Hi everyone! I am a 3rd year undergrad studying psych and criminology right now. I need some advice whether if I even have a chance at getting into a graduate school with my profile.
I'm thinking about going into a clinical psychology or forensic psychology field.
1. GPA: 3.6 out of 4.0 scale, I will probably be able to boost my GPA to 3.7 by the time I graduate (and a high possibility of graduating with honors in university level and then my majors too)
I have been listed on dean's list a couple of times but my GPA went downhill last semester when I was going through a personal loss in my life
2. research experience: 2 years in criminology department (one was an independent honors project with a mentor professor and the other one is still on-going, it's gonna take more than a year or two)
For research, I think I can get a psychology research position next semester so it could cover up my lack of research experience in psych department. I don't have any research publication or a conference presentation of my own.
3. GRE: It's not a huge problem. I'm mostly worried about my GPA because I feel like it's too low.
4. Internship: I will have an internship over this coming summer (psych) and probably get another one the following semester (crim) so I will have two.
5. volunteer: I have a lot of volunteer experiences in the mental health and client-services fields. I'm also a community service chair for Psi Chi in my school so I kind of have to be involved in volunteering.
6. study abroad: I mean, I'm an international student, so technically my undergrad years in U.S. count as "study abroad" but I did go to China during my sophomore year of highschool.
I don't know if this is gonna be any helpful but I'm a trilingual-English, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese
Oh, during summer breaks, I usually go to Korea to see my parents but I have quite a few experiences there. I was an assistant director in a multicultural center, and a camp assistant for another one. And a few other indirectly related experiences like being a tutor since I was 16 years old. (I'm 21 rn)
I might have a couple of things that I forgot to mention but can anyone please tell me if it is worth the shot for me to apply for master's or PhD with my GPA and other things that I listed?
My friend told me that I need to have at least a 3.8 out of 4.0 and I'm freaking out about it because that means I have to have at least all A/A+ for the rest of my school years. Is this true?
So basically I just had the worst existential crisis of my life over the last 6 hours and I can't sleep now
If anyone could tell me what are the aspects that I need to work on more, I'd appreciate a lot!
Thanks for reading this long ass thread
