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The following was
prepared by PSI CHI
&
Student Resource Center
for a presentation given
February 24, 2009
For more information
contact the Student Resource Center
Applying to Graduate School
* Career
Advisory Network List – alumni connections
* Career Library resources in Student Resource Center
Graduate school
information:
* Explore different types of
graduate programs in Psychology
Do I want to be a psychologist, a counselor, or a social
worker?
(Occupational Outlook
Handbook, Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical
and Counseling Psychology; Graduate Study in Psychology –
APA; SMC Psychology Department Web pages;
www.petersons.com;
www.gradschools.com;
www.allpsychologyschools.com .
* What type of program: counseling, social work, human
resources, counseling psychology or clinical psychology? What
type of degree? Master’s, MSW, Ph.D., or Psy.D. What type of setting,
what type of clients, what type of tasks do you want to do?
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Talk to faculty – they do professional development in the field and may
have knowledge of programs /colleagues at schools of interest to
you.
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Check with SRC for Career Advisory Network, alums who practice
psychology. What do they do? Where did they go to school?
* Ask around
at home and among family/friends. Did your school have a psychologist
or guidance counselor? Can you do an informational interview with
someone?
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Research faculty and their research interests at various graduate
programs. Is there someone you would like to learn from?
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Prepare for GRE general test and subject test or MAT (www.GRE.org
and
www.milleranalogies.com).
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Have you signed up to take a free
GRE from Kaplan ?****
* Update
resume to CV format (see example in SRC Resume Guide,
www.smcvt.edu/src/career/services/cv.asp).
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Prepare essays.
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Seek out faculty for letters of recommendation.
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Plan to have everything ready to go by Thanksgiving, with Christmas
break as your final date. The earlier the better.
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Check out this site:
http://online.onetcenter.org/
to see which career in psychology might be right for you!
Check out this powerpoint presentation for
information on how to apply for graduate school.
Applying to Grad
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