Admission Requirements
Applicants must:
- Possess a baccalaureate degree
- Satisfy the department that his or her undergraduate
preparation indicates a high potential for successful advanced
study in psychology
- Submit transcripts of undergraduate and any prior graduate
work
- Have completed a minimum of 24 undergraduate credits in
psychology, including courses in Introductory Psychology,
Statistics, and a laboratory course
- Submit three to five letters of recommendation, one of which
must be from an individual who will address the matter of the
applicant's research potential
- Submit two papers from psychology courses: one a laboratory
paper and one a term paper
Provide a clearly written statement of educational and
professional goals - Submit acceptable scores from the Graduate Record Examinations
(general and subject)
- Complete an interview process with the departmental admissions
committee
- Students currently matriculated for a master's degree at St.
John's University who are interested in the University's doctoral
programs must follow the procedure outlined for new
applicants.
- Students who have a Masters in School Psychology and a
permanent or provisional certification in school psychology can
apply for advanced standing status. All application requirements
are the same as listed above, except students may take the PRAXIS
NCSP exam instead of the psychology GRE. For more information about
advanced standing please click
here.
Students accepted for admission to a doctoral program with any
course deficiencies must remove these deficiencies prior to
matriculation.
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