Getting in and getting money: A comparative analysis of admission standards, acceptance rates, and financial assistance across the research-practice continuum in clinical psychology programs

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Norcross, John C ^a   Ellis, Jeannette L ^a   Sayette, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance rates; Clinical psychology; Financial aid; Graduate school; Internship match

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954847073     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014880     Document Type: Article

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