Graduate School Application Guide: Navigating Paths and Programs
Explore the graduate school application process with insights on career paths, program options, and application etiquette. Discover avenues in clinical work, experimental psychology, and finding the right program tailored to your interests and goals. Learn about requesting strong letters of recommendation and starting early to secure the ideal program for your academic journey.
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Navigating the Graduate School Application Process
Which Road Do I Seek? What do I want to do when I grow up? Level of autonomy? Responsibility? Flexibility? Setting? Research vs. teaching vs. practice vs. policy? How involved do I want to be with people (if at all)? Work backwards Type of program Type of degree All at once or stages?
Many Roads to Clinical Work Clinical MSW - LCSW PhD & MA Psychology Department Social Work Counseling PhD & MA (PhD) Agencies Hospitals Private Practice Schools Counseling Clinical & Counseling MA & PhD Professional Schools of Psychology Education Department School Psych MA (PhD) PsyD & MA (PhD) Licensing levels: Doctoral, Masters-level, LMHC, LMFT, etc.
Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychophysics/S&P Social Quantitative Cognitive Health Neuroscience Comparative Cognition Physiological Industrial/Organizational RESEARCH-FOCUSED (in academia) TEACHING-FOCUSED (in academia) APPLIED/INDUSTRY/ PRIVATE SECTOR (out of academia)
Finding the Right Program Start early (see Timeline) Identify your own interests and goals Keep it broad at first if possible (e.g., competitiveness, geography) Choose faculty, not location/program Resources Books Web Faculty PsycINFO/Publications Conferences, graduate students, e-mail
Application Etiquette Requesting STRONG Letters Be respectful (i.e., ~4 weeks in advance, convey appreciation, consider a meeting first) Be organized (i.e., CV, personal statement, personalized folders ready to go shortly after) Be realistic (i.e., Does this faculty member know you well enough to write on your behalf?) Provide a Personalized Folder CV and personal statement Examples to highlight about you Submission methods/deadlines Details about each school s program
