PsyD and PhD clinical neuropsychology program recommendations

TacoTacoBurrito
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:58 +0000

Demographics
45 years old
US citizen - Texas resident
Current Institution: Austin Community College
Other special factors: I recently retired from a 20-year career as an engineer / R&D director. In the late 90s-early 2000s, I earned a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate in Mechanical and Energy Engineering from a Russel Group (top tier) UK University.

Cost Constraints / Budget
I won’t qualify for any need-based aid nor will I need loans.
However, I have a strong preference to spend as little as possible if doing a PsyD or go to a program that is fully funded with good stipends if doing a PhD.

Intended Major
Clinical neuropsychology

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
College GPA: 3.97 (88 credits from community college)
GRE Scores: 165 Verbal / 167 Quantitative

College Coursework (Transfer Applicants)

24 credits in Psychology (4.0 GPA): General Psych, Social Psych, Developmental Psych, Abnormal Psych, Biopsych, Personality, Human Sexuality, Statistics

16 credits in Chemistry (4.0 GPA): Gen Chem 1+2, Organic Chem 1+2 (both with labs)

14 credits in Biology (4.0 GPA): Cell/Mol Bio, Organism Bio, Genetics, Nutrition

17 credits in Spanish (4.0 GPA): Honors Healthcare Spanish 1+2, Spanish 3+4, Conversational Spanish

14 credits in Music (4.0 GPA): 4 semesters Vocal Performance + ensembles

3 credits in Accounting (3.0 GPA): Individual Tax Accounting

Extracurriculars/Awards
I’ve been the lead in a couple musicals and operas.
Honors Scholar
Phi Theta Kappa

Essays/LORs/Other
I can get glowing letters from psych profs, engineers, and MDs.

Schools
I’m here for match recommendations. My wife and I have a general location preference for larger population, medium COL cities. We have a preference for the US, but are open to Canada, Australia/NZ, or UK assuming I can easily become licensed in the US afterwards.

Also I’m looking for recommendations for universities that are unlikely to require me to get a bachelor’s in psych before beginning my PsyD/PhD and would admit me based on my previous doctorate + my recent community college work covering all the basic psychology, biology, and chemistry coursework necessary to get into graduate level clinical neuropsychology. I have no interest in taking a bunch of gen-eds required for an undergraduate degree; that would be a waste of my time, effort, and money.