Chances for Psychology Ph.D. Programs

BioAnthroPsych
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:38:59 +0000

Hello,

I am applying to several psychology Ph.D. programs for admissions this fall and would like to receive some opinions as to how an admissions committee would evaluate me.

I received my A.A. degree through my local community college with a 3.91 GPA, graduating summa cum laude.

I took 27 credits through Brigham Young University all upper division courses in genetics, english, and psychology, achieving a 3.33 GPA.

I graduated from an online college, Charter Oak State College, with a local GPA of 4.00 and received an “A” on my capstone course/paper.

All in all, my cumulative GPA is around 3.63 assuming that I get A’s in the courses that I am currently taking.

On my GRE’s I scored 770 on the quantitative and 400 on the verbal. I am retaking this exam tomorrow and will post new scores (hopefully better).

My research interests concern relating the study of microexpressions to conformity. I would like to get my Ph.D. in clinical psychology/applied social psychology. I have done my own research into microexpressions independently and have written an unpublished 30-page paper on the topic. My research was conducted using 150 high-school students.

I have three professors writing me letters of recommendation: 1) an English professor who says that I am one of the more outstanding writers that she has ever taught, 2) the professor who advised me during my capstone paper, and 3) a clinical psychology professor who has been in the profession for 60 years (I scored the highest, a 98, on his midterm).

In addition to these pieces of information about me, I also want to add the following:

1) I am a member of Psi Beta psychology honor society.
2) I am 16 years old and hold my B.S. degree.
3) I have been accepted into a Master’s program in Human Sciences that I will begin this Spring before I would begin any psychology Ph.D. program if accepted.
4) I received 80 college credits through AP examinations while in high school.
5) I am graduating with about 150 college credits plus 15 graduate level credits that will be completed before I begin any doctoral program in the fall.
6) I am a professional tutor in mathematics at my local community college, tutoring all levels of mathematics.
7) I have taken 51 credits in psychology, spanning the concentration in both depth and breadth.

The schools that I am interested in are as follows in no particular order:

University of Maryland Baltimore County
West Virginia University
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of California San Diego
University of Arizona

Please let me know how these schools would view my application based on the stats that I have provided. Please also let me know of any other programs that you would suggest that I look into with my statistics (programs that have reasonable tuition and allow the opportunity to serve as an instructor for an introductory psychology course).