Tips on completing applications

The psychology department holds a Graduate School Application Workshop each semester. Keep an eye out for flyers indicating when the next one will be scheduled. Below is a collection of documents and websites that can help you put together a top-notch application. Please contact the webmaster if any of these links need updating or if you come across a useful site that would improve this resource.

Helpful Documents

• Reference Letter Checklist
• Cover Letter Guidelines
• Tips on Creating an Academic Vita
• Statement of Purpose Guidelines
• Application Timeline
• Questions to ask during an admissions interview
• Common Admissions interview questions

Tips on applying to graduate school

• APA video series on Applying to Graduate School
• http://www.apa.org/education/grad/applying.aspx
• http://gradschool.about.com/od/admissionsadvice/a/overview.htm
• http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda2.html
• http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/applic2.html
• http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2006/01/applicati.aspx

How to write a Vita

• http://www.socialpsychology.org/vitatemplate.htm
• http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/vita2.html
• http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2003/09/cv.aspx

How to write a Statement of Purpose

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/