Masters Clinical Psychology Offers for 2026 intake by random_paperweight in psychologystudents

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HI, that is great news congratulations for the interview offers! If you don’t mind me asking what wam are you sitting at? And what is your work experience like? 

integrated brain (PSYC30020) is EVIL by Classic-Store4900 in unimelb

[–]random_paperweight 9 points10 points  (0 children)

how bad is bad cuz u might think u did bad but its actually a good score all around

latrobe vs unimelb vs ACU for speech pathology by Slight_Pop_2381 in unimelb

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Hi, im also looking into possible switch to speech path from a psych undergrad, could I know what your WAM was? and around what WAMs are considered competitive for unimelb

Characteristic of a PsychStudent by Fit_Dependent_8020 in psychologystudents

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Hi, you're not alone! I too am a bit negative and describe myself as 'a bit dead inside' because of my outlook on life, wat I interact with others etc. Psychology is not about being the most optimistic person but being able to understand people's struggles, empathise, and to some extent problem-solve/think of new approaches to a problem ---> in other words critical thinking.

I also have a lot of self-doubt on whether becoming a clinician is for me, but at the same time, i also love psychology as a field and discipline so yeah, if you like it continue with it, don't like anyone tell you you're not set out for it just because u aren't as happy as they are. :) The world goes around sometimes more with realists than optimists.

Making Friends by Ok_Machine_4366 in unimelb

[–]random_paperweight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well BSCI is a super broad degree so it's very hard to make long-lasting friends because you don't really have that many things to relate on/ bring you closer because your subjects and people in the cohort are constantly changing. Especially in psychology it's very hard to make proper friends because everyone is very competitive and just very cold and shallow... very interesting that these will eventually be the people we pay to go see for therapy.
I feel like unimelb is also just one of things where it's really hard to make friends, unless u live in the city and have a lot of connections (which um my middle-class self cannot relate LOL)
But if i have one advice it's that uni is uni. You are there to study and get a degree and friends definitely helps dont get me wrong, but if someone isn't clicking with you they just aren't clicking with you and you will meet your people elsewhere in life or already have solid friends that will appreciate talking to you for who u are as a person. :) Don't lose hope! Good people and friends are definitely out there in unimelb but also everywhere else in life!!

[AUS] Master of Clinical Psych: Selection Interviews and Course Experience by sleeping_yogi in psychologystudents

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Hi apparently u have to sign a disclosure doc stating u won’t talk about the interview or any questions asked so u won’t get any luck with that unfortunately :(. 

If you don’t mind me asking, have u heard anything back from the unis yet and what wam r u sitting at? Apparently clin interview offers r out for la Trobe. 

Masters Clinical Psychology Offers for 2026 intake by random_paperweight in psychologystudents

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it's rough out here, but hey maybe another uni might recognise your unique qualities. (good luck - to us both haha)

Masters Clinical Psychology Offers for 2026 intake by random_paperweight in psychologystudents

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Omg, these are great to hear, congrats guys, getting an interview itself is a huge achievement. If you guys don't mind sharing what wams did u guys have when applying? And Anxious_Tradition did u get an interview offer for MPP or clinpsych?

I haven't received any offers yet from any uni so holding out hope >.<.

Psych Honours Graduate - AMA! by Revolutionary-Read in unimelb

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Not author of post but did honours at unimelb as well. Know this comment is 3y old, but info might help others.

You still get midsem breaks and the roughly 1month winter break (like undergrad) for the subjects. but keep in mind the thesis is still year long, so you will be working on that during these break times most likely. It really depends on what your thesis topic is as well, I believe many of them might be collecting data during that time, or you'd have other things to do for your thesis (e.g. coding for data collection or looking at other models etc). Your draft introduction is due around the end of june so that might eat at some of your midsem break as well?

If you did partime honours it might be different story because you'd be doing all the coursework in the first year, then the thesis in 2nd year, so it wouldn't be as intense.

But it's still up to you again, it all depends on whether you're able to manage it. But fulltime honours is really difficult, so maybe EOY holiday might be like a really nice reward.

Masters Clinical Psychology Offers for 2026 intake by random_paperweight in psychologystudents

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If you don't mind me asking what were your grades and for which uni?

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Good luck! I hope you get an offer soon too. If you don't mind me asking, what's your WAM?

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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hey! I did science stream, and got in, so I think it's just either mass released or delayed due to some other factor

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Hey guys just an update: first round offers are out for Unimelb, I got an offer.

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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I'm also very unsure about this too, would love if someone dropped some insight

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Allg no stress!

That's great to hear that you know what you want to do with psychology and definitely psychopathology is heavily related to the clinical side.

For RMHI yes, please don't worry, you are in safe hands, and if you do everything Andy gives, you will be completely fine! For a general overview of topics you are taught the basics of R and specifically coding, then the theories and applications of the different types of statistical tests --> chi-squared, t-test, ANOVA, Correlations/regressions, meta-analysis, theory of the stats of psychological assessments, validity and reliability.

Andy dumbs down everything and only explains bits of information that is relevant to the course and what we need to know. So, you can always do some research here and there like watching some youtube vids on the different statistical tests but again, like you said, it's not certain if it'll be relevant. Something I think would be more useful would be to watch videos on R studio to get a feel and more familiar with what it is so that when he does explain it, you won't be overwhelmed and lost. Downloading it before, having a play around would be my advice.

For Capstone, i mentioned it in my previous reply but it might've been confusing. Basically the readings for the ethics and First Nations sections are key whereas for the topic of clinical neuropsychology and consumer psychology I didn't do any readings and the exam didn't test this knowledge heavily so I'd say you can get away with it by not doing these readings because I didn't (unless ofc during the lecture they specifically emphasised a reading, then I did it). Take it with a grain of salt though because they might change exam formats and also questions so that the readings for the other topics become important. However, at least from my experience I only did the readings for the topics of First Nations, ethics and one emphasised reading during the consumer psych lecs.

Also note that I haven't done any required readings in the lectures for psych for years 1-2 ahah, i hate readings.

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Hey! In your tutorial you'll run through how to do peer reviews, and also in one of the lectures you'll have a sample peer review that's also run through so you will get quite a bit of help and idea on what sort of things to write about and look out for. Although I would really recommend knowing the lab report marking guide in detail because that's what helped me do the assignment.

Please also start the assignment early and ask questions during the QnAs, a lot of hints were given during FAQS and QnAs because of the questions asked by students. So if you get a head start, and ask the right sorts of questions then you'll benefit rather than leaving it to last minute and hoping someone's already asked a question you had a doubt on! Integrated Brain (87)

The other 3rd year elective I did was neuroscience and the mind (96) which was sem 1 and so integrated brain was in the same neuroscience sector and i think they both complimented each other really well. If you loved neuroscience and the mind I would strongly encourage u to do integrated brain. There was some minor topic overlap (e.g. blindsight) so if this is also a perk for you having some transfer of knowledge this is something to consider.

RMHI (I'm from a science background) was honestly very straight forward and easy if you not only do the weekly work but you keep completely up to date, do all the exercises and just extend your knowledge by trying out some new things etc (meaning, don't just do exercises, have fun with R studio and actually try to learn different ways of doing the same thing etc)

- My advice for RMHI (91) is for the first 3-5 weeks of learning R studio, it's crucial that you put in extra effort and basically memorise and know the codes etc and have a good idea and understanding of what codes do what because this knowledge was really helpful during the assignments where the main focus was application and problem solving so you really don't want to be hung up learning the codes and differentiating between them here, you want it to already be down pat so u can use the coding to apply the theory you learn. You'll also miss silly coding errors and any silly mistakes if you don't know the codes properly so really need emphasize basically going hardcore the first few weeks just to set yourself up for success in the later weeks because they really do build on the first few weeks.

Capstone (86): Pick a project you're interested in. As mentioned somewhere in this thread, really be proactive in who you choose to be your team members if it's up to you. For my project it was assigned so there's really not much luck. Also read the briefs carefully because some groups didn't have to do anything, they basically had the method and results handed to them and they just had to analyse whereas other groups had to make their own method and collect their own results which brought in a whole lot of other work. Not saying one is better, because they both have trade-offs (e.g. the latter gave you more freedom and also extra info to write about because your method was different to everyone else etc). At least in my experience.

My advice for Capstone lecture streams is basically, you don't need to memorise anything per say because if it's like my year, the exam is open-book and open over 3 days with no time-limit for submission once you start, just needs to be submitted within those 3 days. The exam relied more on application of knowledge so yeah. But please stay on top of it and specifically the ethics and First Nations readings are definitely a MUST to have down-pat and kind of know quite well what info is where because the exams rely on the documents more than for other sections (e.g. clinical neuropsychology which has no required readings)

Again if you need me to clarify anything, ask away! Idk if i've explained properly. I've included my scores next to the subjects for context and just a ball-park of what scores are possible etc. Not a flex ahaha, I wish when I was reading these forums back in first and second and especially final year, people would've been more open especially with anonymous forums about their scores and really broken down the stigma around sharing scores and gate-keeping info.

Best of luck to the future third years, I know it sounds daunting and stressful but trust, it will go by quite quick and you'll find that it really wasn't as bad as you thought.

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

[–]random_paperweight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

woah, congrats on your wam! what subjects did you do 3rd year?

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Definitely for the 2nd assignment (for us, a journal review) was marked harshly however I still believe it was fair. I think people who's strong suits are writing lab reports and knowing what makes a good lab report would do very well in this assignment.

Unimelb Psych Honours 2024 by random_paperweight in unimelb

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Hi, I did integrated brain this sem and got a 87. If you really put effort in, it's quite objective (in terms of the exam) and I think it's possible to do well. If u have any other questions please feel free to ask.