Resources for Students

• Gaining Competency in Suicide Prevention (PDF, 85KB)
• Exploring Careers in Aging Roadmap
• Navigating from Graduate School to Early Career
• gradPSYCH blog: Food for thought for (and by) graduate students
• Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Students with Disabilities
• Proud and Prepared: A Guide for LGBT Students Navigating Graduate Training
• Climate Guide for LGBTQ+ and Allied Students and Professionals (PDF, 512KB)
• APAGS Resource Guide for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students

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Getting In

If you want to understand the steps to get into grad school and advice on being a successful applicant, APA Psi Chi have you covered.

Choosing the Right Fit

Evaluate which schools will provide the best graduate training experience to suite your personal and professional needs.

• Watch our workshop Finding and Affording the Right Graduate Program for You or check out just the slides (PDF, 2MB), or the slides and transcript (PDF, 1MB).
• Follow our roadmap infographic (PDF, 302KB) to choose the right program.
• Use our smart shopping worksheet (PDF, 152KB) to organize your research and compare programs.

Additional Information

Find specific information about certain programs, based on frequent requests from our members:

• For industrial-organizational applicants.
• For forensic and legal applicants.
• For sport psychology applicants. See why sport psychology is a hot career.

Search for research-oriented postbaccalaureate positions and view some postbaccalaureate training programs.

More resources for undergraduates thinking about grad school are available from the Psychology Student Newsletter.

• Division membership for students
• Create an individual development plan
• Podcasts on graduate school, careers and hot topics
• Receive quality mentoring and identify the best mentor (PDF, 128KB) for you.
  
• Doctoral internships in professional psychology
• APA grants and scholarships database
• Join the APAGS governance team
• LGBT graduate student mentoring program
• Training videos on LGBT issues
• Training videos on cultural competency issues

The APAGS Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (APAGS-CSOGD) aspires to build, strengthen and empower its members through the use of innovative technologies, collaborative advocacy, and inclusive practice. APAGS-CSOGD provides resources to LGBTQA students in psychology at all stages of graduate school.

The APAGS Committee for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Diversity (APAGS-CARED) exists to promote a psychology pipeline that is representative of the nation’s ethnic diversity. APAGS-CARED develops resources to ensure that students of color are empowered throughout their graduate career.

• We offer resources on our blog, including two videos about the health service internship experience. We offer a webinar recording with two international early career psychologists reflecting on their experiences navigating racial discrimination in U.S. graduate training. The Science Student Council also published a list of tips for managing the stress of graduate school as an international student.
• We produced a December 2018 webinar in which we consulted with attorneys about common questions regarding visas and other immigration legal questions; you will have to enter your name and email address to access the recording. The attorneys who presented from Hughes, Socol, Piers Resnick and Dym also shared an article explaining some of the legal issues (PDF, 416KB).
• APPIC produced a case study recording of a Canadian student seeking to complete internship in the United States.
• We also invite you to peruse resources from the APA Office of International Affairs.

• Subscribe to the APA Psychology Action Network so you can stay up to date with issues that APA asks its members to take a stand on.
• Read about APA’s positions and legislative work on various issues
• View our toolkit to learn about legislative issues affecting students and the field; how to develop your skills and competencies as an advocate; and other ways you can get involved.
• Join APAGS governance as a member of the committee, or one of our subcommittees such as the Advocacy Coordinating Team .
• Join your State, Provincial, or Territorial Psychological Association (SPTA) as a student member. Learn what SPTAs offer.

Join the leaders in our field at the premier conference for psychologists. APAGS hosts a number of substantive programs and social activities geared specifically toward graduate students in psychology. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to network with other psychologists and psychologists-in-training and to learn about emerging issues in psychology.

A blog for all psychology students—APAGS has a blog which seeks to connect psychology graduate students and focus on issues of importance to APAGS members. The blog features many stories written for and by students. Posts range from the lighthearted, such as how to cope with Voledmort as your advisor, to the more challenging, such as how to deal with real-life setbacks. So check us out, leave a comment, share an article, and if you have something important to share, please sign up to be a guest contributor.