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

Dr. Buchholz's Powerpoint presentation on "Getting into Graduate Schools"

Reference Letter Checklist

Cover Letter Guidelines

Tips on Creating an Academic Vita

Statement of Purpose Guidelines

Application Timeline

Tips on applying to graduate school

http://www.psywww.com/careers/applicat.htm

http://www.apa.org/education/grad/applying.aspx

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/apssc/undergrad/

http://gradschool.about.com/od/admissionsadvice/a/overview.htm

http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda2.html

http://www.psychgrad.org/

http://www.psychwww.com/careers/gradbook.htm

http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/applic2.html

 

How to write a Vita

http://www.socialpsychology.org/vitatemplate.htm

http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/vita2.html

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/career-minded/200806/writing-your-ciriculum-vitae

http://www.psychwiki.com/wiki/Curriculum_Vitae

 

How to write a Statement of Purpose

http://www.psych.uni.edu/psychclub/statements.html

http://www.psywww.com/careers/perstmt.htm

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gcallaghan/graduate/winningstatement.htm

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