go to a different school), I was also in contact with financial aid about them calculating my costs as half time and they informed me that they do that for everyone to start out with, but when you register for classes, then they change the cost of attendance.

I am going to be going into school psychology

I am living off campus. I am planning to live at the grove. There is a lot of student housing off campus near TSU.

A funny acceptance from earlier today

A late rejection and a philosophical outlook. Another philosopher A young person who was rejected from a statistics program Emotions sometimes run high I'm a bit afraid. This one kind of made me sad for the applicant. Another sad one Someone looking for answers

Sounds like you are doing everything right. Maybe try to start connecting with some professors so that you will have someone to write your letters of recommendation. Also, you may want to really hone in on exactly what you want to do as far as research goes once you are in graduate school. It may be a little early for that, but it is just a precaution, because I know students who have had great stats, but have been rejected from a program because their research interests were not a good fit for the research interests at that particular graduate school. So, you may just want to think about it.

Out of the ones that you have listed, I would trust Northwestern and USC the most, just because those are established, well known universities. That doesn't necessarily mean that their programs will be great, of course, but it does lend it a bit of credibility in my book.

I didn't see a thread for TSU, so I decided to start one. I don't know if there are many of us here. I have been accepted into the School Psychology program! What about you guys?

I am officially registered for my school psychology classes! So excited.

Have you decided where to attend yet? I have decided to go with Texas State!

Thanks guys. Very helpful! I just didn't know if it would be considered bad form to apply to multiple places.

So, this is not directly related to graduate school, but more so related to housing. So I am going to be living off campus in an apartment when I go to graduate school. Now, the town where my college is located is a full blown college town and a lot of the apartment complexes cater to students, so sometimes they will have specials going on and things like that. Well, I have two potential apartment complexes that I want to apply to and I wondering if it is okay to apply to both? Generally I wouldn't do this because of cost, but both complexes are running specials where they are waiving all application fees. So, is this an okay thing to do? What will happen if I am approved at both places? This will be my first time renting an apartment by myself, without a guarantor.

So, I have officially decided to go to Texas. Thanks for all of your help guys.

I have decided that I will officially be attending Texas State University for School Psychology (Masters / Specialist)

I have decided that I will officially be attending Texas State University for School Psychology (Masters / Specialist). If anybody else is going to grad school in the area, feel free to message me!

Undergrad Institution: Private Research University In Boston Major(s): Psychology Minor(s): None GPA in Major: Not Certain Overall GPA: 3.26 Position in Class: No Idea Type of Student: Domestic, Female Applying For: School Psychology (Masters / Specialist) GRE Scores: Q: 149 V: 161 A: 4.5 Research Experience: One semester of research at my college. One semester of interning in London, England at a mental health charity. Applying to Where: Texas State University, St. John's University Accepted: Texas State University, St. John's University Rejected: None Attending: ???

I have never heard of such a thing, but I will look into it.

I have taken into account what you guys have said. I lean a bit more toward Texas at this point, just considering the debt situation a little bit. Mind you, it won't be a huge difference between the debt either way, but it is enough to make me think about it a bit more (especially because I have just done my exit counseling for my undergraduate perkins loan and they knocked a bit of sense into me ). Plus the housing situation is just so much easier in Texas. The only thing that is still giving me pause is the transportation issue, however, I just had the idea that I might be able to invest in a bicycle and that would solve a lot of the problem. I've ruled out the doctoral transfer as a factor, as I have spoken to another student who told me of the difficulties of the transition and quite frankly, it was not something I was strongly considering anyway, just an afterthought. I am still going to take the next week before making a final decision. Going to see how things turn out between now and then. I have been in contact with both schools about various things and am still waiting to hear back and that may shift my thinking a little bit. But as of now, I would say that I am 61 percent in favor of Texas vs. 39 percent in favor of St. John's. But I will not be sending out any official decision letter until April 1.

Have people started making their final decisions yet? I would love to hear where we will all end up.

I will find a way to process applications more quickly!

Yes, St. John's is the school in question. My question is, how can i find this affordable housing? I don't care at all about not actually living in Manhattan. I just want affordable housing that is somewhat close to my school.

As far as being well known, I think both of these places have pretty equal name recognition. Having said that, If I were you, I would pick Brown. It's shorter, so you can save money. You will get used to the cold.