 Great Resource! ( thestarlady )
It's not as thick as I imagined it to be (some Peterson's Guides are really FAT), but it has just the right amount of information in there I need to shop around colleges and degree programs with. For example, it'll show the "University of Maryland at College Park", contact address of the Dept in question, awards and degrees offered written out and their abbreviations = "Clinical Psychology (Ph.D), Industrial Psychology (MA, MS, Phd.)...". * Then, The faculty involved = "55 fulltime (16 women), 18 part time (8 women).
* Then the amount of students, in percentile racial categories, how many applicants total and how many accepted.
* Also included are the degree requirements = "For master's Thesis required..."
* Entrance requirements "For master's, GRE General test, Subject test and minimum GPA 3.5, research...."
* Expenses, and by credit hour where applicable.
* Financial Aid..
* Faculty Research...
* and Application contact (names and numbers.) And this is for each institution. It has REALLY helped me save a bunch of time. The counselour's offices and catalog sorting was driving me crazy! :) The book is also sorted by various types of programs. So let's say you are looking for "Counseling Psychology" which starts on page 199, it would list all the colleges who offer this type of graduate program. Now granted, there doesn't seem to be any entries for Bachelor's programs, but since most colleges offer a Psy undergraduate program it doesn't need to be included here, which is also something of a relief in the search process. I think it's great, and it is worth the money if you know Psych is your area, but are just having a hard time deciding where to go and why. This book will help you out. Good luck to all of us! ;D
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 Keep your old copy! ( 0tara )
s book thinking it was updated with the most current information on Psychology graduate programs. I was so diaspointed! I own the 2000-2001 book and it has almost the exact information! So if you already have an old copy, don't waste your money. If you don't yet have it get it, but try and get an earlier copy for cheeper, don't worry the info isn't out of date. (As you can see, I was willing to get an updated version, so I do recomend this book to applicants, just not this edition.) Good luck!
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