Psychology Graduate School Preparation

• Before You Apply: How To Be a Competitive Candidate
• Contact an Adviser
• Explore Graduate School Options in Advising Tracks
• Letters of Recommendation
• Timeline for Graduate School Preparation
• Resources
• Writing Your Personal Statement

See Graduate School Application Resources compiled by Emily Bibby.

About Graduate School in Psychology

通过心理咨询和资源中心(PARC)，心理学专业和辅修专业以及物理治疗预科专业的学生都可以获得研究生院的咨询。. 研究生院咨询的目的是在研究生院过程的各个方面帮助学生(不仅仅是针对心理学研究生院)。, including:

• 决定适当的途径/培训机会，为将来的心理学学习做准备
• 决定他们是否想上研究生院
• Deciding upon areas of study for graduate school
• 利用搜索程序/材料找到合适的研究生学习项目
• 确定完成先决条件考试的地点和准备策略(i.e., GRE, Psychology GRE)
• Preparing materials for graduate school applications (i.e., curriculum vitae, personal statements)
• Editing application materials
• Soliciting letters of recommendation
• Navigating the interview process
• Choosing the appropriate program

Selecting Schools and Labs

• PCSAS Accredited Programs:高质量临床博士课程列表
• 临床和咨询心理学研究生课程内幕指南 (book): New edition released every year
• ABCT Special Interest Groups这对临床博士申请者尤其有帮助. 如果你感兴趣的子领域有一个特殊兴趣小组(SIG)，那么这些小组里的教授名单和实验室正在积极做的新闻通讯都有!
• List of Professors/Labs Accepting for Ph.D., Psy.D., or Master's

Personal Statement Writing

• Advice for Addressing COVID in your Personal Statement
• Individualized Feedback on Personal Statements
• APA
  • Preparing your personal statement
  • Finding Fit: The Power of Personal Statements
• Rutger’s Writing a Personal Statement Tips

Diversity Statement Writing

• Writing a Diversity Statement

与导师讨论上述任何一项或与研究生院有关的任何其他事项, please visit the Psychology Advising & Resources Center.

要探索具体的研究生院和职业道路，请参阅 Advising Tracks.

Additional Resources

浏览以下与研究生院相关的几个重要网站的链接, 以及心理学咨询和资源中心准备的与研究生院有关的几份重要文件.

Websites

• 美国心理学会研究生在线学习 (APA): 这是最全面的关于心理学研究生学习的网站，可以花30美元使用3个月. 它本质上是APA心理学研究生学习书的电子版. 咨询办公室订阅了这个在线搜索引擎, 哪些访问PARC的学生可以与顾问一起使用.
• 咨询和相关教育项目认证委员会: For students interested in the counseling route, as opposed to the clinical psychology route, 咨询和相关教育项目认证委员会列出了一份全国所有经过认证的咨询硕士项目的名单.
• GradSchools.com: 这是一个免费的心理学研究生课程在线搜索引擎.
• Graduate Record Exam心理学和相关领域的大多数研究生课程都需要研究生入学考试(GRE)。. ETS网站上有有关考试和报名的信息.
• The Social Personality Health Network (SPHN) 是否有兴趣将申请社会/人格和健康心理学研究生院的学生与潜在的研究生导师联系起来. To do so, 他们开发了一个简单的在线表格，教师可以在上面发布他们正在招聘的学生, 学生们还可以搜索潜在顾问的名单. 如果你正在考虑申请社会/人格或健康心理学的研究生院, 你可以浏览这些学科的教师名单，他们今年正在接受研究生.
• OnlinePsychologyDegrees.com: 该资源包括来自美国1600多所认可大学的10000多个心理学学位课程(从咨询证书到高级学位专业).S. 以及已经在该领域工作的其他人提供的大量专家建议.

有关研究生院的其他信息通常由以下组织提供:

• Psi Chi
• American Psychological Society's Undergraduate Update
• American Psychological Association

Books

• Getting In: 这是一本很棒的书，为读者提供了心理学研究生院申请过程的各个方面的建议.
• Graduate Study in Psychology:这本书相当于通过APA进行的研究生在线学习搜索.

心理咨询和资源中心提供的信息

• Before You Apply: How to be a Competitive Applicant概述如何在你的本科生涯早期开始，成为一个有竞争力的研究生院申请人.
• Timeline for Applying to Graduate School概述学生如何为心理学研究生院做准备, beginning as early as freshman year.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV): [PDF] provides students an example of a CV.
• Statement of Purpose提供了写一份有效的目的陈述的技巧.
• Recommendation Letters:概述了如何保护写信人的安全.

在帕洛阿尔托研究中心有更多关于研究生院和申请过程的文件. Please stop by today for more information!

Graduate School Application Resources

Created by Emily Bibby while applying to Clinical Ph.D. programs. For questions or other resources to add please email emilysbibby@gmail.com.

General Resources

• A Field Guide to Grad School (book)
• The Sokol-Hessner Lab’s How Applying to Graduate School Works
• Clinical Psych Grad School
• Student Doctor Network: Essay workshop, cost calculator, relevant blog posts
• American Psychological Association:准备和申请心理学研究生院:12个模块
  • Video Links

Mentorship through graduate school application process

• Free Online Mentorship
• Association for Psychological Science (must be student affiliate member)

GREs

• GregMAT
  • Best resource for the verbal section
• VictorPrep Podcast
  • Podcast for learning vocabulary
• U.S. and Canada Psychology Ph.D./Psy.D. Programs Not Requiring the GREs
• Kaplan resources 
• ETS resources 
• Manhattan Review

Personal Statement Writing

• Advice for Addressing COVID in your Personal Statement
• Individualized Feedback on Personal Statements
• APA
  • Preparing your personal statement
  • Finding Fit: The Power of Personal Statements

Diversity Statement Writing

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Core Principles
• Writing a Diversity Statement

Interview

• Lists of Interview Questions to Ask and Prepare For
  • http://medium.com/@mallory.dobias/open-access-tips-materials-for-clinical-psych-phd-applications-e9e81be3d132
  • http://www.findaphd.com/advice/finding/phd-interview-questions.aspx
  • http://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2013/02/06/graduate-program-interviews-clinical-psychology
• How to Answer Specific Common Interview Questions
  • Why here?
  • Tell me about “questions”
• Interview Information
• Interview Tips
  • http://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2014/01/13/interview-tips-for-students-applying-to-phd-programs-in-psychology
  • http://psychology.ucsd.edu/undergraduate-program/undergraduate-resources/graduate-career-resources/applying-grad-school/interviews.html
  • http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/grad-school-guru/201105/interviewing-part-2-doing-the-talking

Twitters to Follow

• http://twitter.com/AcademicChatter
• http://twitter.com/OpenAcademics
• http://twitter.com/PhDForum

Graduate School Podcasts

• Dear Grad Student
• This is Grad School
• Personal Finance for Ph.D.s