Social/Personality or General for M.A. at American U.?

[StartingtheProcess83298353]

I'm thinking of applying for a master's at American University in Washington, D.C. for the next fall (2020)...currently finishing up a second B.A. in psych at Hunter College in New York City (mid 40s).

I might just go part-time and stay one year in D.C. and then transfer to another program and take a few credits with me...which program would I have a better chance of getting accepted into? (I'm not going to tell them I'm planning to leave after one year obviously).

(There's also an experimental/biological track but I'm not interested in that; AU offers three tracks at the M.A. level.)

My GRE scores were Verbal 165, Quantitative 157, Writing 4.5., should be able to get decent recommendations.

[PokePsych]

Is there any specific reason why you want to do a Masters?

[StartingtheProcess83298353]

On 12/29/2019 at 11:48 AM, Psygeek said:

Is there any specific reason why you want to do a Masters?

Not ready to commit the time and money to do a Ph.D. (or even sure I want to do one, although if I did I might go to the University of West Georgia where they prefer applicants to have a master's already).

[PokePsych]

1 hour ago, StartingtheProcess83298353 said:

Not ready to commit the time and money to do a Ph.D. (or even sure I want to do one, although if I did I might go to the University of West Georgia where they prefer applicants to have a master's already).

Note that good PhDs tend to be funded (teaching assistants/research assistants/fellowship, Masters generally are not. PhDs are harder to get into though for that reason. And then theres the PsyD.

[StartingtheProcess83298353]

33 minutes ago, Psygeek said:

Note that good PhDs tend to be funded (teaching assistants/research assistants/fellowship, Masters generally are not. PhDs are harder to get into though for that reason. And then theres the PsyD.

Yes I understand that, I'm ok with paying out of pocket for a year or two (not sure I'm as interested in Psy.D. route, partially because that's out of pocket for 4-5 years from what I understand).

[Vanilla Bean]

Are you only considering pursuing a master's at American or are you open to other programs at other institutions? 

[StartingtheProcess83298353]

On 1/1/2020 at 5:28 PM, lolhelp said:

Are you only considering pursuing a master's at American or are you open to other programs at other institutions? 

I'm open to others, in fact I would just be at AU to try living in D.C. for a year and to take some master's level courses in non-psych disciplines at the same time (history, anthro and finance).

(I'm only expecting to be able to transfer less than ten psych credits anyway to some place else.)

[Vanilla Bean]

21 hours ago, StartingtheProcess83298353 said:

I'm open to others, in fact I would just be at AU to try living in D.C. for a year and to take some master's level courses in non-psych disciplines at the same time (history, anthro and finance).

(I'm only expecting to be able to transfer less than ten psych credits anyway to some place else.)

I was just asking because I just graduated with a master's and my program was funded via a graduate assistantship. It was a great program, so I recommend applying if you are open to other programs. Message me if you are interested in knowing where I went (don't want to post here since it is obviously identifiable information about me).