A great resource is the Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology that you can purchase on Amazon.com here. It gives you the most current data on more than 300 APA-accredited programs in the United States and Canada. For the complete list, visit APA’s website here. Don’t forget to utilize my extremely useful maps too!
What is the right program for you? The bigger question you should be asking is, “Is this program looking for a person like me?” In a nutshell, finding the right program is all about FIT. Your research interests must mesh well with your POI’s interests and your goals must be in tune with the department’s goals. You can be an extremely competitive applicant with years of research experience and stellar GPAs and GREs, but if your research interests do not complement your POIs, you probably will not be interviewed, much less admitted.
Many people also wonder about the “competitiveness” of their applications. There is no one statistic that will guarantee acceptance into a Psychology PhD, but as a general guideline, the GREs/GPAs serve as a screener and once you get past that initial stage, research experience becomes the most important. GREs and GPAs may complement each other, in that a low GPA may be overlooked with a high GRE or vice versa, but once you get past the initial “weeding-out” stage, they are not looked at any more.
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