Application Procedures

Application Deadline

The admissions screening process begins on April 1st. Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed, but the committee cannot guarantee admission during the desired semester. Applicants are only accepted for admission to the Clinical Psychology program during the Fall semester.

Undergraduate pre-requisites

It is strongly recommended that all applicants take a core of undergraduate psychology courses, with a minimum of 15 semester hours, including the following: social, personality, cognitive/learning, tests and measurements, and/or developmental psychology. The following courses are required: 1) at least one course from the aforementioned recommended list, 2)abnormal psychology, 3) experimental psychology, and 4) physiological psychology.

Additional Admissions Requirements

Unconditional Admission

3.00 grade point average (on a scale of 4.00 points) in psychology or major area

an overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.8.

Conditional Admission

Applicants are granted conditional admission under the general provisions of the Graduate School whenever the requirements in a), b), and/or c) above are not met. To be admitted with conditional status, applicants must have

a minimum grade point average of 2.8 in the undergraduate major, or

a 3.00 grade point average during last two years of undergraduate course work,

or a minimum Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of 900.

All applicants must submit a supplemental department of psychology application. Click here to download the supplemental application.

Admission to the Clinical Psychology program is contingent upon meeting all requirements of the VSU Graduate School and being recommended by the Department of Psychology Admissions committee.