Chances for Psychology Ph.D. Programs

variola
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:56:15 +0000

Wait, if you took the GRE yesterday you wouldn’t have the AW score back yet.

Is the Master program you are doing in spring a year long program or just a half year? If it’s a year program, you will still be in it next fall and won’t be able to attend a fall term PhD program.

You can talk about your independent research in your SoP (btw, about that, was that supervised? If so, why aren’t you using your supervisor as a LoR writer?) but you really need actual clinical or supervised research experience to be a competitive applicant. The number of credits you have (especially high school AP) is not something PhD programs care about, as long as you’ve fulfilled their requirements.