PSYCH 2030 Exam 3 Study Guide | Psychology Practice Questions & Answers

PSYCH./2030./Exam./3


What's./the./first./step./in./going./to./grad./school?./-
./correct./answer./-./pick./a./sub./discipline./
-./do./your./homework./
-./talk./to./a./professor


What./do./you./need./to./get./into./grad./school?./-
./correct./answer./-
./transcripts./and./grades./(there./is./no./min./GPA./requirement)
-GRE./scores./(some./schools./aren't./requiring./it./anymore)
-money,./at./least./$80./per./application
-letters./of./recommendation
-resume./
-./a./personal./statement


What./is./the./GRE?./-./correct./answer./-
./Graduate./Record./Exam./(SAT./on./steroids)
-
./examines./verbal./and./quantitative./reasoning./and./analytical./
writing./

,-similar./to./a./really./hard./Psych./2010./final./
-
./subscores:./biological,./cognitive,./social,./developmental,./clin
ical,./and./research./methods


Studying./for./the./GRE./-./correct./answer./-
./internet,./classes,./Academic./Success./Center,./GRE./study./gu
ides
-study./months./ahead
-./plan./on./taking./it./twice


What./are./the./two./things./graduate./admissions./committees./a
re./looking./for./in./your./personal./statement/statement./of./inter
est?./-./correct./answer./-
./whether./you./really./know./the./subdiscipline./and./know./wha
t./you./are./getting./into
-./if./you./can./write


What's./the./general./timeline./for./applying./to./grad./school?./-
./correct./answer./-
./One./year./before./grad./school./starts./(summer./before./senior.
/year):./Find./your./target./schools./and./study./for./the./GRE

, -./Late./Summer/./Early./Fall:./take./the./GRE./
-./Fall:./Gather./your./letters./of./recommendation,
write./your./statement,./have./someone./proof./it,./rewrite./your./
statement,./and./order./your./transcripts
-./November-
./January:./send./in./your./applications./(depending./on./the./scho
ol's./deadline)
-./April-
./August:./Scramble./like./crazy./to./find./a./place./to./live,./grad
uate./from./Clemson,./pack./all./your./stuff,./say./goodbye./to./y
our./friends,./move./across./the./country


What's./Dr../Fred's./best./advice?./-
./correct./answer./apply./to./as./many./grad./schools./as./you./can
./or./can./afford./to


What's./the./difference./between./a./Master's./and./a./Ph.D.?./-
./correct./answer./-
./Masters./usually./takes./2./years./to./complete./while./the./Ph.D
../usually./takes./4-5./years./to./complete
-
./If./you./stop./at./a./Masters./for./clinical./work./than./you./won'
t./make./as./much./money./than./with./a./Ph.D.