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Applicant Selection Process
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Applicants to the Clinical Psychology Program are selected for an interview and admission through the following process:
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Individual faculty members review applications and consider the following areas:
- Grade point average (typically 3.50 or higher as an undergraduate).
- GRE scores (typically Verbal plus Quantitative of 1200 or higher).
- Research experience (typically one to two years post-undergraduate degree).
- Letters of recommendation.
- Fit with a faculty member's research interest.
Although faculty members consider all five areas, it is important to note that there is not a minimum cut-off in any one area.
- Typically three applicants are presented to the Clinical Faculty by each faculty member interested in accepting a student. The Clinical Faculty and student representatives vote on whether each applicant should be invited for an interview.
- Applicants selected for an interview are invited to campus in February to interview. (Although on-campus interviews are strongly encouraged, telephone interviews can occur.)
- Applicants interview for a specific faculty member's laboratory. Each applicant meets with two to three faculty members and two to three graduate students, all of whom evaluate the applicant on areas such as interest in the program, fit with the program, match with the faculty member's research program, maturity of research ideas, and readiness for clinical work.
- Following interview day, evaluations of applicants are summarized and presented at a Clinical Psychology Faculty meeting. Each faculty member presents a list of applicants who are and are not acceptable and rank orders the acceptable list. The Clinical Faculty and student representatives vote on the acceptability of each applicant and on the rank ordering of applicants proposed by each faculty member. Availability of funding is also taken into consideration.
- An email is sent by the coordinator of admissions to each person who interviewed indicating whether they are accepted, wait listed, or not being considered further. The faculty member who proposed the applicant typically calls accepted and wait-listed applicants and discusses their status with them. Accepted applicants are encouraged to inform the program of their decision as soon as possible and are told that a decision has to be made by April 15th.
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| Applicants |
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Applicants |
145 |
195 |
176 |
157 |
180 |
| Admitted & Accepted |
6 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
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| Admitted Students' GPA and GRE Scores |
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Undergraduate GPA |
3.51 |
3.55 |
3.71 |
3.79 |
3.50 |
| GRE mean scores |
Verbal |
557 |
604 |
634 |
600 |
533 |
| Quantitative |
683 |
659 |
654 |
685 |
623 |
| Notes |
- All admitted students receive an assistantship
- An undergraduate degree is psychology, along with research experience, are highly recommended to be competitive for admission
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