I'm looking for the average GPA requirements needed in order to be accepted into graduate programs for Master's Degrees in clinical and counseling psychology. It's not as important, but knowing the GPA requirements for acceptance into doctoral degree programs for clinical and counseling psychology would both be great too. Thanks.
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Each program has different requirements and admission is not guaranteed even if you meet the required GPA. You are competing for a spot with a pool of applicants. Graduate admissions typically calculate a score for each applicant based upon his or her GPa and GRE score. A common formula is to multiple the GPA by 100 or 200 and add half of the GRE score for the quantitative and verbal sections. They then rank each applicant by score and reject those with a score below a set number and then review the remaining applicant's applications. After that it gets a little foggy and factors such as references, research experience, interviews, and purpose statements all factor in differently; not only from program to program, but year to year. For most master's programs, a GPA of 3.4 will make you fairly completive, but anything below 3.25 will likely get a rejection letter; at least in clinical. For a doctoral program, I would not bother if your GPA is below 3.5. Most of those accepted have around a 3.7 GPA with GRE scores of 1200+ and research experience. But I will tell you at long shot admission story. I had a professor who went to graduate school to dodge the draft during Vietnam and he got into a good state school with a 2.85 GPA, but his GRE scores were 750+ on each section. So it isn't only about GPA. Best of Luck
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