The Psychology Major Career Options and Strategies for心理学专业的职业选择和策略.pptVIP

* You are in an elite group, but you are not alone. You need to make the most of your college opportunity – it is an important investment. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Get involved in activities in your own department. Your department may sponsor guest speakers, or faculty members may participate in some sort of colloquium series (“brown bags”). As a student, you want your faculty to be supportive of your efforts—you need to be supportive of the faculty. Attending such presentations also gives you a chance to hear about faculty research, which might interest you and lead to an opportunity to serve as a research assistant. In the latest year available (2009/2010), 97,216 undergraduates in the U.S. received their bachelor’s degree in psychology. About 20-25% have an interest in graduate school, and apply at some point. What can you do to help stand out from the crowd? Contact programs to request an application, departmental information, and financial aid information (if necessary). Prepare the materials required by most applications (in addition to the application fee): Letter of intent/autobiographical statement/personal statement Letters of recommendation Transcripts/grades GRE scores forwarded directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Curriculum vita or resume and a cover letter Personal interview (in some cases for some programs) The data in the following table was compiled by the APA Research Office based on admissions in 2001-2002. This data was gleaned by APA from the Graduate Study in Psychology 2003 volume. The classic top 3 predictors of graduate school admission are: GRE GPA Letters of Recommendation More recently, these have been added to the list: Research experience Autobiographical statement Masters Doctoral Criteria M SD M SD Letters of recommendation 2.74 .49 2.82 .42 Personal statement/goals 2.63 .