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Admission Requirements for the Clinical Psy.D. Program
Enrollment is generally limited to 8-10 students per year, with students selected on the basis of GRE scores, undergraduate and graduate grades, letters of reference, personal statements, and significant accomplishments. It is regrettable that the faculty cannot formally interview all persons interested in the program. However, approximately 50% of applicants are invited for an in-person interview in late February/early March. Applications received after January 5 will not be considered for admission. Decisions on admission and financial assistance usually are made by April 15th. Indiana State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, handicap, veteran status, or age. The department actively recruits students from diverse backgrounds.
Prerequisites for admission to the Psy.D. program are a minimum of 24 undergraduate credit hours in psychology at an accredited university or college. These 24 hours must include coursework in Abnormal Psychology, Research Methods or Experimental Psychology, Learning or Cognition, Personality, and Statistics. Applicants need not have completed all the above coursework at the time they apply, but should have completed the prerequisites before beginning the program.
The Department expects an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or a graduate GPA (if more than nine graduate credit hours in Psychology) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. The Department requires GRE scores from exams taken within the last five years. Scores at or above the 50th percentile for the Quantitative section and 60th percentile or above for the Verbal section are preferred, with neither score below the 50th percentile. For the new revised GRE (Fall 2011), a score of 153 or above (62nd percentile) on the Verbal section is preferred, and a score of 150 or above (53rd percentile) on the Quantitative section. Considering the previous GRE scoring, scores of 500 or above (62nd percentile) for the Verbal section and 610 (49th percentile) for Quantitative are preferred. A writing score of 4.0 or above (48th percentile) is preferred. Given that the Revised GRE includes significantly different content than the former GRE, we are continuing to evaluate the implications of these changes and will update the information above regarding preferred scores as we get more information. The GRE advanced test in psychology is not required. It is suggested that applicants take the GRE by early November in order for test scores to be received on time.
An applicant should have the potential to become a professional psychologist, as documented by letters of reference and assessed by formal interviews conducted by the faculty at Indiana State University. Three copies of recommendation forms are to be signed by you and given to professors and/or mental health professionals familiar with your academic and/or professional and interpersonal competence. Additional letters of recommendation beyond these three may be submitted.
Students entering the program with previous graduate work should not assume automatic transfer of credit for graduate courses. After arrival, transfer credit will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Up to nine credit hours may be transferred for graduate courses (only non-clinical core courses usually) with a grade of better than a B, taken within the past three years, which are judged to be comparable to a required ISU course and for which the student can demonstrate requisite skills.