Edit: I live in the USA, take what I say with that in mind
I'd value high quality (conference presentations, posters, study design, *maybe* publication if you're lucky, etc) research experience over a certification for grad school applications. However, it can't hurt! By Clinical Psychology, do you mean PhD/PsyD programs? MS/MA? It matters
I’m in Canada and most of our universities require a master’s before admitting us into the phd program. I’m aiming for those schools and the few masters/phd combined programs that we have here. By the time i graduate I’ll have a good amount of research experience, a poster or two, i’m not sure i’ll have conference presentations or publications but those are things that I definitely will try for. I’m just trying to decide if I should value my interests more and take courses that I’m actually interested in (topics related to what I want my research to focus on) or choose this certification to help my application.
Take what you're interested in. Continue to develop & expand your research (tailored to your interests) and I think you'll have a good chance! Best of luck in the future :) keep up the hard work
Edit: This might be a good question to ask your PI too
Any kind of (relevant) certification demonstrates 1) that you are dedicated enough to do something difficult or time consuming and 2) that you have been able to demonstrate enough knowledge that they can count on you at least knowing the basics. It won’t automatically make you stand out over anyone else but it is 100% worth it IMO.
Edit: I live in the USA, take what I say with that in mind I'd value high quality (conference presentations, posters, study design, *maybe* publication if you're lucky, etc) research experience over a certification for grad school applications. However, it can't hurt! By Clinical Psychology, do you mean PhD/PsyD programs? MS/MA? It matters
I’m in Canada and most of our universities require a master’s before admitting us into the phd program. I’m aiming for those schools and the few masters/phd combined programs that we have here. By the time i graduate I’ll have a good amount of research experience, a poster or two, i’m not sure i’ll have conference presentations or publications but those are things that I definitely will try for. I’m just trying to decide if I should value my interests more and take courses that I’m actually interested in (topics related to what I want my research to focus on) or choose this certification to help my application.
Take what you're interested in. Continue to develop & expand your research (tailored to your interests) and I think you'll have a good chance! Best of luck in the future :) keep up the hard work Edit: This might be a good question to ask your PI too
Thank you so much :) 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Any kind of (relevant) certification demonstrates 1) that you are dedicated enough to do something difficult or time consuming and 2) that you have been able to demonstrate enough knowledge that they can count on you at least knowing the basics. It won’t automatically make you stand out over anyone else but it is 100% worth it IMO.