Application Process and Requirements

1. Transcripts from all postsecondary schools sent directly to AGPS Admissions showing

• For full admission: an earned four-year honours baccalaureate degree in psychology from an accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of ‘B’ or 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale (approximately 85%) for all undergraduate course work. The honours psychology degree or equivalent coursework must be acceptable to the College of Psychologists of Ontario as undergraduate preparation for graduate training in professional psychology.
• For clinical or counselling psychology—provisional admission: An earned baccalaureate degree (three- or four-year) or the equivalent from an accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of ‘B’ or 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale (approximately 85%) for all undergraduate course work. The applicant must also have at least two full (6-credit) courses in psychology with a grade of ‘B’ or 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale (approximately 85%). These courses must include introductory psychology and may be for-credit on-line courses from accredited degree-granting institutions.

For students whose undergraduate degree does not include honours psychology, we offer a Transitional Diploma that provides individual makeup courses or adds the equivalent of a full four-year honours in psychology in as little as a year.

2. A completed Admission Application including autobiographical essay.

3. Three letters of reference, at least one from an individual familiar with the applicant’s academic work.

4. Payment of $75.00 (CDN) application fee.

5. Optional:

Results of a Graduate Records Examination (GRE) in Psychology may be submitted, at the applicant’s discretion. Information may be obtained from http://www.gre.org/ or

Educational Testing Service

Box 6000, Princeton, NJ

085441-6000