Application Process

Applicants for Fall 2010 Admission:
All interviews for the UNC Clinical Program will be on Friday Feb 12, 2010.  We will notify all students invited for an interview on Monday Jan 25, 2010.

Admission to the Clinical Psychology Program is extremely competitive. Typically, the program receives over 400 applications for approximately 4-6 positions. Data regarding the academic records of our admitted students are avaiable here. However, it should be noted that in addition to measures of academic achievement, successful applicants also typicaly have significant research experience prior to graduate school. Admitted applicants usually have participated in undergraduate research projects, Honors/Senior Theses, and/or additional research experience in post-baccalaureate years.Personal statements and letters of recommendation are used to assess applicants' potential to succeed as an independent investigator, to generate novel hypotheses, and to be a productive scholar and consumer of scientific literature, in research and/or practice. Although applicants admitted to the Clinical Program usually have majored in psychology, other majors are acceptable if students have completed a significant number of psychology credits, especially courses in psychological statistics, biological psychology, personality theory, abnormal behavior, developmental, and social psychology. Applicants with Master's degrees occasionally are accepted. When appropriate, these students may receive exemptions from a few of the departmental course requirements, although they typically complete all clinical course work and practica.

Because of the large number of applications the Clinical Program receives each year, the application deadline is December 1. Applicants invited for an on-campus interview will be notified no-later than mid-February of each year. Applicants not invited for an interview, or with marginal academic scores or records (i.e., GRE's below 1,100 or GPA's below 3.0) may hear earlier that their application is no longer under consideration.

We strongly encourage applicants to indicate within their Personal Statement the area of research they are most interested in, and the names of 1-2 of our Core or Additional Associated Faculty they might like as a Primary Research Mentor.

Visiting Chapel Hill:  Future applicants who happen to be in the area often ask whether they may be able to meet with faculty to learn more about our program, or our research, prior to the official interview date, or even prior to the application deadline.  While we would love to meet as many students as possible, we unfortunately are not able to meet with current or future applicants for this purpose prior to the official interview date.  We strongly believe that all applicants should have an equal opportunity to gain admission. We do not want to offer any unfair advantage to applicants who have the resources to travel to our campus prior to the interview date, and we therefore do not meet with applicants early.  We are very excited to help students learn about our program and our research, however, and we strongly encourage current or future applicants to contact us by email or phone with any questions whatsoever.

Graduate Admissions Information
Information about Incoming Students: Performance and Outcome Data
Clinical Program Handbook