Good Evening,
I am new here, but I am trying to understand the process of getting into a graduate school. In order to obtain my Masters and PhD in Psychology. I was trying to figure out the ins and out of entrance into a graduate school. Do I need a thesis? Do I need to type up a resume type paper? I have no idea as to what I need. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would like to thank you all in advance for your time and help. I look forward in reading any and all advice that anyone might be able to give me. Blessings to you all and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Blessings to you all,
Sheriese Walker
I think one of the key things is finding a graduate school that would best suit your needs. By this I mean what do you want to study (and by this I mean the very specific topic not just the high level discipline of Psychology)? Once you have defined this, then you will find that the list of possible locations would be narrowed down quite a lot. You then need to look at the list of possible institutions and examine the sort of academic staff that you would be working with. Are they highly experienced in your subject, have they got recent experience of supervising other students with similar topics, do they seem the sort of people you could have a good working relationship with etc. This will narrow it down even further. Then there are the logistical considerations. Do you want to study full-time or part-time, are you able to study anywhere or does it need to be close to your current home, can you self-fund or do you need funding (sometimes you can also get research assistant positions where you can study for your graduate degree at the same time and get paid for it) etc? By this time you are then probably looking at just a few places you could realistically study. At that point look at what they are actually offering by way of possible Masters or Phd openings. If they have something you like the look of, then it would be a normal application process of sending in an application form with your CV, examples of recent work, followed by an interview in many cases. I should also say that there are lots of good books on this very subject. You should definitely have a look a some of them. Good luck!
Good afternoon/evening,
Thank you so much for your reply I appreciate it. I will definitely start here. I will go to the library and look at some books on this. Again thank you kindly for your response. Thank you
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