%0 Journal Article
%T Psychology Doctoral Program Admissions:  What MasterĄ¯s and Undergraduate
%A Kao Lee Yang
%A Kim Buxton
%A Linh Nguyen Littleford
%A Meredith A. Bucher
%A Stephanie L. Simon-Dack
%J Teaching of Psychology
%@ 1532-8023
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0098628317745453
%X What do psychology doctorate programs require and prefer in their masterĄ¯s level applicants? Do the programs value studentsĄ¯ graduate experiences during and postadmission? Doctoral programsĄ¯ (n = 221) responses to an online survey showed that most required letters of recommendation, personal statements, Graduate Records Examination scores, and undergraduate grade point average. These credentials, interviewing skills, and student¨Cmentor research match are crucial to admission decisions. However, clinical PhD, counseling PhD, clinical and counseling PsyD, practice subfields (e.g., school psychology), and research subfields (e.g., social psychology) evaluated differently 8 of the 26 credentials. MasterĄ¯s-level applicants benefit more than bachelorĄ¯s-level applicants when beginning their doctoral work (e.g., having their masterĄ¯s theses waived), but the advantages vary by subfields. Implications and recommendations for doctoral applicants are discussed
%K psychology doctoral programs
%K masterĄ¯s-level students
%K admission criteria
%K psychology subfields
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0098628317745453