The Clinical-Community Program receives up to 300 requests for application materials each year, and of these approximately 50% complete the application procedures. Only about 6-8 new students are admitted each year. In the past we have accepted 12-14 new students in a given year. We have made a conscious effort over the past 5 years to reduce the number of students in our incoming classes in order to invest more faculty and financial resources into each student. The mean GRE Verbal + Quantitative scores of students offered admission have consistently exceeded 1200 with grade point ratios ranging from 3.4 to 4.0. Students who are made offers for admission often have research or applied experiences in addition to their undergraduate degree.

The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. Minorities and members of other historically under-represented groups in our field are strongly encouraged to apply.

Admission to the program is based on a composite evaluation of:

• undergraduate grades
• undergraduate curriculum preparation
• GRE scores (Verbal, Quantitative, and Psychology Exams)
• letters of recommendation
• student's personal statement
• quality and pertinence of past research experiences in psychology
• relevant clinical experience
• other background experience

The following table should help you evaluate your chances of acceptance into the Clinical-Community Program, as well as show how well our students have done in their intership placement.

Internship Year	Mean Undergraduate GPA	Mean GRE Scores				Median time to degree	# students applying	# students accepted	# of accredited internships	# of FT funded internships
		Verbal	Quant	Analytic	Advanced Psych
1999	3.65	606	645	653	633	6 yrs.	8	8	8	8
2000	3.77	587	625	620	640	6 yrs.	8	8	8	7
2001	3.67	590	643	698	642	6 yrs.	8	8	8	8
2002	3.46	637	647	740	677	6 yrs.	7	7	7	7