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    Finding Clinical Masters Programs

    in Psychology Forum

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    50 minutes ago, strongs13 said:

    I applied to the Master's program at my undergraduate institution (University of Northern Iowa). They have a great program that offers both internal and external clinical practicum experiences as well as great assistantship opportunities. If you are an out-of-state student, they will only charge in-state tuition. I was also able to get my second year fully funded with a scholarship. The program is designed to be more of a stepping stone program into a PhD. It should be noted, however, that UNI does not offer a PhD program in Clinical so you would have to pursue that elsewhere. 

    Here is a link to their website for you to look into it a little more: https://csbs.uni.edu/psych/clinical-science-emphasis

    Hope this helps! 

    I was hoping someone would mention UNI -- such a great program! I'm currently attending for social. 

    Fall 2018 Social Psych PhD/Master applicants

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    2 hours ago, MixedMethods said:

    I just want to reiterate the point of applying to some schools that are less competitive. This is my second round of applications (the first resulted in me attending MAPSS at UChicago), and one of the biggest things that my MA program emphasized to us in regards to applying to PhD programs was having a good spread of schools. This consists of some very competitive schools, schools within reach, and some "safety" schools. They also encouraged applying to 10 schools total with a fairly even split among the 3 levels of schools (which seems like a lot to me). However, their point is that having a good spread might be viewed more favorably by admissions committees, because by selecting schools with varying levels of competitiveness, you show that you are seriously pursuing a PhD within you field, regardless of school ranking.

     

    Just thought I'd share what I've been told.

    I have also heard to apply to at least ten schools when applying with the same suggestion of being realistic when applying to those schools (through profs at my MA program). This is my first rounds of apps and applying to ten wasn't feasible for me this round; however, I do plan to keep that in mind if I have to try again next year.  

    Fall 2018 Social Psych PhD/Master applicants

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    55 minutes ago, ilikepsych said:

    I went to U-M's diversity recruitment weekend and they really emphasized the importance of research fit when it comes to selecting students since everyone looks so similar on paper. Nearly every area of psych (except maybe clinical science) said that GRE scores were somewhat important or not really important as long as the student has demonstrated that they are prepared for graduate school in other ways (i.e., independent research, faculty recommendations, etc.) Personally, I feel like my stats aren't all that great (155V/157Q/5.5 W, 3.89 GPA, no publications but lots of independent research), but my letters were strong, and my research projects clearly matched up with the interests of the faculty I applied to work with, so I got the acceptance (developmental). Social usually follows after developmental, and so you might hear back soon! 

    I was also at the diversity recruitment weekend (this year). I hope to hear back soon. Congratulations on your acceptance, that's so amazing!

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