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(Table of Contents)
Chpt 1: Introductions & deadlines
Chpt 2: Qualifications for admission to program
Chpt 3: Factor #1: Academic background
Chpt 4: Factor #2: Clinical experience
Chpt 5: Factor #3: Appropriateness of goals
Chpt 6: Factor #4: Ability to resolve issues
Chpt 7: Factor #5: The "person" of the
therapist
Chpt 8: Procedures for application to program
Chpt 9: Possible appl. outcomes
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Master of Arts in
Counseling Psychology ("MAC") MAC
Admission Handbook:
Chapter 2: Qualifications
for admission to program
 The MAC
Program at Saint Martin's
University does not
discriminate on the basis of gender,
race, age, religion, etc. We are interested in any and
all qualified applicants. Admission into
the MAC Program is solely a function of five
factors.
Each
of the five factors
will be discussed in much more depth in the next few web pages.
They include:
- Factor
1: academic
background
- Factor
2: clinical
experience
- Factor
3:
appropriateness of goals
- Factor
4:
awareness
of, and an on-going ability to
resolve, personal or
psychological issues that could
impact the ability to provide
mental health services to clients
- Factor
5: the "person" of the
therapist (these factors are discussed in more detail in later
chapters).
Your
competence in each of those five areas
will be determined in four primary ways:
- copies of
official
transcripts from all colleges
and universities you have
attended (even when you only took
one or two classes at the
institution).
- a written statement
of 3 to 5 pages type-written words in
which you describe your
preparation for the program,
reasons for desiring entrance
into the program, and career
objectives.
- two letters
of recommendation from
former teachers, supervisors, and
colleagues who are in a position
to comment on your potential for
success in graduate-level work
and as a future mental health
counselor or social service
provider.
- one or two
brief individual
or
group interviews with the
MAC faculty.
Letters from one's clergy,
friends, family members, or your own prior
students are usually given considerably lower
weighting and should be used only in the absence
of more credible references. Those writing
letters should address your potential: a) for graduate
study and b) as a future
therapist.
In addition, note that two letters
are requested, but three letters is also acceptable.
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