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Hey guys - like a lot of posters, I just need some advice on my scores. I'm applying to clinical Ph.D. psychology programs.

My verbal was a 154

My quant was 156

My writing score was a 5.0

I'm a strong writer, but for some reason my verbal section (obviously) didn't show that. I'm going to retake and dropped a bunch of money on a turor - but can anyone also think of an "ideal" score that I might need to get? Like if you got into a clinical program, what score did you end up with?

Thanks so much!!!

Posted

A friend of mine applied for a clinical psychology 2 years ago. She got rejected from lots of schools because her verbal was too low (730 on the old scale). Also she is not a native speaker. She is doing a phd now so you can get somewhere with scores like that but definitely not anywhere top. You would need 167+

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167 is about 97th percentile -- I don't think your verbal score needs to be that high to get into any program anywhere.

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Clinical is pretty competitive. However, one of the requirements for APA endorsement (or whatever it's called) is for schools to post the GPA and GRE of admitted students.

For example at Vanderbilt clinical admitted students:

Undergraduate GPA for years 2003-2011.

3.57

3.47

3.74

3.37

3.71

3.73

3.68

3.78

3.93

GRE

Verbal

652

632

670

624

656

706

635

689

655

Quantitative

695

752

718

721

740

738

700

745

688

Total GRE

1347

1384

1388

1345

1396

1444

1335

1434

1343

source: http://www.vanderbil...ms/clinical.php

Those average out to gpa:3.664444

grev:657.6667 greq:721.8889 gresum:1379.556

Edited by Quant_Liz_Lemon
Posted

Clinical is pretty competitive. However, one of the requirements for APA endorsement (or whatever it's called) is for schools to post the GPA and GRE of admitted students.

For example at Vanderbilt clinical admitted students:

Undergraduate GPA for years 2003-2011.

3.57

3.47

3.74

3.37

3.71

3.73

3.68

3.78

3.93

GRE

Verbal

652

632

670

624

656

706

635

689

655

Quantitative

695

752

718

721

740

738

700

745

688

Total GRE

1347

1384

1388

1345

1396

1444

1335

1434

1343

source: http://www.vanderbil...ms/clinical.php

Those average out to gpa:3.664444

grev:657.6667 greq:721.8889 gresum:1379.556

No disrespect, but those numbers are not so meaningful unless the percentiles are given. Remember, different version of exams (especially the old ones), the scale shifts quite significantly. Hence, in grad school application, % of ones GRE performance is always require, even without the actual score.

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