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You'll still need 2000 hours of clinical work post-masters to be eligible for the LPC (at least in the state I am in). In my state, I went the LPCC route, so I didn't have to pay to register as an unlicensed psychotherapist, but am still eligible to count all my clinical and supervision hours towards the LPC. I was encouraged to not close any doors, and while I don't want to be a full-time clinician, having a license opens up doors to many more opportunities in different work environments. For example, many research coordinator positions in hospital settings prefer licensure for hiring purposes if your research will be with clinical populations. Good luck!

Probably professors and classmates. Your school probably also has some student support and tutoring services that could be valuable to look into.

A lot of programs only have TAships available because of funding constraints, but that doesn't mean you won't also be spending time in your professor's lab! It just means your lab time won't be paid if it's not an RA. But definitely look into outside funding sources like NSF, NIH and NIMH

Is this for clinical? Have you heard anything from the program yet? Who is your POI? Thanks!

Hello all! I've seen a couple rejections from CU Boulder Clinical and I was wondering if those who have heard from the school had interviewed? Has anyone heard post-interview? Thank you!

I agree about the crapshoot. There are so many qualified applicants with so few available spots in these programs! Sometimes it just depends who else is applying at the same time...there could be someone with a skillset that is needed in the lab beyond what you may have! It's such a disheartening process. I'm in the same boat, with the one interview. And I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it was as good a fit for them as felt for me! Good luck!!

I see a couple of people posting rejections from CU Boulder for the clinical program. Do you mind specifying if this is post-interview and how you heard? Feel free to PM me!

You should definitely re-write your personal statement to include your new experiences. Having an MA shouldn't hurt your application, but if you're concerned you can emphasize the fact that you didn't get as much clinical experience as intended so you look forward to gaining more training in a different setting (or something to that effect). Rank of your current university shouldn't affect your application, especially if you're taking steps to bolster the application (for example, seeking out clinically-relevant research experience). Goodness of fit with the prof is everything for these applications, so make sure that you are articulate in your personal statement in explaining your research interests (what questions do you want to answer? Why is it important/why does it matter? What do you hope to find? How would you design a study? etc). Good luck!

I currently work full-time and still volunteer in a lab at a local university. I would reach out to lab managers and POIs at local universities and see if they are taking any volunteer RAs to gain research experience if the PhD is really the route you are interested in. If you're only interested in becoming a clinician, then I agree with the above poster that a PsyD program would probably be a better fit.

I was told DU was planning to be finished extending interviews early this week for the Clinical Child program.

The PsyD and PhD programs are in different departments. GSPP started giving out PsyD interviews last week, Department of Psych is supposed to finish up offering interviews in the next day or two (but most profs have given out the interviews already...)

DU said they planned to be done sending invites out by the end of last week/early this week. If you haven't heard by Wednesday, the grad program administrator (Paula) should know if all interview invites have been extended if you call. There are some POIs that have definitely given invited already though...fingers crossed they haven't all gone out!

Me too! Also, which program (clinical, social, etc)?

I got an interview offer from Boulder about two weeks ago, but it's by POI so they may not be done. Interview day is Feb 5. It probably couldn't hurt to call the department and ask if invites are still being sent.

Business attire. You should look professional. And I was always told to avoid dresses and skirts (they can be distracting? Of course this is coming from male professors). You could get away with nice slacks, top, and blazer for women and a suit for men. Over dressing would be waaaayyy better than under dressing--it just shows that you care! I've also gotten mixed reports on wearing colorful anything. Some say it's good to wear a color on top that stands out, but you also don't want to be too flashy. You want them to remember your name for the right reasons!