Eligibility for M.S Psychology programmes

[Rosh~N]

Hi all,

I am an international applicant and am planning to apply for '12 fall admissions . I am interested in M.S Clinical psych/ Organizational psychology and I have a few questions on the eligibility criteria. I really appreciate any information provided on this subject.

I hold a Bachelor of Technology degree in Bioinformatics (4 years) and i am currently working as a software engineer .I completed my undergraduation in 2010.

Internship: Dept. of Psychopharmachology

Final year thesis : Dept. of Psychopharmachology.

Courses : Biostatistics, Neurobiology and Cognitive Sciences, Cell and molecular biology,Immunology,Proteomics & Genomics, and such life science as well as related computation subjects.

I discovered my penchant for psychology during my internship and that is the reason i proceeded to complete my final thesis in Psychopharmachology.

Yet to take GRE.

I am wondering if this is considered as a relevant qualification for applying to M.S Psychology programmes, as the competition seems to be very keen. I am worried my application will not be viewed seriously. I am kind of freaking out because my GRE is round the corner. I would really appreciate it if someone would shed some light on my chances of being accepted.

I have noticed that many schools prefer students with a strong psychology major in undergrad.I would love to work as an intern in labs so i can learn more about the subject before i apply to grad school. Is it possible to take basic psychology courses once i am into the Masters programme?

Thanks for the support!

Regards,

Rosh~N.

[LJK]

I'm not clear as to where you are looking to pursue your MS - internationally or in the US? I only know about the US: I think that your background is perfectly competitive for a psych MS. I don't know where you are getting your information about a strong psych undergrad being essential, but I have found that not to necessarily be the case. Plenty of the grad students I know have gone that route, but there are plenty of us who have majored in other things. My undergrad was in anthropology. I know another student who had a mathematics undergrad and is now a psych grad student. You just want to be able to explain how what you have done in the past connects and supports what you want to do in the future. Gaining more relevant experience never hurts, but I think you should be fine qualifications wise regardless. In fact, programming experience is probably a huge plus in a lot of programs' eyes.