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  1. I've got such little research background. Should I just be going for Rutgers (big reach), Palo Alto, UDenver, and Yeshiva? My GRE's are awful and I need to retake them and I'm super freaked about it because I'm horrible at math. I do not want the highest research commitment. I'm fine with a dissertation, but I do not want pressure to publish or fight for research funding. If I can avoid any extra research components whatsoever, I absolutely will. Some of these PsyD programs get like 90% of their students matched at APA internships and 90% licensed.....isn't that decent????? I don't want to go if it's going to be bad for my career but I just don't get it. I can change my list, but you gotta tell me what darn places will actually take someone like me, and is actually good. I feel like my application is really not good, and I obviously don't want to go somewhere shitty. I would be quite unhappy and unsatisfied taking a year or two off to intensely focus on research before even starting a program. Do I completely give up and drag my sorry ass to an unfortunate masters program? I would feel very much like a failure to myself and my family. I really think I could be a good clinician and research consumer at a doctoral level, but maybe I'm just playing myself.
  2. I've included one PhD, and I may include one or two more max. While I enjoy consuming research, I absolutely do not think I'm cut out for it career wise and the extra research expectations and commitments that come with PhD's. There's also the fact that I straight up do not think I'll be able to get into a PhD with my somewhat poor research background. There's no way i'll be able to get something published in time. I could possibly take a year off and do a research job, but the odds of me getting a research job specifically after my past experiences is a bit disheartening and not something I would really like to take an extra year focusing on. I know they mostly have clinical careers, but the getting in part and the expectations part are huge barriers to me. Are there no decent PsyD programs? Some of these, according to my research, seem to have decent internship match rates and licensure rates. Surely, they can't ALL be bad. Debt is a different question, but currently I'm talking about quality. I know for a fact that I won't be going to the most prestigious tippy top highest tier program, and I've accepted that. However, I want to go to a school that is at least decent, will get me where I need, and is legitimate, and is seen as a decent school.
  3. I would really like to know about my odds at these specific schools. Rutgers PsyD (still requires GRE), Palo Alto PsyD, Yeshiva PsyD (Requires GRE), University of Denver PsyD, University of Hartford PsyD, George Washington PsyD, Rosevelt PsyD (though I might drop it for a few reasons), Widener PsyD, LaSalle PsyD, Loyola PsyD, UMass PhD, and William James College PsyD (last choice). Few masters as a backup.I am specifically asking about my odds of getting into these schools, as finances is an entirely other conversation I am actively having with my parents and am aware of. Senior Psych major at respected, but not ivy level university in Massachusetts.GPA: 3.65, likely 3.7+ by end of this year, Dean's list most semesters but not all. GRE: V 162, Q 149, AW 5.5. Big concern is that some of the more prestigious schools on my list still require GRE, so idk if I should retake (would like some advice on that).Research Experience: I have done some A+ research projects in my research courses, to begin with. I have spent 2 years in a psych lab at my school, but eventually got reprimanded/fired because of some miscommunications and some ADHD related stupid mistakes--- nothing nefarious but doesn't look good. I have had a research assistant position for my freshman year with a visiting professor, and I had an internship where I studied children and did literature reviews. Also was working on a project with a grad student but she straight up ghosted me and she graduated, but we had started doing searches for beginning a project. Clinical experiences: I am about to do my clinical practicum course at my school which is a grad level course. I was a TA for my university's childcare center for 2.5 years, lots of working with children. I have had an internship where I trained to help survivors of domestic abuse but it was all online because of covid. And for my practicum internship, I will be working at a suicide hotline.LOR: Well I can't use my lab PI because of what happened at the lab, but there are two professors (one I've had about 4-5 classes with and we get along pretty well, the other I've had 2 with and he's teaching my clinical practicum and seems to quite like me. For the last one I might use whoever supervises my internship for the practicum because my prior internships have only been a summer long and I'm unsure how much that will lead to strong letters. If necessary I could ask my past internships but it might not be as strong.My goal is obviously to get into some of the better and university-based programs, but I also put in some backups that I'm aware have issues.
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