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2005-06 Hunt Grant Research Report

Perceptions of Graduate Admission Directors: Undergraduate Student Research Experiences: "Are All Research Experiences Rated Equally?

Judith Correa Kaiser, PhD, Andrew J. Kaiser, PhD, Nick J. Richardson, and Edward J. Fox    
St. Ambrose University (IA)

Application and acceptance rates for PhD and PsyD clinical and counseling programs in psychology show that these programs are highly competitive. Knowing which variables graduate admissions committees deem important is critical for undergraduate faculty advisors to inform these students of what graduate programs want from their applicants in order to be chosen for this field of study. The primary goal of this study was to find information on how different types of undergraduate research experiences and students' other activities were rated by 237 programs' graduate admissions directors, chairpersons, or their designees. Four of 39 variables were shown to be statistically significant and highly ranked by these participants. All 4 variables have one thing in common: publication or presentation of research in a referred journal or regional conference.

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APA Convention - August, 2007

Psi Chi Research Award Presentations and Awards Ceremony
Chair: John Davis, Texas State University-San Marcos
Undergraduate Student Research Experiences: Are All Research Experiences Rated Equally? Nick J. Richardson and Ashley Kasperski, St. Ambrose University (IA)

Research Project - Spring, 2007
Stress and Coping Strategies of College Students: Relationship of Social Network and Gender