<p>I’m starting at Berkeley as a transfer (in two weeks! Signed up for summer session). I’m a psych major who would like to move on to a clinical psych program. I’ve already emailed several people about getting a research position, but after reading how insanely difficult clinical psych doctorate programs are to get into (specifically this link - [Applying</a> to PhD Programs in Clinical Psychology](<a href=“http://www.psychwww.com/tipsheet/applyphd.htm]Applying”>http://www.psychwww.com/tipsheet/applyphd.htm) ), I just want an idea of how far ahead going to Berkeley instead of somewhere like Sonoma State puts me.</p>
<p>i would say negatively…but that would be for a technical field where it’s hard to get good grades. Psych is relatively easy and doing well isn’t that a huge deal, it’s ranked well so I’m going to go ahead and say **positively **for a clinical psych program. Just make sure to do well on the GRE because pretty much everyone will be applying with a good GPA.</p>
<p>depends on your gpa. you’ll get a boost for going to a hard technical school, but if you’re not careful your gpa will suffer more than the boost you get.</p>
<p>if you study hard and smart you’ll be fine.</p>
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<p>Maybe. The tradeoff is for grad school, your undergrad institution being a strong school actually helps you a lot. </p>
<p>I don’t need any statistics to back that up, you can get that from the mouth of the admissions committee at a school. </p>
<p>This is because “big name” in terms of prestige is full of nonsense, but “big name” in terms of academics means something to grad schools - and Berkeley is one of those amazing names that makes an academically minded individual [like a professor] perk up.</p>