Admissions Overview

The Counseling Psychology program typically receives 150 - 200 applications each year and invites about 20 students to interview. The final class will consist of about 5 - 8 students. Students will typically be notified that they are being invited for an interview at the end of January or beginning of February. Interviews will be held on one day--usually a Monday or Friday during the last half of February. Telephone interviews are available for students not able to travel to UT. There is not a minimum GRE or GPA, although students with weakness in this or any other area would need to show outstanding performance in other areas in order to be given serious consideration. Selection of students is based on multiple factors including GRE scores, undergraduate grades, letters of recommendation, demonstrated interest and productivity in research, apparent match between student and faculty interests, and evidence from the recommendation letters and personal statement of intellectual curiosity, tenacity, open-mindedness, interpersonal sensitivity, and integrity.