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I didn't buy anything additional for the GRE when I took it at home last year; I just took the small white board off of my fridge and used that. Then again, I knew I wasn't going to do great in quant, and I didn't need it for verbal or the essays.

If any schools you're applying to require it, take it. Otherwise, I'm not sure why you would. $205 is a lot of money for something you don't need.

Probably a long-shot, as I don't see MU mentioned much on here, but I figured I'd try anyway :~) I'm starting the forensic and legal psychology master's program in Fall 2021. Would love to make friends in the program, but also just any fellow grad students!

This thread is pretty dead but I thought I'd give some advice for future folks! I live in Wichita and have for 10 years, currently finishing my second bachelor's. WSU isn't in a great neighborhood depending on what side of campus you're on — the 17th and Hillside area is pretty sketchy. When I was originally in undergrad I knew someone who was robbed at gunpoint while sitting in their car at night in a campus lot, and I definitely wouldn't be out and about on/near campus after dark if I were alone. That being said, WSU is a great campus as far as getting from one building to another and I have loved my experience here. There are several affordable apartment complexes near school (I know several people who lived at Willow Creek, Ponderosa, Somerset, and Woodgate, but there are certainly others). I have a car and would recommend it, but I've never used the public transit here so I'm not sure if that's a viable option. I like to go all over the city though so it's easier to have a car for me. Wichita has made great strides in being more young adult-friendly since I moved here and there are some really cool areas of the city which I love. Kansas is a very red state but Wichita is mostly tolerant and closer to the liberal side of things, which I enjoy. I would definitely recommend it; the crime stats are scary online but I have lived here for a decade (and alone for the last four years) and haven't had issues. It's a great city to live in if you don't need or want the huge urban metro type of thing but still want to live in a city with plenty of things to do.

How did it go?? I have my interview with them next week and am nervous as well :)

I'm applying to 3 MA forensic psy programs and am feeling pretty good at this point. Took my first GRE practice test today (2/3 of my schools require it) and my scores were right in line with what I was hoping for based on averages of accepted applicants / goal scores I got from my prospective programs. LoRs are done, I just have to tidy up my CV, do my personal statement and essays, pay my fees and take the GRE in December... I got my BFA in a totally unrelated field five years ago and am finishing an undergrad in Criminal Justice, minor Psychology, hopefully in May. Being a non-traditional grad applicant always makes me doubt myself but I'm trying to stay confident!

I'm applying to MA Forensic (and Legal) Psy programs.