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Graduate Study in Psychology

My Experience and Observation

Mark Chu
17 min readSep 1, 2024
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[Chu News — Higher Education / Mark Chu]

This is for my students and all those who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in psychology or related fields after college.

· Two Types of Graduate Programs and the “Criteria”
Hands-on:
Research:
GPA.
Personal Statement.
Recommendation Letters.
GRE.
Working/Internship experience.
Research experience.
· My Slow Start
· Graduate Program Applications
Fields in Psychology.
Rankings.
Book/Website for Help.
· So, What Is Ph.D. Study Like?
· What You Need to Prepare

Unless you’re going to a graduate program in a “for-profit” school (e.g., University of Phoenix, Walden University, Strayer University; in many cases, these types of schools pretty much just want your money), in general, graduate study itself has a unique “culture,” if you will. If you want to be admitted and enjoy the experience, you need to…

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Mark Chu
Mark Chu

Written by Mark Chu

I’m a professor of psychology at a small university in southern New Mexico. I like playing musical instruments, basketball, and writing stories.

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