Autumn 2013 Transfer Applicants

psychguy
Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:10:01 +0000

Thanks shaemus for the response, and good luck to you as well! We’ll need it. What are your stats? From the looks of it, you seem to have some decent EC’s and experiences in the area, which is a plus.

As for me, I am planning on transferring from Portland Community College. I currently have 69 credits and will be earning my A.A.O.T. (Associate of Arts - Oregon Transfer) in June. I plan on majoring in psychology with the intent of going to graduate school and becoming a mental health professional (i.e. a counselor or psychologist). I currently have a 3.95 cumulative GPA and a 4.00 major GPA; but here’s the catch, I dropped out of high school back in 2007 and never graduated. It has always been something that has bothered me and has consistently created barriers for me, and I’m hoping I can put this in the past and continue to move forward.

I am also a member of Phi Theta Kappa, but am not too heavily involved. Outside of school however, I work as a crisis worker answering a suicide hotline. I have done this every week for the past year (256 hours and counting)! My sister committed suicide when I was in high school, which is one of the many reasons I want to study psychology and the reason for this line of work. I chose UW as one of my options because of the competitiveness of the major and it’s abundance of undergraduate research opportunities in psychology, as well as a department honors program that capitalizes on this.

I have also applied to the University of Oregon, Washington State University, and the University of California Berkeley. I am split between U.W. and U.C.B., but I am legally a WA resident, so U.W. will naturally come out on top. The U.O. is a solid alternative and W.S.U. is my fall back school.

Let me know if you’d like me to look over your personal statement!