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Oh since you were a cc transfer as well, do you know if they combine your gpas from both institutions or focus primarily on the UIUC GPA? And I’ll definitely stay committed to UIUC you’ve sold me haha, I’m sure I’ll love the department as much as you ⭐️

Thank you both for the advice, it’s really helpful! I feel a lot more comfortable with going to UIUC now haha. Does research need to be ~revolutionary~ or seriously significant or is the main objective to show that you understand the research process and think like a psychologist? I do pretty well when it comes to gpa and obviously haven’t taken my GRE but will start reviewing soon (thankfully standardized testing has never been too much of a struggle for me). How did you gauge which schools you should apply to and which weren’t worth the effort because they were reaches?

I’m currently an undergrad that’s about to transfer from a Community College to (maybe) the university of Illinois. While scrolling through the research labs, they seem to be focused on infant/child development or social psychology, meanwhile I hope to get a phd in clinical. I’m wondering if doing research in something like child psychology will hurt my chances of getting into a PhD program, and if I should reconsider where I attend? Also, how beneficial is doing independent research/writing a bachelors thesis? Sorry for infiltrating this grad forum but I couldn’t think of a better place to get an honest answer, thanks!