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  1. iliketurtlestoo
    Hey there, I did this interview about 3 years ago. Of the half dozen or so interviews I did for clinical psych doctorate, this was the most challenging. I wish I could remember specifics for you but they may have changed the questions anyhow. I remember there being a question about research methodology theory and one about plurality in psychology. My advice is take deep breaths, remember you know what you know, go slow, and have a pen and paper handy so you can make notes about the questions and then take your time to get your answer together in your head. You got this!
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  12. iliketurtlestoo
    I only applied to one school because I'm looking for something pretty specific but I just got back a rejection that said, "We had a particularly strong group of applicants this year and your application, considered as a whole, was not as strong as some of the others we received." I have 2 dozen posters, a half dozen talks, four co-authored publications, 20 years clinical experience and this was not strong enough. DO NOT GIVE UP IF THIS IS NOT YOUR YEAR!!!
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    It's a CUDCP policy that extends across North America. Also, students may not hold more than 2 offers for more than a week. https://cudcp.wildapricot.org/Resources/Documents/CUDCP Policy on Graduate Program Offers and Acceptances (FULL version).pdf
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    Ditto. I did am M.Ed. Counselling Psychology with a thesis. I did the thesis on purpose because I wanted to continue academically. However, I worked for years and had a family so when I went back my research was stale however I did a program that built my research up again. That has been the key.
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    Excellent points. One offer of an interview I received came so fast after the application deadline, there's no way it was vetted through any committee. One school I was pretty certain of an offer of acceptance because I had strong relationships and would have known otherwise. It all depends.
  20. iliketurtlestoo
    When you think about the volume of applications some schools get, the first "cut" is likely across several objective numerical standards like GPA and GRE scores (you know, back in the olden days when GRE's were standard!). Otherwise how could a committee screen through hundreds of applications reasonably? Sucks, but there it is.
  21. iliketurtlestoo
    There was a similar question a while back in this thread. You may want to do a keyword search. I think it also ceases to matter depending on your career path. For example, if you want to work for the VA in the US (well, you also have to be a US citizen but bear with me) they require graduation from an accredited program (that means accredited at the time of your graduation) and an APA/APPIC internship. So, a risk for what? Never getting a job anywhere? Do you want to do private practice? Shouldn't be a problem. Do you want to be Ivy League faculty? Maybe it would matter, but then so would other factors that are subsequent to the school ranking (ie: references, research background, PI's who will get you where you want to go). If you get into a school that's not the exact fit for you, there are still mentorship program, MANY associations and divisions that need committee members where you will find mentors and guides. I think the more pressing question is what do you want your career path to be. I don't think the ranking of a school is a good indication that a student will be successful unless they apply all the other aspects of grad school and life planning as well.
  22. iliketurtlestoo
    I don't know how a crap GPA would weigh out in the context of having publications and research experience. If a school uses undergrad GPA as a cut off, then ya, I suppose it's a problem. I can relate, my undergrad grades were crap. But then I did a Masters. And then worked for a while so that research got stale. So I did a research focused post baccalaureate certificate program. I applied to 15 schools, got interviews at 5, was accepted to 2.
  23. iliketurtlestoo
    LOL I had one of these in the past. Can relate!
  24. iliketurtlestoo
    Sure. But the OP said they were struggling. Unless there are two offers, that's a self imposed unnecessary struggle.
  25. iliketurtlestoo
    Wait to see which you get accepted to? Or have you got offers from both places? Otherwise you are creating an unnecessary problem for yourself that may be solved for you.
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    Enjoy that. If you do get in there will no longer be time for puzzles and crafts! (at least for 5-7 years)
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    If a program is accredited at the time of your graduation then you graduated from an accredited program.
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    I haven't scrolled forward 15 pages to see if you've got an answer for this but here's my take on it: The program costs are less than the funding they say they provide so I'm not sure how it can be a predatory/money grab program. You are right to look at accreditation but because it is not YET accredited, doesn't mean it's not set up to become so in the future, which they are, and say they will apply for accreditation when they can, which might not be until the first graduating class. Some unaccredited programs are so because they don't meet CPA/APA requirements to be so. Very different thing. The application does ask for a CV, where all your research should be listed, and they ask for three very specific questions to be answered in place of a general statement of interest, which they say you can reference if you want, to get at what you know about current debates and directions of the field of clinical psychology. They also require three letters of reference. Hope that helps.
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