Insider’S Guide To Getting Into Graduate School

Finding and Applying to the Right Graduate Program in Mental Health

What you'll learn

Identify fields of graduate study in mental health in which you are most interested

Determine whether a Master's or Doctorate is best for your career interests

Identify graduate programs that best meet your needs

Develop your curriculum vitae or resume and personal statement

List important steps to obtaining the best letters of recommendation

Recognize different types of graduate school interviews and questions often posed by interviewers

Prepare options if you don't get into graduate school

Requirements

No experience is necessary, just an interest in learning how to maximize your chances of getting into graduate school

Description

This course is designed to help students get into graduate school in mental health. Many topics, including writing a curriculum vitae or resume, understanding types of interviews, GPA, and such, are applicable to anyone interested in going to graduate school in any discipline, but this course focuses on getting into graduate programs in the mental health professions. The course includes 39 lectures divided into 3 sections. Section 1 reviews types of programs in mental health, including psychiatry, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, and social work. Section 2 reviews how to find and select programs within your interest area. This includes understanding accreditation, program rankings, training opportunities, past successes of programs, financial aid, program location, and the number of programs to apply to maximize your chances of acceptance. Section 3 covers the materials you need for your application and what program directors focus on the most when selecting graduate students. Class participants will learn about writing a CV/Resume, writing personal statements, and getting the best letters of recommendation. In addition, we discuss what to do if you don't get accepted into graduate school. Copies of every slide shown in each lecture are available as a PDF download at the beginning of each section. The entire time commitment for all 39 lectures is 3 hours, 24 minutes.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Mental Health Fields

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 License Requirements to Practice in Mental Health

Lecture 3 Psychiatry

Lecture 4 Clinical Psychology

Lecture 5 Counseling Psychology

Lecture 6 Counseling

Lecture 7 Marriage and Family Therapy

Lecture 8 Social Work

Section 2: Selecting Graduate Programs

Lecture 9 Masters or Doctorate?

Lecture 10 Selecting Programs

Lecture 11 Accreditation of Universities

Lecture 12 Accreditation of Programs

Lecture 13 Program Rankings

Lecture 14 Program Rankings - Medical Schools

Lecture 15 Program Rankings - Clinical Psychology

Lecture 16 Program Rankings - Social Work

Lecture 17 Research and Training Opportunities

Lecture 18 Theoretical Orientation and Training Models

Lecture 19 Success of Program in Placing Students in Internships and Jobs

Lecture 20 Financial Aid

Lecture 21 Location and Quality of Life

Lecture 22 Number of Programs in Which to Apply

Section 3: Applying and Interviewing

Lecture 23 CV or Resume

Lecture 24 CV / Resume example

Lecture 25 Resume Don'ts

Lecture 26 Criteria for Getting into Graduate School

Lecture 27 Letters of Recommendation

Lecture 28 Letters of Recommendation, part 2

Lecture 29 Letters of Recommendation, part 3

Lecture 30 Personal Statement

Lecture 31 Personal Statement, part 2

Lecture 32 GPA

Lecture 33 Interview

Lecture 34 Interview, part 2

Lecture 35 Interview Questions for Faculty

Lecture 36 Interview Questions for Graduate Students

Lecture 37 GRE Scores

Lecture 38 What if you don't get into graduate school?

Lecture 39 Seeking Further Guidance

Undergraduate students interested in graduate school, especially in the mental helath fields such as psychology and cousneling