LostSoulInPsychology
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Ooooh okay fairs so I won't be applying this year then lol. Thanks for the info! I'll keep a lookout for next year/future years
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I did indeed email them a few months ago (back when I was more sure that I was going to apply to clinical psyc this year - again, for a variety of reasons I ended up not doing any apps this year!). They kinda just gave me the runaround and did not provide a concrete answer Is a "grandfathered accreditation" a thing? Their application deadline isn't even til January 15th...I might just do it and see what happens. Might be a sign from the universe to do it/not do it based on my application result. It literally doesn't even look like they ask for references which is odd. Maybe it's one of those ones where they only ask for references for applicants who get interview offers or something...
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Hey all, Haven't posted on here in months because I realized I needed time to figure out what I want to do with my life. Quick question - is the PEI PsyD considered one of those predatory degrees that's just a money grab? It's not accredited, and it seems that the only thing they look at is GPA and GRE (but GRE not required this year)...I started clicking through the application to see if there was space for me to talk about ECs and research, but nope, I couldn't see anything. I might've asked about this program before, apologies about that - I didn't want to scroll through the 40 pages of this thread to find it. But yeah does anyone have any knowledge on this?
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Following replies to this too b/c that last line = relatable
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Yo facts. Also what about people who were scheduled to write the GRE but pulled out once they saw all these unis waiving it, are we supposed to get penalized for wanting to save money and time (and stress of studying)? Mad ting
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Probs don't submit them then imo. It won't be something that will hurt your application I don't think, because there'll be a fair few applicants without GRE scores submitted either (guilty as charged!)
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50s in quant is kinda broad, like if its 59 thats probs competitive at a fair few schools but 51 might be a bit on the lower end. But also don't quote me bc I havent looked through statistics for GRE's for any schools due to it getting waived I see what you mean, those things still matter even if you want to only do therapy too. I mean I'm not gonna sign away the next 7 yrs of my life without being well-informed right? So it has nothing to do with increasing chances of admission hey? Like contacting POIs
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Do you guys think (thought I should ask with all this talk going on) that it's not a good idea to send an email asking oh are you taking students for next fall and leave it at that? Kinda wanna focus all my energy on applications and not on talking to POI who might not even see my application if there are a lot of other competitive applicants if that makes sense. What do you guys think of this approach?/What benefits are there to talking to POI (outside of the obvious - i.e. learning abt their more current research & figuring out research fit)?
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General advice - send them if very competitive for that school, keep it on the DL if theyre not. i.e. only use it to aid you not to hurt you
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Thank you for the helpful info! I feel like this gets me a decent little start, is it only the big 3 that provide funding? What about provincial level stuff? & does anyone else reading this have any info/tips of where to look?
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I've heard a two week period is good for follow up, me personally I haven't emailed anyone yet
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I was actually just logging on to ask about this - so with this whole grad school application process I've always heard people talk about funding funding funding. But where do we even look for funding, and what would we even say in these research proposals, etc.? I'm completely clueless to the applying for funding process so anyone who reads this post feel free to go ham on your explanation the more info the better lol
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I see what you're saying! Makes sense makes sense. I guess I should take it with a grain of salt then when the MA in Clinical Psychology webpage from any specific university says that "entry to the PhD is not guaranteed" (ex. Lakehead - which is kind of one of my schools of choice!) You're right about me mentioning Ontario (re: Lakehead being appealing to me), my bad for being confusing! I'm planning to apply pretty broadly (maybe not 10-15 programs as I said in an earlier post, but I have narrowed it down to 4-6 right now) so I wanted to understand each of the circumstances I'd be facing should I get in to any one of those 6
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Ah okay interesting point. So basically just taking a few more courses nothing crazy, that's good to hear And yeah I'm fairly certain those 2in1s accelerate you to the PhD pretty much after the first year of the Masters (so you pretty much have to stay on it's not like it's a choice). I don't think any of the programs that I'm currently looking at are 2in1s just because those tend to be more competitive and I don't match up atm (re: GPA and research exp.)
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Wait, why would it be frowned upon to only complete the Masters if there are jobs specifically looking for people with a Masters? (again, not including the provinces where you need a PhD to register as a psychologist - namely BC, Ontario, Manitoba, PEI) For example at UofA one could theoretically go to get their MA in Clinical Psyc and just work with that in Alberta after Idk I have heard that it is frowned upon (and lots of uni's outright state it), I just find it weird that it is frowned upon when there are jobs for those with a Masters + entry to a PhD isn't even guaranteed once you're done your Masters (not at all schools that is) What did you mean by taking W and A courses "as options"? Thank you for the response though! Definitely helpful
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Does anyone have stories/information regarding province-to-province hiring mobility of these degrees? For example, if accepted to a Clinical Psyc MA in Ontario, is it impossible to use this MA to apply for clinical psychologist positions in Alberta (where only an MA is required to work as a clinical psychologist and not a PhD, unlike in Ontario where the full PhD is needed)? I understand that I'd need to pursue registration as a psychologist in Alberta in the above hypothetical, but I'm just wondering if there are factors literally impeding this sort of thing from happening. It would make sense if provinces wanted their in-province students to be the ones getting registration and working of course, but are there explicit policies on this?
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Is it unwise to email the program coordinator for clinical psyc programs to ask which supervisors are accepting students? Just wondering because for some uni's they want you to indicate up to 3 potential supervisors so I'm not sure how appropriate it would be to actually email 3 profs from the same uni. Surely they talk amongst themselves and they'll see that oh they've been contacted by the same student - that might not reflect well on an applicant, would it? Or would it not matter?
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Where do you guys get your expertise (or just knowledge in general) of writing a good strong letter of intent/research interests? i.e. are there online resources that I could look into, and ones that are actually good quality and not just a bunch of waffle? Of course the ultimate determinant would be when I ask my references (I have two profs as Co-PIs for my Honours and I'm gonna be asking another prof who seemed to love having me as a student) if they could critique my letters, but the product that I hope to present them with are ones I would want to be actually quite strong already rather than requiring major overhaul
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Yeah that is the literal program I was looking at as I posted that message ahahah I will indeed email them to ask
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Thank you everyone for the replies - this feels like a good start and I'll do more exploring! I have read the CPA's little webpage about why going to an accredited program is important, but does anyone have any anecdotal stories of people going to non-accredited PsyD's and still finding work? Or in general if anyone here is a bit more knowledgable than I am regarding the importance of accreditation
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Hey all going back to that discussion of only wanting to work in treating patients and not having a hugeeee interest in pursuing future research, I'm starting to wonder if clinical psyc is the degree I should be pursuing. My problem is (as was mentioned earlier) to really be working in psychological treatment of mental illnesses, you kind of have to go do some research somewhere (whether it's terminating at the MA level or more commonly finishing all the way to a PhD). It feels like it will be a long journey doing all that research work when I'm actually not even looking to use any of it down the line. Would anyone be able to recommend the types of programs I should be looking at? Or where I should be looking to learn more about the types of programs out there/careers in psychology? I've been just doing general google searches the past couple of days but I haven't found anything that is really sticking if you know what I mean Also just to elaborate, there are some days where I feel like "oh yeah research would be sick!" but then other days I think to myself "do I really have to do research if the main thing I care about is treating patients? Why do I have to produce research instead of being a scholar of research?" I am aware that there's PsyD programs in Canada, but sadly only one accredited program exists in an English-speaking province and I don't meet the admission requirements for them (over at MUN). People's instinct might be "med school!" and yes I will be applying to med school alongside all of my other applications, but med school also feels like it's a stretch - I don't have a vested interest in learning all of the systems of the body when I hope to be treating the brain and mind as opposed to one's intestines
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Oh right, I forgot that I didn't put any Quebec schools on my Excel sheet just b/c for me personally I do want to restrict myself geographically in that sense. I don't know more than 5 words of French probably lol
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Excel sheet updated - much appreciated!