Hi Everyone,

When I was at the NEPA Conference on Saturday, one of the events was about Graduate School In Psychology: From A Challenging Market To A Successful Career. It was a panelist discussion talking about the different options and opportunities. It discussed how to choose the right graduate program for you, and how to distinguish between programs.

Tips to writing an application, what questions to ask in an interview, what to know about debt and student loans, and what to expect in terms of career options and salary.

They created a guide to help students prepare for graduate school. You can find the url link at: tinyurl.com/rightgradprogram

This link pertains mostly to those of you applying to grad school this year. Since paying for grad school is challenging, I found this article on the APA’s website that lists all the different ways that can help you deal with the cost of grad school.

http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2011/09/cover-money.aspx

For those of you that are interested in applying to a clinical psychology grad program: I have found this practical guide (link below) to be very helpful in addition to our textbook.  The author is Mitchell J. Prinstein Ph.D., a professor at the University of North Carolina.

http://www.unc.edu/~mjp1970/Mitch%27s%20Grad%20School%20Advice.pdf

You can see more about the author, as well as several additional guides here: http://www.unc.edu/~mjp1970/Profdev.htm

In class, some students expressed interest in The Teacher’s College (Part of Columbia University). They are having an open house this Saturday, October 5th. This would be a really great opportunity for those students, and any others that are interested, to get a look at the school.

TC’s website gives a description of what is included in their open house:

The Office of Admission hosts three Fall Open Houses. These two-hour events provide a comprehensive look at the College and feature remarks from a TC faculty member, a student, and an Admission and Financial Aid representative. They also include smaller break-out sessions led by Admission liaisons where prospective students can meet others interested in their department of interest. An optional campus tour, hosted by one of our Student Ambassadors, will follow each afternoon event.

There are additional open houses in case anyone can’t attend on Saturday.

The dates are:

Saturday, October 5 (This Saturday)

Saturday, November 16

Thursday, December 5

(Contributed by Linda Maleh)

We are pleased to invite you to the Doctoral Program in Psychology’s first-ever Open House/Information Fair at the Graduate Center, on Friday, October 4. We have a newly-structured doctoral program to best serve our students, drawing on faculty and laboratories on eight CUNY campuses. We currently have over 550 students studying for their Ph.D in Psychology in our program, and we offer specialized training in all of the most interesting and important areas of Psychology. Our outstanding faculty, including 15 Distinguished Professors of Psychology and award-winning scientists, are eager to meet your students. We are especially eager to reach out to talented, research-oriented students in New York and the tri-state area. PLEASE post and widely circulate the attached flyer in your program and campus. We are excited to show you all that is going on in Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York!

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. We look forward to seeing your students on Friday, October 4.

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