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Oilersfan11

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  1. Does anyone have any interest and or experience in the psychology or sociology of religion? I am trying to narrow down my research interests in order to select specific graduate programs to apply to for my masters. However, I really don't know if I am best suited to study religion psychologically or sociologically. My honours undergraduate degree and thesis was done in the sociology of religion, but I have 36 credits in psychology courses and 24 are upper-level courses (i.e., I have completed enough psychology to have a major in it). I am interested in why human beings are religious and essentially what it does for them. I seem to find myself somewhat more interested in religions effect on individuals than on society? Also, I am interested in how human beings became religious in the first place (i.e., what made ancient homo sapiens look to the sky and identify God's/Goddesses and the afterlife). Does anyone know what types of programs I should be applying to?:) This is sort of a weird question because it is my responsibility... but just thought I would ask
  2. Hey all, Just curious, does one need a PhD to be a school psychologist in Canada?
  3. I'm absolutely baffled as to how you could have had such little luck with a 3.9, lab work, and poster presentations? I suppose your Quant score is somewhat low...but still? Have you considered applying to school that do not require the GRE as a way of circumventing this issue?
  4. Im planning on applying for psych MA programs next year (in Canada). I just had my first day of a class and hated it and because the drop date goes until Friday of this week, I am considering dropping it and picking up an online course. However, if I drop it it will appear as a 'W' (withdrawal) on my transcript. Will graduate programs care about that? It's not like Ive been in the class for a while (only 1 class) and I'm going to be picking up an online course to take its place, but does it look bad to graduate schools that I have withdrawn from a course? Thanks!
  5. Hi all, Upon completing my masters in SLP, I imagine that at some point I will want to pursue a doctorate degree. However, here in Canada we only have PhD programs for SLP and as someone who has no interest in academia or research-baed work, I do not know exactly what I should do! Would it be wise to look into distance based education programs in the USA to complete while working as an SLP? Any other possible avenues that I could take? Thanks everyone
  6. Anyone interested in applying for this? Even if you aren't, does anyone know what advantage a PhD would give a SLP that does not want to work in academia?
  7. Hey everyone, This question sounds a bit silly, but I was looking at the curriculum vitae forms many psychology graduate programs have students send in when they apply and I noticed that they all asked for work, research and volunteer experience. I really want to get as much as I can (only 2 years left in UG max) but I simply do not know where to begin looking? I do not know a whole lot of people here (although I do know some profs well) and so I do not have great connections to get a psychology job in the summer or anything like that. So, does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do to get research, work or volunteer experience relevant to psychology?? Thanks guys and gals
  8. Happy to be a member on the forum I have one more year left of my undergraduate degree and I'm really beginning to get nervous about applying for psych MA/PhD/PsyD programs because I just feel I do not know enough yet. Ever since my first year of university I have known that I wanted to be a therapist of some sort. As of right now, I plan on applying for clinical psych programs in Canada either next year or the year after that (I might take a year off in between). However, despite asking questions and digging up as much info as I could, I still feel somewhat confused regarding exactly what types of programs I should be applying to. As someone who is very interested in mental illness in general (along with helping others free themselves from their mental illnesses/other issues) I figure clinical psych would be a good fit for me, but I have also been told that counselling psych programs are a great option for someone with my interests. In Canada, we have very few PhD options in counselling psych and my advisors at school have been really unclear about the difference between these programs and clinical psych programs. Additionally, because I do not plan on going into academia, it seems as though a PsyD would also be a good fit for me. However, once again, there are almost none of these in Canada and this leads me to question whether or not it would be wise to go abroad (either to the USA or Europe) to complete my clinical training? I think I have a good GPA.. I have gotten mostly A's and A+'s (I believe the actual number is about 3.9). As for experience, I have none for work. However, I have volunteered in labs, served as an RA for a professor and I will be completing my own independent thesis this upcoming year which will lead to poster presentations (hopefully). My LOR's will be pretty good because I have formed some great relationships with profs in my department. As for the GRE, I have not given it much thought yet but plan to write it sometime within the next two years! Should I stick with clinical psych or would it be wise to also apply to counselling psych programs? Would leaving the country be an acceptable thing to do for graduate school if I find a program abroad that suits me better than any of the ones in Canada (e.g., a good psyD program). Are my grades/research experience and volunteer work acceptable for gaining admission, or should I up everything a notch? Sorry if these are nube questions LOL...but I kind of am one
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