Psych MA Program for Psych Minor w/o Research experience

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I graduated from college in '09 from a top 20 U.S. university, with a major in political science and minor in psychology. I was still unsure at the time of my graduation what I wanted to do, so since then, I had an internship in DC with a government oversight type organization, then took a year down in South America to become fluent in Spanish and do some volunteer in work. In the interim, I have decided that I really enjoyed the psychology I did in university and might make a change from a international relations/political science focus (the original reason to become fluent in spanish) to more of a psych-oriented career.</p>

<p>My question is what are my chances to get into a Psych masters program, or even PsyD (I’m more interested in practice than research to be honest), with the following stats/info:</p>

<p>-3.3 GPA (psychology minor probably was around the same, 3.3 or 3.4 average)
-GRE: 730 Math, 710 Verbal, Writing 5.5 (could probably raise math to high 700s or 800 if need be, but Verbal probably is maxed out),
-No research experience, Math experience only consists of Calc II (which I didn’t do great in), no stats class outside of a Stat class geared toward my political science major.
-Internships: Several different ones but all more oriented towards political science than psychology
-Mostly Fluent in Spanish
-Volunteer work with kids in impoverished neighborhoods in South America (2 different organizations, one NGO), Spending several months as a program coordinator twice a week,
-Letter of Recs- I can get probably 1 decent one from a psychology professor, but other than that my recs are from political science teachers as I had more advanced classes in pol. sci. obviously</p>

<p>Any input would be appreciated, thanks.</p>

<p>Don’t like to do a self-serving bump but I can’t really find any info on this readily available online. Anyone have an opinion and/or site that could help me? Thanks.</p>

<p>You have good stats, you will really have to look at programs you are interested in and see what the criteria is. This is on James Madison’s site:
[Master’s</a> Degree in Psychological Sciences at JMU](<a href=“http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/psycsciences/admissions.html]Master’s”>Admission Overview for M.A. Psyc Sciences Students - JMU)
Most want some Psych courses and one stat course but just check potential programs. Most masters programs don’t require research experience.</p>