lack-luster

Hi! I'm planning on applying to clinical psych Ph.D. programs this fall, and wanted to get some feedback on whether or not I’m a competitive applicant. Education: B.S. in Psychology GPA: 3.65; Psych GPA: 4.0 Currently in my last year of a master’s in clinical mental health counseling. Grad GPA: 4.00 Research Experience: - a year and a half RA experience in the psych department at my master’s university, doing kind of random projects with different professors but mainly working with a social psych / quantitative methods professor. one publication from this RA, I’m the fourth author. - currently an RA with a well-known clinical psych PI in a depression/anxiety lab at an R1 school. I started last fall. I’ve been learning how to use R and I’ve made a lot of progress in my stats abilities. right now I’m making the final edits on a first-authored manuscript to hopefully submit for publication this fall. starting to get another research project off the ground. - Through my master’s program, I got a poster proposal accepted to be presented at a state-wide counseling conference in the fall. It’s more conceptual/practice-focused than research, though. GRE: 165V, 165Q, 6.0W Letters of Rec: - I think I’ll have one from my current RA, but I’ve been working mainly with one of the current doctoral students so I think she might be writing it and then the PI will sign it or something like that - one from the social psych / quantitative PI - one from a professor from my master’s program, he has a doctorate in counselor education Clinical Experience: - In the spring I interned at a partial hospitalization program for a wide range of disorders, but mostly mood and anxiety - I have an internship lined up for the fall at a CBT, anxiety/OCD-focused private practice - Did a year of volunteering as a crisis counselor for a crisis hotline - Volunteered with a virtual “OCD Camp” for kids (not sure if this counts as clinical experience) Research interests: OCD and anxiety disorders I’m planning on applying to a mix of scientist-practitioner and clinical science programs. I might reconsider some schools though - I feel like my counseling master's and clinical experience will make me seem more practice-focused, so I think I might have a better shot with scientist-practitioner rather than clinical science programs. Although I think I’d really enjoy a research-focused program too. What are my chances of getting into a program this round? Do I need another year or two of research experience? Thanks in advance!!