{"id":24,"date":"2013-02-20T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychology.cos.ucf.edu\/undergraduate-psychology-advising\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:45:04","slug":"preparing-for-graduate-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for graduate school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF Academic Advancement Programs (AAP) is the resource for graduate school preparation at UCF: <a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/aap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/aap\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applying to a medical school or other health field? How about Law School? Check out UCF PreHealth PreLaw Advising: <a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/phpladvising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/phpladvising\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Watch this<\/strong><\/span> presentation on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C9opemx8WXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preparing for graduate schoo<\/a>l:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Preparing For Graduate School\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C9opemx8WXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you ready for graduate school? Do you have the grades and the other application requirements? If you are not sure what those requirements are, you need to research your programs. Some of the requirements are\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/gre-graduate-record-exam\/\">GRE<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/letters-of-recommendation\/\">Letters of Recommendation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/personal-statement-tips\/\">Personal Statement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/resume-cv\/\">Resume\/CV<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/interview\/\">Interview<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>How are you going to<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/financing-graduate-school\/\">pay for graduate school<\/a><\/span>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Which graduate programs are you applying to? Where is it located? What are the job outcomes for when you finish?<\/li>\n<li>UCF <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/02\/Psi-Docs-Guide-to-Psychology-Graduate-School.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psi Docs Guide to Psychology Graduate School<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click here for <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/iopsych2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INDUSTRIAL\/ORG PSYCHOLOGY <\/a><\/span>info<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click here for <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/clinical-psychology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/span>\u00a0info<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Each program is different in the requirements to apply so find out what the programs you are interested in want. Check out this <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/preparing-for-graduate-school\/graduate-school-planning-sheet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\">Graduate School Planning Sheet<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #1b8be0;font-style: normal;line-height: 24.375px;text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/span>to keep track of each of the programs you are applying to.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your programs are accredited with their national accrediting body.\n<ul>\n<li>For Psychology programs look to the APA:<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.apa.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>For Counseling programs look to CACREP:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cacrep.org\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/www.cacrep.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>For more information on Counseling see this website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestcolleges.com\/careers\/counseling\/\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/www.bestcolleges.com\/careers\/counseling\/\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What are the<strong> differences between <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/02\/Advising-statement-neuropsychology-and-neuroscience.pdf\">neuropsychology and neuroscience<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s an interesting article that helps explain why some PhD programs are no longer requiring the GRE and other changes: <a title=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/271Eye-Four-Upheavals-In-Doctoral-Admissions-In-Clinical-And-Counseling-Psychology#.YxpVk3YpDsE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/271Eye-Four-Upheavals-In-Doctoral-Admissions-In-Clinical-And-Counseling-Psychology#.YxpVk3YpDsE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/271Eye-Four-Upheavals-In-Doctoral-Admissions-In-Clinical-And-Counseling-Psychology#.YxpVk3YpDsE\">https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/271Eye-Four-Upheavals-In-Doctoral-Admissions-In-Clinical-And-Counseling-Psychology#.YxpVk3YpDsE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/09\/Preparing-for-PhD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparing for PhD<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Not sure about any of these questions? Contact that program you are interested in to find out more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More holistic advice on preparing for graduate school:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Holistic Prep for Grad School\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O-ctNksSZkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Video transcript:<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/undergraduate-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/01\/Holistic-Prep-for-Grad-School-Video-Transcript.docx\">Holistic Prep for Grad School Video Transcript<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>UCF Graduate Catalog:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.graduatecatalog.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.graduatecatalog.ucf.edu\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>UCF Graduate Studies Application deadlines and requirements: <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.ucf.edu\/application-deadlines-and-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/graduate.ucf.edu\/application-deadlines-and-requirements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF Academic Advancement Programs (AAP) is the resource for graduate school preparation at UCF: https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/aap\/ Applying to a medical school or other health field? 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