Interview Date: Friday, February 5, 2010             

 Admission Requirements

Completion of a bachelor's or master's degree in an area related to counseling psychology is a prerequisite for admission to the Counseling Psychology doctoral program. Please be aware that the Counseling Psychology program offers ONLY a doctoral degree. No master's degree is awarded at any point prior to the doctorate. Students who are unsure that they can or will complete a doctoral program should apply to a master's program or to a doctoral program that awards a master's degree as a part of the doctoral requirements. If you have any question, you can contact Dr. Heather Servaty-Seib, Training Director, at servaty@purdue.edu or at 765-494-0837.

Candidates must submit the following information to complete the application: 

1. The online Purdue University Graduate School application and
     application fee, (http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/admissions/).

     On the Application Page, Under supplemental forms, select
     Educational Studies - West Lafayette

On this form, complete the information under Educational Studies:

   a.   taking coursework toward a new license [drop down 1]
   b.   psychology [drop down 2]
   c.   full-time study
   d.   date of completion
   e.   that is  all; do not complete the Counseling and Development
         section
 

2. The Counseling Psychology Application Supplement. 

3. Graduate Record Examination Scores: Verbal, Quantitative, and
    Writing (or Analytical) scores.   Note: The Purdue Code is 1631.

4. Three letters of reference describing research skills and potential,
    counseling skills and potential, and capacity for graduate study.  

5.  Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools
     attended.

• Graduate School E-mail Address: education-gradoffice@purdue.edu
• Graduate School Mailing Address: Graduate Studies Office, Purdue University, 100 N. University Street, Room 6104, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098.

December 15 is the deadline for full consideration for August admission. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. There are two stages to the admissions process.

1. The faculty meets shortly after the December 15 deadline to 
    review applications and to identify candidates for admission.
    Screening is based on compatibility of applicant professional goals
    with program training goals, academic achievement, work experience,
    standardized test scores, and quality of references. Applicants who
    are successful in being offered admission to the program:

• Articulate research interests and questions
• Link their research interests to the research interests of a core counseling psychology faculty member
• Identify a core counseling psychology faculty member to work with
• Identify a second core counseling psychology faculty member to work with
• Note. Students participate on their advisor's (i.e., a core counseling psychology faculty member) research team. There are opportunities to work with other core faculty members and other counseling and development, and departmental faculty.

2. The faculty expects students who are being considered for
   admission to the program to attend an on-campus interview
   to be scheduled early in February. Applicants are strongly
    encouraged but not required to attend the on-campus interview.
    Alternative interview arrangements can be made for students who are
    unable to attend. Nonetheless applicants need to be aware that that
    an alternate interview arrangement for persons in the U.S. may (not
    will, but may) relatively disadvantage the student relative to the
    faculty being able to determine fit with the program and its goals.

    Admissions offers are made shortly after the on-campus interview.
    Admission to the program is competitive. By voluntary agreement,
    the Council of Graduate Programs of Psychology has set April 15 as
    the deadline for students to accept or decline offers of admission.