Deciding where to apply.

• Narrowing your search
• Clinical vs Counseling Psych
• Choosing a specialty
• Deadlines and fees
• Masters or Doctoral Degree?

GRE & GPA

• The Psychology GRE
• The importance of GRE & GPA scores
• How to deal with low scores

Writing the personal statement and CV. The following websites offer excellent guidance

• PsiChi
• http://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradStatement.stm
• http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_98.asp
• http://www.psywww.com/careers/perstmt.htm
• http://gradschool.about.com/od/essaywriting/

Getting those letters of recommendation

• http://www.psychwww.com/careers/lettrec.htm
• http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_135.asp

Reference materials that we own in the Psychology Department include:

Getting in: A step-by-step plan for gaining admission to graduate school in psychology. (American Psychological Association, 1997)

• Is a graduate degree in psychology the right choice for you?
• Decisions to make before researching programs
• Assessing your qualifications and improving your chances of acceptance
• Choosing which programs to apply to
• Applying to programs
• After you've applied
• Timetable for early planners

Graduate study in psychology. (American Psychological Association, 1998)

• Brief overview of a wide range of information regarding the APA and graduate study
• Department listings by state
• Index of programs by area of study offered
• Alphabetical index of programs

Insider's guide to graduate programs in clinical and counseling psychology. (Guilford, 2002/2003 edition is most recent)

• Introducing clinical and counseling psychology
• Preparing for graduate school (with a worksheet)
• Getting started
• Selecting schools (with a worksheet)
• Applying to programs
• Mastering the interview
• Making final decisions (with a worksheet)
• Reports on individual clinical and counseling psychology programs