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Navigating the Graduate School Application Process: Which Road Do I Seek?

This guide explores the considerations for choosing a graduate school program, including the level of autonomy, responsibility, flexibility, setting, research, teaching, practice, and policy involvement. It also discusses various fields of psychology, counseling, and education, along with different career paths in academia and the private sector. Helpful tips on finding the right program and application etiquette are provided.

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Navigating the Graduate School Application Process: Which Road Do I Seek?

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  1. Navigating the Graduate School Application Process

  2. Which Road Do I Seek? • What do I want to do when I grow up? • Level of autonomy? • Responsibility? • Flexibility? • Setting? • Research vs. teaching vs. practice vs. policy? • How involved do I want to be with people (if at all)? • Work backwards • Type of program • Type of degree • All at once or stages?

  3. Psychology Department Social Work Clinical MSW - LCSW PhD & MA Many Roads to “Clinical” Work Counseling PhD & MA (PhD) Agencies Hospitals Private Practice Schools Education Department Professional Schools of Psychology Licensing levels: Doctoral, Masters-level, LMHC, LMFT, etc. Counseling Clinical & Counseling MA & PhD School Psych MA (PhD) PsyD & MA (PhD)

  4. Experimental Psychology • Developmental • Psychophysics/S&P • Social • Quantitative • Cognitive • Health • Neuroscience • Comparative Cognition • Physiological • Industrial/Organizational RESEARCH-FOCUSED (in academia) TEACHING-FOCUSED (in academia) APPLIED/INDUSTRY/ PRIVATE SECTOR (out of academia)

  5. Finding the Right Program • Start early (see Timeline) • Identify your own interests and goals • Keep it broad at first if possible (e.g., competitiveness, geography) • Choose faculty, not location/program • Resources • Books • Web • Faculty • PsycINFO/Publications • Conferences, graduate students, e-mail

  6. Application Etiquette • Requesting STRONG Letters • Be respectful (i.e., ~4 weeks in advance, convey appreciation, consider a meeting first) • Be organized (i.e., CV, personal statement, personalized folders ready to go shortly after) • Be realistic (i.e., Does this faculty member know you well enough to write on your behalf?) • Provide a Personalized Folder • CV and personal statement • Examples to highlight about you • Submission methods/deadlines • Details about each school’s program

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