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Graduate School Presentation Addiction Studies Psychology Social Work

 Section 1: Graduate School Factors  Section 2: Funding Graduate School and Debt Issues  Section 3: Employment and Earnings

Section 1 Considering Graduate School: Decision Factors

Consider your long term goals  Social work? Maybe important  depends on the type of practice you desire  Population, or specialization  Geography  Job Outlook: LSW, LCSW, LICSW  MSW: application to future career choices/options  Standard for professional independent practice

Section 1 Considering Graduate School: Decision Factors  Psychology or Addiction Studies  Academic career: yes  Applied areas  clinical or counseling: yes  I/O: possibly  Research will be a component of most programs

Helpful Sources for Decision Making  Professors/Advisors  Graduate school students at your university  Web sites with focus on your discipline and specialties  Books with focus on graduate schools for your discipline

TABLE 1A Psychology Programs Emphasis placed on admission criteria Admission criteria Doctoral Master’s Extracurricular activity Low Low to Medium Work experience Medium Medium Clinically related public service Medium Medium GRE/MAT scores Medium to high Medium to high Research experience High Medium GPA High High Letters of recommendation High High Statement of goals and High High objective Interview High High Source: Pate, W. E II (2001). Analyses of Data from Graduate Study in Psychology:1999 – 2000. Retrieved March 2, 2005 from http://research.apa.org/grad00contents.html

TABLE 1B Social Work  Emphasis placed on admission criteria  Preparation for the Professional Practice of Social Work  Academic Preparation a crucial BEGINNING point  Must demonstrate ability to integrate theory into practice  Two Questions: Academic preparation and ability to succeed 1. Has the applicant’s interest in the field been tested & what 2. contributions can the applicant make to the profession Source: Retrieved March 2, 2005 from http://sociawork.tripod.com/graduate.html

Social Work Table 1B Continued  GPA  Post-Sophmore  Overall  GRE or MAT  Letters of Recommendation  Work and Volunteer Experiences  Statement of Purpose/Supplementary Statement  Writing sample  Educational and Professional Goals  Experience & Exposure to the Profession  “Fit” with Program/Specialization

Revised GRE Implemented August 1, 2011  Verbal Reasoning  Analytical Writing  Reading Comprehension  30 minute “Analyze an Issue” task  Text Completion  30 minute”Analyze an Argument “  Sentence Equivalence task http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/verbal_reas oning http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytic al_writing  Quantitative Reasoning  basic mathematical skills  Analytic Writing Scale  understanding of elementary mathematical concepts  0 – 6: unrevised  ability to reason quantitatively  Revised Scale for Verbal and and to model and solve problems Quantitative Reasoning with quantitative methods Sections http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/quantit ative_reasoning  130 – 170 Preparation for Revised GRE http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/ prepare

Verbal Reasoning  Analyze and draw conclusions from discourse; reason from incomplete data; identify author's assumptions and/or perspective; understand multiple levels of meaning such as literal, figurative and author's intent.  Select important points; distinguish major from minor or relevant points; summarize text; understand the structure of a text.  Understand the meanings of words, sentences and entire texts; understand relationships among words and among concepts.  Verbal Reasoning Sample Questions  http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/about/general/verbal_reasoning_ sample_questions

Quantitative Reasoning  Understand quantitative information.  Interpret and analyze quantitative information.  Solve problems using mathematical models.  Apply basic mathematical skills and elementary mathematical concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability and statistics.  Quantitative Reasoning Sample Questions  http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/about/general/quantitative_reaso ning_sample_questions

Analytic Writing  Articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively.  Examine claims and accompanying evidence.  Support ideas with relevant reasons and examples.  Sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion.  Control the elements of standard written English.  Analytical Writing Sample Questions  http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/about/general/analytical_writing _sample_questions

Table 1A: Verbal and Quantitative Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports GRE Data Percentile Ranks: New Scale (130 – 170 ) (Based on the performance of all examinees who tested between August 1, 2011, and April 30, 2013) Taken from Score Use Guide at https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table1a.pdf on October 10, 2013 Percent of Examinees Scoring Lower than Selected Scaled Scores Scaled Verbal Quantitative Scaled Verbal Q1uantitative Score Reasoning Reasoning Score Reasoning Reasoning 170 99 98 149 40 37 148 36 33 169 99 97 147 32 29 168 98 96 146 28 25 167 97 95 145 24 22 166 96 93 144 21 18 165 95 91 143 18 15 164 93 89 142 15 13 163 91 87 141 12 11 162 89 84 140 10 8 161 87 81 139 7 6 160 84 78 138 6 5 159 81 75 137 5 3 158 78 72 136 3 2 157 73 69 135 2 2 156 70 65 134 2 1 155 66 61 133 1 1 154 62 57 132 1 1 153 58 53 131 1 152 53 49 130 151 49 45 150 44 41

Table 1B: Analytical Writing Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports From GRE Data for Percentile Ranks Analytic Writing Scale Not Revised (Based on the performance of all examinees who tested between August 1, 2011, and April 30, 2013) Taken from Score Use Guide at https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table1a.pdf on October 10, 2013) Score Levels Percent of Exam inees Scoring Lower than Selected Scaled Scores Analytical writing 6.0 99 5.5 97 5.0 93 4.5 78 4.0 54 3.5 35 3.0 14 2.5 6 2.0 2 1.5 1 1.0 0.5 0.0

Table 1C: Average Performance Statistics on the GRE revised General Test Retrieved from https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table1a.pdf on October 10, 2013 Six percent of examinees did not provide gender data Verbal Quantitative Analytic Reasoning Reasoning Writing Mean 150.75 151.91 3.61 Standard 8.40 8.79 0.85 Deviation Number of 952,816 953,916 949,103 Examinees Percent 52 Women Percent 42 Men

General Test Percentage Distribution of Scores for Psychology and Social Work (Based on the performance of seniors and nonenrolled college graduates who tested between August 1, 2011 and April 30, 2013). Taken from Score Use Guide at https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide.pdf on October 10, 2013) From Table 4: Percent of Examinees Scoring Within the Selected Scaled Scores Psychology Social Work Verbal Quantitative Verbal Quantitative 170 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 165-169 3.o 1.1 1.8 0.5 160-164 10.8 4.6 7.0 1.6 155-159 22.6 13.4 16.3 6.3 150-154 26.6 24.6 21.7 15.7 145-149 22.1 27.1 25.0 24.6 140-144 11.2 20.2 18.1 27.9 135-139 2.8 7.6 7.9 18.7 130-134 0.6 1.3 2.0 4.7 N 42,415 42,414 5,120 5,117 Mean 152 149 149 145 St. Dev 7 7 7 7

General Test Percentage Distribution of Scores for Psychology and Social Work (Based on the performance of seniors and nonenrolled college graduates who tested between August 1, 2011 and April 30, 2013 Taken from Score Use Guide at https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide.pdf on October 10, 2013) From Table 4: Percent of Examinees Scoring Within the Selected Scaled Scores for Analytic Writing Psychology Social Work 5.5 & 6.0 3.0 1.8 4.5 & 5.0 26.6 19.1 3.5 & 4.0 51.5 48.4 2.5 & 3.0 17.3 25.7 1.5 & 2.0 1.5 4.7 0.5 & 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 N 42,339 5,111 Mean 3.9 3.6 St. Dev. 0.7 0.8

Graduate School Programs: Role of GPA and GRE

TABLE 2A Psychology Programs: 1990’s GRE Test Doctoral Master’s Minimum Average Minimum Average % Req Score Score % Req Score Score Note: ≈ values 535 569 473 513 47 41 GRE-Verbal ≈ 156 ≈ 158 ≈ 151 ≈ 154 Under GRE Verbal & GRE GRE-Quantitative 541 617 475 552 47 40 Quantitative ≈ 145 ≈ 149 ≈ 143 ≈ 146 Are approximate Conversion scores GRE-Verbal and 1066 1161 975 1057 38 32 From old GRE Quantitative scale Taken from GRE – Written https://www.ets.o No Data: not used in old rg/s/gre/pdf/gre_g version (Analytical) uide.pdf on October 10, GRE-Subject 567 628 518 569 21 12 2012 (Psychology) MAT 2 60 52 6 46 47 Overall 49 3.04 3.53 55 2.90 3.33 Undergraduate GPA Last Two Years GPA 3.61 25 3.00 3.45 Psychology GPA 3.66 24 3.05 3.48 Source: Pate, W. E II (2001). Analyses of Data from Graduate Study in Psychology:1999 – 2000. Retrieved March 2, 2005 from http://research.apa.org/grad00contents.html

TABLE 2B Social Work GPA Type of program to consider   ≥ 3.5 Doctoral or Master’s  3.0 – 3.49 Master’s, possibly Doctoral  2.75 < 3.0 possibly Master’s Source: Retrieved March 2, 2005 from http://sociawork.tripod.com/graduate.html