Helpful Tips
General Undergraduate Information
- Top Ten Things to Know about the G/PNC Option
- How to Read your Degree Audit Report
- University Requirements for Internships with Credit
- Practicing Professionalism: A Student Guide
- What are Office Hours?
- How to Email Your Professor
- Psych Web: Psychology-related information for students
Writing a Research Paper
- Guide to Writing a Research Paper in Psychology
- Checklist: How to distinguish between description (telling things how they are, detailed accounts of facts and data) and analysis (explaining the implications, tying theory and empirical evidence to the description)
- Guide to Writing a Research Paper in Psychology
Sample Documents
Careers
- Career Center
- Community Service, Internship, and Employment Opportunities Related to Psychology
- Psychology Careers: Provides an excellent overview of career opportunities in psychology
- Careers in Psychology (from American Psychological Association)
- What Can I do with a BA or BS in Psychology?
- Psychology's Growth Careers
Books Worth a Look
Graduate Study in Psychology is published by APA and offers complete practical information about over 500 psychology programs in the United States and Canada. This edition provides current facts about programs and degrees offered, admission requirements, application information, financial aid, tuition, and housing.
Getting in: A Step-by Step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psychology. This is another excellent publication from APA.
Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology by Michael Sayette, Tracy Mayne, and John Norcross. This is an invaluable resource for students interested in clinical or counseling programs. In addition to excellent advice on the entire application/admissions process, the book includes helpful summary information on virtually all APA accredited programs including: the emphasis placed on research vs. clinical training, theoretical orientation of faculty, GRE and GPA requirements, the percent of students who are women and the percent who are ethnic minorities, success in placing students in APA accredited internships, research areas of faculty, and clinical opportunities.
Career Paths in Psychology is another APA publication in which successful psychologists in diverse fields - from academics to the military - describe what psychologists in their field actually do on a daily basis and what the opportunities are in their field.
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