Admission Requirements and Procedures

Deadline for Fall applicants: January 15th

An applicant's eligibility for admission is based on evidence of intellectual aptitude, personal maturity, and commitment to psychology in the public interest.

The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program is committed to maintaining its quality of education by limiting the number of students, accepting between 18-20 candidates into each class.

Approximately one third of the applicants meeting the criteria for consideration will be invited to an interview. The interview is an important part of the evaluation of the applicant. The interview consists of two individual meetings with faculty. A tour of the facilities and an opportunity to meet with current doctoral candidates are also arranged.

Interviews will be conducted in February. All applicants will receive an admissions decision by the first week in March.

Application Instructions for Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program (Psy.D.)

1. Application Form, Personal Statement & Vitae
   
   Application Form and Personal Statement instructions are below. A current C.V. is required.



2. Application Fee
   
   Attach the $30 application fee to the application form payable to Long Island University. This fee is non-refundable.



3. Requirements for Admission
   
   
   • A minimum of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
   • A minimum of 18 credit hours of psychology, including courses in Statistics, Research Design or methods, Personality and Abnormal Psychology.
   • Competitive GRE scores in each of the aptitude subtests & the Advanced Psychology test.
   
   
   
4. Transcripts
   
   Copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be submitted. All transcripts must be in sealed envelopes directly from the universities’ Registrar Offices and signed over the seal of the envelope. All applicants must forward one official copy of their undergraduate (and graduate, if applicable) transcripts to the Graduate Admissions Office; these transcripts must be sent directly from your school(s) to Long Island University– student copies are not acceptable.



5. Letters of Recommendation
   
   Applicants for the Doctoral Program are required to provide three separate recommendations. Provide each recommender with a Recommendation form. Applicants should complete the upper portion of the form. Recommendations should be from an academic source, preferably a professor or academic official who is familiar with your academic history and achievement. Recommendations may also be from an individual(s) who has observed your performance in a clinical setting. If possible, submit two copies of each.



6. Graduate Admissions Test
   
   Applicants must submit official copies of their scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the writing GRE exam, and Advanced Psychology tests. Scores should be sent directly to the Graduate Admissions Office. C.W. Post’s Educational Testing Service (ETS) Service Code is 2070. Applications without all test scores submitted will not be considered under any circumstances.



7. Submitting Application Materials & Deadline
   
   While you are free to fill out an application online, the program requires two hard copies of your resume, personal statement, recommendation letters, and transcripts be sent to Graduate Admissions in one large envelope. Double-sided is also preferred. Each transcript and recommendation letter should be in its own, sealed (with a signature over the seal) envelope. GRE scores are the only item that should be mailed directly from the center. Graduate Admissions will begin accepting applications in mid-October. Completed applications must be post-marked by January 15th, of the same year of admission. Late applications will not be considered under any circumstances. Please mail all materials (except for GRE scores, which must be sent directly by ETS) to:

Graduate Admissions Office
C.W. Post Campus / Long Island University
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548

PERSONAL STATEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Personal statements should be about 3 pages in length. Your personal statement should be typed and double-spaced. We prefer double-sided as well. Be sure to include your full name and page numbers in the upper-right-hand corner of each sheet. Because our Doctoral program is specifically geared to training clinical practitioners, the personal statement required of each applicant is designed to provide us with information concerning the correspondence between an applicant and the aims of the program. With this in mind, your personal statement should address each of the following:



1. Your specific goals in applying to the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.



2. The scope and nature of any prior clinical experience.



3. In addition to general training in the practice of clinical psychology, the C.W. Post doctoral program emphasizes training in the program’s current specialty concentration areas: Developmental Disabilities, Family Violence, and Serious and Persistent Mental Illness. Please elaborate any interest you may have in one of these three concentration areas. This statement is a preference, not a commitment. Students make a formal commitment to one of the areas in the spring of the second year in the program.