Admission to the educational psychology—school psychology
track
Admission policies
Over and above the
requirements stated by the Graduate
School for admission to graduate study at the University
of Minnesota, the candidate for the school psychology track within
educational psychology is expected to
offer adequate undergraduate preparation in the following
areas:
- Psychology (including coursework in general, abnormal,
personality, measurement, statistics, and child
psychology)
- Education (social sciences and cultural studies,
including humanities; and natural and biological sciences)
We are able to accept only a small percentage of the applicants each year.
About two-thirds of the students admitted each year are for
the Ph.D. degree and the other third for the
M.A./Specialist degree. Of the Ph.D. admittees, one
usually is chosen as a joint child psychology-school psychology
admission and one is typically chosen for psychology
admission. Most Ph.D. students are admitted with educational
psychology majors. In selecting students the
following criteria are considered:
- Stated career goals and appropriateness of the program
for the applicant;
- Experiential background (both academic and general),
life history, and work experiences; and
- Predictors for success in graduate work, such as
undergraduate performance, test scores, and letters of
recommendation.
- Mutual interests with program faculty.
All application materials must be received by December 1
for admission in September of the following year. To make
arrangements to take the GRE, contact your nearest college
or university counseling/testing center or write the
Educational Testing Service, Graduate Records Examinations,
P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, NJ 08541-6000. ETS also may be
contacted at (800) 473-2255 or www.gre.org.
Files not complete by December 1 will not be reviewed.
Year-long course sequences make mid-year entrance into the
program impossible. Therefore, all applications for
admission are reviewed in January for entrance the following
September. Approximately 40% of Ph.D. applicants were admitted for the
2008-09 academic year with an average undergraduate grade point average
of 3.68 (standard deviation = .25)., and GRE scores of 590.9
(SD = 68.6) Verbal and 695.5 (SD = 63.0) Quantitative.
Approximately 15% of the applicants for the specialist degree were
admitted for the 2008-09 academic year with an average undergraduate
grade point average of 3.53 (SD = .28) and mean GRE scores of
554.0 (SD = 89.9) Verbal and 672.0 (SD = 76.9) Quantitative.
Please note: Education psychology (school psychology) is not
using online letters of recommendation through Apply Yourself.
Please use the paper letter of recommendation form below.
The University
Counseling and Consulting Service Testing Center provides test
administration, scoring, and score reporting services to the University and
surrounding community. The
Computer-Based
Testing Center administers the GRE
General and Writing Tests, the GMAT, PPST, and TOEFL.
Application materials for school psychology can be obtained from the
educational psychology—school psychology program office,
612-624-4156.
Graduate School diversity statement
Revised August 2008
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