Admission Information

Requirements and Documents for Admission

The prerequisite for pursuing this degree is 18 hours in psychology, which is equivalent to a minor. Students should plan a specified program with their graduate committees. If seeking a master's degree in counseling, candidates must request admission to candidacy before completing nine hours of graduate course work. Undergraduate faculty who instructed you and can verify your academic ability should complete your recommendation forms.

Admission

In addition to meeting the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies, students must meet the following four conditions to be offered regular admission to the Psychology Department: 1) achieve a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5 on undergraduate work taken as part of a bachelor's degree, AND 2) achieved a minimum GRE - Verbal score of 350, AND 3) achieved a minimum GRE - Quantitative score of 350, AND 4) attain a calculated score of 2000 or greater based on the following formula: (GPAx400) + GRE-V + GRE-Q >=2000. All four conditions must be satisfied to be offered regular admission. Provisional admission may be granted to an applicant who fails to meet any of the first three conditions, but whose calculated score using the formula in condition 4 is 2000 or above. The Psychology Department does not grant conditional admissions. Review of applications for Fall admission begins February 1st. Later applications will be considered based upon openings. Students seeking to apply after February 1st must contact the coordinator of the respective counseling program. Applicants to the Department of Psychology must be formally admitted to the department before they can enroll in classes.

Please submit the following application materials directly to the APSU College of Graduate Studies:

• APSU Application for Graduate Admission
• Official Transcripts
• Official GRE Scores applications, official transcripts, and official GRE scores

In addition, send the following application materials directly to the coordinator of the designated program:

• Personal Statement
• Three Letters of Recommendation which speak to academic ability and potential as well as potential as a counselor

*Personal Statement and Letters of Recommendation should be mailed directly to the appropriate program coordinator (see addresses below). Letters of recommendation should be mailed directly by the letter writers. In order to expedite the decisions concerning admission to the Counseling Program, you may also send unofficial copies of the Graduate School Application, Transcripts and GRE Scores to the program coordinator, however official transcripts and GRE scores must be sent to Graduate Admissions.

Dr. Nicole Knickmeyer, Mental Health Counseling Program Coordinator
Department of Psychology
Clement Building
P.O. Box 4537
Clarksville, TN 37044
knickmeyern@apsu.edu

Dr. Shunda Brown, School Counseling Program Coordinator
Department of Psychology
Clement Building
P.O. Box 4537
Clarksville, TN 37044
brownsl@apsu.edu

Admission Forms

http://www.apsu.edu/cogs/forms

International Student Admission*

The APSU College of Graduate Studies handles all international student admissions. You must submit the following items well in advance of the semester for which you are seeking admission:

• Applications and complete, certified copies of official transcripts, certificates, diplomas and degrees translated to English
• Proof of proficiency in the English language. A paper-based score of 500 or a computer-based score of 173 on the TOEFL Examination is required of applicants whose native language is not English.
• Evidence of financial resources sufficient to pay educational expenses.
• Documentation of an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

If you are transferring to APSU from a foreign institution, you must provide a copy of a course-by-course equivalency review performed by an educational credentials agency.

* This program not available to International Students on F-1 or J-1 Visa