jkstocks

Thanks for your detailed reply! Although I already have quite a bit of RA experience, I think being able to produce a pub/presentation in a clinical lab will give me an excellent boost of experience and (as you said) understanding of my personal goals. May I ask if there are any specific PhD's you applied to that you found valued your Masters experience the most?

Thanks for your relpy! It is a pricey program (but I'm Canadian, where tuition is pennies compared to the US), but it's a prestigious school and it does guarantee a pub/prestention. It seems to me now that the added experience will be more valuable than the lost dollars. Thank you!

Hi Nick! I'm not sure if I have much advice for you but I'm interested in following this thread as I was also recently admitted to the NU Masters program. I'm currently contemplating the financial implications vs. the potential benefit from the experience. From what I can understand, it will be a difficult process to gain acceptance to NU's PhD, and if you were to take your Master's elsewhere the credits may not even be recognized to give you time off your PhD. Looks like UHart seems to be your best bet at this point, but I'm curious as to what others have to say.. Good luck!

Thanks for the reply! Case-by-case is a tough situation to accurately gauge the value of the terminal MA but I guess I'll keep digging

Hi All (first time poster!) I have recently been accepted to a terminal MA in Clinical Psychology (US School). I am interested if anyone knows of the likelihood that I would be able to count the credit hours of this degree towards a PhD in the future, i.e, if any top ClinPsy PhD programs allow you to shave time off your 5/6years because you already have the Masters component. The program isn't fully funded so although it would be great experience and would boost my resume, I'm not sure if it's worth the finances if I can't count any of it towards time off a PhD. Let me know what you think!