ADMISSIONS
INFORMATION
In making our admissions
decisions, we consider applicants' grades and academic record, GRE's,
statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, and programmatic fit.
We select a subset of approximately 40 applicants for interviews and
make final decisions after considering the interviews. We typically
conduct these interviews on two separate dates, one in mid-February,
the other in late February.
Students need to submit transcripts,
results from both the General and Psychology GRE's, a statement of purpose,
three letters of recommendation, and the university application form.
A link to the application forms is here:
Graduate
Admissions Information and On-Line Application and Forms
Minimum requirements for
admission include a 3.0 grade point average (GPA; on a 4-point scale)
in the undergraduate program, calculated on the last 60 credit hours
of course work completed and available at the time of consideration
of application for admission. Also, students must have maintained a
cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.00 scale) in
all relevant graduate work for which a grade has been awarded. An applicant
may be admitted without the 3.0 undergraduate GPA if he or she (a) has
maintained either a 3.3 cumulative GPA in a master's degree program
at an accredited institution; or (b) has maintained a 3.5 cumulative
GPA in the last 12 credit hours which are part of a master's or doctoral
program still in progress at such an institution at the time of evaluation
of the application or in graduate work taken in nondegree status at
American University and applicable to the degree program for which he
or she is applying. This GPA is a minimum requirement. Typically admission
to the clinical program requires a higher GPA. Data on those admitted
in recent years is available at:
Full
Disclosure Data
The following link is to
a site that describes suggestions from the American Psychological Association
for those admitted to doctoral programs as they make their decisions
about whether to accept the offer:
http://www.apa.org/ed/accept.html
The availability of financial
aid for incoming students is determined each year. In recent years,
we have been able to fund 3-4 members of the incoming class. This funding
has included tuition remission and a stipend, renewable for four years,
contingent upon maintaining good academic standing.
