• 5-7 years of grad school
• internship
• licensure

• Ambitions match career plans
• construct good plans

• Better Letters of reccomendations
• RJP of grad school experiences
• develop data skills needed in grad school
• test own interest in material
• enhance transcript by demonstrating involvement by demonstrating outside the classroom 

• Connections to religion, philosophy, education, HR, criminology...
• Connections to many non psych helping proffesions such as physical therapy and speech therapy, law, nursing

• Deep interest in understanding human behavior
• more money
• more career choices
• social status of advanced degree
• More job opportunities 

• Equally ambitious as aligned students
• Unsure what to do
• Limited knowledge about desired occupation

• GPA=2.0
• C or better in psych 100, stat 200, 
• 3 credits of GQ 
• 3 credits of GS

• Goal: Therapist, academician
• Focus: same as scientist model + training on therapies

• Goal:Full time, clinical practice

• It is a science
• Studies human and non-human behavior
• develops real world applications/interventions
• Uses science to test effectiveness of ^

• Knowledge about thinking on 3 levels:brain, individual, group level.

• MD
• 4 years of med school +3 yrs of residency training
• organic disorders and medications
• Medical licensure

• Master's in Psych
• grad school=2-3 years
• Internship
• can only do supervised assessments and therapy

• Not if you use time wisely
• Related work experiences
• related internships
• related research experiences
• hone interests

• Overt(content-what to learn)- Classes, course work, etc

•  Covert(how to learn)-study skills, decision making

• PSYBA=broad education in the arts, humanities and social experiences
• PSYBS=specific career path options
• no difference for getting a job, going to grad or prof school

1. Research scientist model
2. Scientist practititoner model
3. professional psychologist-practitioner model

• Social Worker=more global perspective, Little training on assessment techniques and methods

• Counselor= focous on individual, more training 

• Strong knowledge base
• critical thinking skills
• gathering/synthesis skills
• qualitative and quantitative analysis
• interpersonal/intrapersonal skills
• develop communication skills
• history of psych-ethics and values

• Those in grad school or psych job most satisfied
• Therapy&teaching=dissapointed in pay but satisfied with impact of work
• Business Jobs=opposite of therapy and teaching

• Undergrad loans
• Application costs(20-60$)
• GREs
• Visits
• Tuitions

• help the actual professional.
• support role that overlaps job duties and responsibilities with a psychologists

• less tiime (2-3 yrs vs 6-8)
• Less relocating needed
• Less stressfull 
• part time programs 

• not a true social science or natural science

• required for licensure as clinical psychologist
• independent private practice
• can teach at 4 yr college 
• more consulting opportunities 

• social skills
• personal skills
• communication skills
• information gathering and processing skills

No, psysch has scientific goals and methods.

• Interested in brain processes