School Psychology Fall 2017

[George J]

Hi all, 

I was interested on getting you're opinion on whether males applicants have an advantage over females applications when it comes to getting accepted into school psychology programs? i understand that the field is largely dominated by women and wanted to know if being a male applicant might increase my chances of being accepted?  

[Anxiousapplicant01]

7 hours ago, George J said:

Hi all, 

I was interested on getting you're opinion on whether males applicants have an advantage over females applications when it comes to getting accepted into school psychology programs? i understand that the field is largely dominated by women and wanted to know if being a male applicant might increase my chances of being accepted?  

Yes. Being a minority of any kind in this field (and, yes, males are minorities in school psych) will help you. One initiative in the field right now is training more diverse school psychologists (like over 70% of students are white females or something ridiculous like that). 

[t_ruth]

21 hours ago, George J said:

Hi all, 

I was interested on getting you're opinion on whether males applicants have an advantage over females applications when it comes to getting accepted into school psychology programs? i understand that the field is largely dominated by women and wanted to know if being a male applicant might increase my chances of being accepted?  

Why would it? It's not that white males are underrepresented because of some kind of systemic oppression in the field. And, you will likely find, that even in fields that appear "dominated" by women, the real dominance is still actually by white males, who are disproportionately represented in senior positions and those of power.

[fritolay]

School Name: Pace University
Date Interview Invite Received: 2/7/2017
Degree: PsyD
Type: School Clinical-Child Psychology
Notified via: Email
From: Dept. Staff assistant
Interview Date: Choice of 2/13, 2/14, or 2/21

[ECastanon]

Has anyone applied to Texas State University- Specialist degree? It's rolling admissions and they said decisions will take 3-6 weeks. I'm at 4 weeks 6 days and check the website daily for shits and giggles  I just wanna knowwww 

[rosalie]

Has anyone heard back from Canadian schools yet? I applied to McGill (it's a long shot because I'm missing a couple courses they want but I have good GRE scores and references so I tried), and Mount Saint Vincent University. Both had January 15th deadlines so I'm hoping they're just later to extend invitations? Updates would be appreciated!!

[LMG123]

ECastanon, I still haven't heard back from TXST. Fingers crossed!

Edited February 8, 2017 by LMG123

[Le Chat]

Hello all, this season I have mostly applied to Counseling Psychology doctoral programs but am also going to re-apply to the same schools for their Educational Psychology/School Psychology programs. I'm wondering how competitive School Psych is? 

[Necrovex]

University of Florida placed me on its wait list, so here comes the wait period to see if I'll get accepted by April. Still waiting on USF and FSU. USF is still my top choice, and I had a good interview with them, so I'm quite hoping I get in!

[cherry12055]

Hi everyone! 

I was wondering if anyone happened to know the role of a school psychologist in different states--- I know already that people will say that it depends on district but after interviewing at a bunch of schools, I have discovered that the role is very limited in North Carolina and Michigan (based on what students have told me, the focus is mainly assessment throughout the state). I was wondering if anyone happened to know more about any other states, especially including Florida, Nebraska, or South Carolina.

Thanks!!

[jenna28]

Hi everyone!

I have had one interview last week and two more scheduled. I applied to 3 other schools as well and they have been under review for about 2 weeks. I was wondering how long it has taken for schools to get back to other people? It is driving me crazy

[LovePsychx3]

Yes to the post above ^^^!!

I am anxiously waiting for two schools to respond. At the other two I interviewed at, I heard back within a week. 

[t_ruth]

On 2/8/2017 at 11:13 PM, abnumber5 said:

Hello all, this season I have mostly applied to Counseling Psychology doctoral programs but am also going to re-apply to the same schools for their Educational Psychology/School Psychology programs. I'm wondering how competitive School Psych is? 

I can speak more about ed psych, but that's a big diff (counseling, school, and ed)--what's the common thread?

And, it varies depending on program and school re: competitiveness.

[fritolay]

Hi everyone!

Has anyone heard back from the Teachers College school psych phd? I only saw 1 interview post on the results page. Just wondering if i should give up hope

[lockman86]

On 2/9/2017 at 5:07 AM, rosalie said:

Has anyone heard back from Canadian schools yet? I applied to McGill (it's a long shot because I'm missing a couple courses they want but I have good GRE scores and references so I tried), and Mount Saint Vincent University. Both had January 15th deadlines so I'm hoping they're just later to extend invitations? Updates would be appreciated!!

For McGill, is it the MA in SACP? 

[lockman86]

How likely it is that no PhD is offered, when I graduated from the MA program?

Cos I'm freaking out.... I recently got accepted (notified by POI in e-mail) of the MA in School/Applied Child Psychology at McGill and was on cloud 9, but reading and reading about the prospectus gives chill down my spine!

Would someone please share their experience? Thanks a million! 

PS Sorry for being an anxious freak...and school hasn't begun yet... 

[Necrovex]

The agony of wait lists. Another establishment tossed me into wait list category. Quite demoralizing. My safety hasn't made its decision yet, but its funding may not be as reliable as the other two, which means I probably won't go. Looking at jobs in mental health for children to strengthen my work credentials and to attend classes to improve my weaknesses (no relevant foreign language background and minimal psych classes). Depressing I may not get into my desired schools but that's the cruelness of reality. I should know my fall by April 15th. 

[schlpsych]

Has anyone heard back form USF yet? I attended their first interview and i'm still waiting!

[Marshmall0w]

Has anyone applied to/heard from Hofstra for School-Community PsyD? I haven't seen anything posted anywhere. And does anyone know if Pace is still extending interview invites for their PsyD program?

[Necrovex]

10 hours ago, schlpsych said:

Has anyone heard back form USF yet? I attended their first interview and i'm still waiting!

USF sends letters out. I only found out I was wait listed this past weekend due to my mother receiving my snail mail while I live overseas. So check your mailbox if you haven't already.

[lkay16]

Hi everyone! Has anyone heard about interviews from James Madison University school and clinical program? Their website says invites are sent out from February 1-15 but I don't know of anyone who has heard of anything. Good luck to everyone! 

[c3marsha]

Anyone hear from McGill's PhD program in school/applied child psychology? 

[sch00lpsych]

On 2/15/2017 at 2:40 PM, lkay16 said:

Hi everyone! Has anyone heard about interviews from James Madison University school and clinical program? Their website says invites are sent out from February 1-15 but I don't know of anyone who has heard of anything. Good luck to everyone! 

Hi,

They sent out invites for interviews around Feb 10 and interviews are around March 3

[lalala1234]

Has anyone heard back from Ferkauf or Pace's school psyd program?

[fritolay]

@lalala1234 i have my ferkauf interview on thursday. went to pace a couple weeks ago for an interview as well