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1、The Graduate School Application Process,Patricia Taylor-Cooke University of Alabama at Birmingham,Drew C. Appleby Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis,Introduction,The following presentation was created from my own personal experience. The programs I applied to were clinical psychology
2、programs. Therefore, the details I include and the experiences I share may be different from what you encounter depending on the type of program or the school to which you apply. This presentation is intended to give you insight based on what I learned throughout the process of applying to graduate
3、school and attending interviews. Use it only as an example and not a guarantee of what will happen when you apply or attend interviews. Good luck in your search for a school and receiving offers from the graduate programs of your choice.Patricia Taylor-Cooke,When do I start looking for schools?,Sear
4、ching for graduate schools is an extremely time consuming task easily taking hours of your time. You will also need to visit each school on the internet to ensure they are what you are looking for in a school.,No later than the beginning of the summer before you plan to apply,When do I start looking
5、 for schools?,The type of program that interests you (i.e., clinical, experimental or psychobiological),That graduate school is for you and it is what you want to do for the next two to five years of your life,Or as soon as you know:,How do I choose schools?,Whether there is a professor there who is
6、 doing work you would like to do,Based on your interests,Since graduate school admission is so competitive you should choose about 10 schools to increase your chances,Based on geography I would suggest doing this only if you are limited by family ties. Since acceptance is so competitive you will be
7、taking a great risk by limiting yourself to a specific geographical area.,Why should I start looking so soon?,Required Classes Some schools require specific classes as a prerequisite (e.g., Abnormal Psychology, Tests and Measurement, etc.). You will want to make sure you have these classes, so you w
8、ill not have to take undergraduate classes as a graduate student.,To Find Out Important Information:,Required Credits in Specific AreasSome schools require a specific number of credits in another area of study (e.g., University of Alabama at Birmingham requires you to have 18 credits of life science
9、s).,Why should I start looking so soon?,GRE Cut-off Scores for Admittance Most schools have an arbitrary cut-off score to narrow down the number of applicants they will invite for interviews (i.e., 1200 combined verbal and quantitative). Sometimes a weakness in this area can be overcome by strengths
10、 in other areas (i.e., strong research experience).,Other Tests Required (i.e., GRE Subject Test or the Miller Analogies Test,Why should I start looking so soon?,Application DeadlinesMost schools have deadlines in January and February; however, there are some schools that may have deadlines much ear
11、lier (i.e., University of Florida has their deadline set on December 1st). These deadlines are set and if you are late they may not look at your application at all.,Selection CriteriaSchools may list what their selection criteria is and what they will be looking for in an applicant. Therefore, if yo
12、u start early and do not have what they want you may have enough time to change it.,Where do I look?,APAs Graduate Study in PsychologyProvides a list of 500 psychology programs with up-to- date information on degrees offered, deadlines, fees, admission requirements, selection criteria and importance
13、, tuition, financial assistance and more.Book - $19.95 from APAs Website www.apa.org/gradstudy/ Online - $19.95 for 3 month access at www.apa.org/gradstudy/,Where do I look?,APAs division for the field of psychology to which you are interested in applying.Provides a more complete list of all schools
14、 that have a program of training in that field. For a list of all divisions or to find a division by topic visit www.apa.org/about/division.html,Talk to your professors.They can make suggestions about different schools they know about and give advice on schools that you have found.,Getting the Appli
15、cations,Plan to get applications during the summer before you will apply.You will need a great deal of time to go through the applications, fill them out, plan and write your essays and get feedback on them.,Visit the schools onlineToday most applications are online and can be downloaded. If they ar
16、e not online then there will be phone numbers or addresses to contact about getting them mailed to you.,Completing Applications,Begin completing applications in the summer or early fall. They take an enormous amount of time, and you DO NOT want to rush through them.Type (not hand write it looks more professional) all information that will not change before the deadlineSend all GRE scores in early FallFollow instructions completely! If you do not the schools may take this as a sign of your work in general and not consider your application.,
