GRE Scores for Clinical Psych

[csierrah]

Hi Everyone,

So, I've posted before with some success and so I'm here to pick your brains once again. This time around I want to ask about the minimal GRE scores needed to be competitive at a decent Clinical Psychology School. I know that the necessary scores to apply might vary but I still want to ask for your opinion. What do you guys think?

Thanks,

Carlos

[Branwen daughter of Llyr]

not a psych expert in any way, however, the following quote seems to say it all:

"For most doctoral programs in clinical psychology, high grades (a GPA of 3.5 or higher,

especially in psychology courses) and high GRE scores are vital. Most schools weigh the Math

score more than the Verbal score, but neither should be much lower than the 80th percentile."

this quote was taken from the Barnard College primer for psychology grad school. to read the entire thing: http://www.barnard.edu/psych/pdfs/GradStudyHandout.pdf

go do a search in google about GRE scores and clinical psych programs. It's tough out there - clinical psych appears to be the most competitive and difficult program to get into these days.

Good luck!

[summernights77kt]

After doing a lot of research on mean/median GRE scores for accepted applications in Clinical Psychology, I think it is about 1350 for competitive schools. Yuck, I think I'll go kill myself now. Don't worry, I'm not serious.