boston25

Hello. I see you're in a PhD program for school psych. Any particular reason you chose PhD route over the EdS?

Thanks for your help. The website is one of the worst! However, school psych falls under the school of education. Since I graduated with my degree in psychology, which falls under the college of natural sciences at UMass- I don't foresee a problem. My LOR are all on board with me applying there. Again, thanks for the help.

Hello all, Quick background- last winter, I applied to 10 clinical psych programs. I had two interviews and ultimately got rejected across the board. I’m currently 25 years old and no longer interested in applying to clinical programs. I recently started looking into school psych program and honestly, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of information or stats on programs. I graduated with a BS in psych with a 3.9 GPA. My GRE scores are average: verbal 157 (74%), quant 154 (56%), analytical 5.5 (98%). I have 3 years undergrad research experience and a great relationship with my professor from that lab. Additionally, after graduating, I started working at a non-profit mental health agency doing outreach work with children with serious emotional disturbance. I’m trying to stay in New England as my boyfriend is a lawyer and can only practice in our state. I live extremely close to UMass Amherst (my alma mater) and am looking to apply there. Does any one have any more information about selectiveness for these types of programs? Would I be better of applying to a masters program? Just the thought of applying to programs again makes my head spin! Any advice from any school psych students would be much appreciated!!!