Psychology Masters Application Process Explained

[@zeesibaya7520]

I honestly don't even need to check more of these masters application tips etc. Yours was easy and real

[@mphomogane4531]

Currently busy with my applications for masters . Fingers crossed 🥺😭, thanks for the video .♥️

[@terabaap0801]

how did it go?? are u in Ontario can u give tips 😭

[@zemvelo492]

These have been so insightful Bomi thank you so much for this, What I would really love is for people who have watched this and got in to come back with their testimonials! Good luck everyone!

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Thabisile, that would really be heartwarming! I really hope the information helps stregnthen applications.

[@bbtalkshow]

I am so grateful to come across this informative video and channel. You are such a kind person to take some time out to create some great content for others who need this at the most vulnerable point. Thank you so much, God bless you!

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Bidisha, thank you for your kind words. Glad it was helpful!

[@be1528]

Very detailed I appreciate the thoughtfulness and detail you’ve shared; it’s truly been helpful! Thanks 🌻

[@PsychIRL]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leratocamacho]

The thought of applying for a masters degree has been dawning on me, thinking my chances of being selected are very slim. I have little to none experience with working in the psychology field so I’ve been so skeptical as to whether to wait a year so I can find places to volunteer before I apply or not. I’ve also been searching for volunteering places for the past couple of months with no luck. But this video has made me so hopeful 🤍. Thank you so much 🙏🏿.

[@PsychIRL]

Your welcome Lerato, also check out @Mindmattersnpo for volunteering opportunities

[@rejoicemakhado3186]

This is very helpful... As i look forward for my masters ❤️

[@pre-eminencenkomo3698]

Thank you for this video❤Currently busy with my Masters applications🥺🤞🏽

[@Vitalisa_Mz]

Her voice 🥺🔥💕

[@kgothatsomakhura6430]

This really helped me🥺 thank you so much. I've been selected to attend the selection interview.

[@PsychIRL]

Best of luck! Glad this was helpful.

[@ThabangMokgehle]

This was so insightful. I am so grto have watched this video. Thank you so much. I learned alot.

[@PsychIRL]

So glad!😊

[@dimphothobejane6019]

This is by far the most informative video I have ever watched 👀 thank you so much sis ❤

[@PsychIRL]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hlengiwehadebe_]

Explained so beautifully. Thank you ❤

[@PsychIRL]

Thank you!

[@gracemercy3898]

This was very informative and helpful, thank you soo much❤️, currently in honours and soo nervous about masters

[@dialacherry3928]

Very informative.

[@delmainejansenvanrensburg2202]

Thank you for the information. Would appreciate an updated video regarding possible interview questions.

[@PsychIRL]

I'd love to do that, I'll see what I can put together

[@xoliswazamamyeni2269]

Thank you so much for this video. it was very helpful.

[@Charnice-r7w]

Hello 😊 I hope you are well. Do you perhaps have a video on the application for an internship in Clinical psychology?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Leo, I don't but I'll create one for internships and work.

[@pholile8010]

Hi Bomikazi,your content is so helpful.Id love to ask,in the autobiography, to what extent can you speak about your faith?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Cebisile, there's really no wrong or right information to share you just need to know why you'd like to share that information (what are you trying to get them to understand about you) and how it ties into making you a good candidate for the program

[@eziuzochizoba5986]

I found this video very very helpful. A new subie here 😊. Thank you

[@PsychIRL]

Welcome to the family Eziuzo

[@huimeilu1762]

Thank you so much for your informative videos. They are very helpful. If you don’t mind, could you kindly also share tips and talk about the motivational letters that you had to use for honours applications and master applications. Another question is, was this journey financially and emotionally draining for you ? It took so many years and tuition costs a lot. As much as I dream to be where you are one day, I am so afraid that the money and time that goes into it will become “a waste” if I do not succeed in Masters. Especially during a pandemic right now, it must be so difficult to get internships/community work. With that being said, thank you again for sharing such insightful information. There is not much material for SAn students out there so thank you for your efforts. 🤍

[@PsychIRL]

Hi there, I will definitely put something together to help with motivational letters. I feel it's something relevant not only to honours and masters but beyond because I still have to right motivational letters as we speak. Honestly, it is quite a huge financial burden especially if you don't come from a family that is financially resourced. It was a personal stressor for me especially because it is not easy to get bursaries in undergrad and honours but there are more opportunities in masters. I guess it also depends on the university you attend because I found that when I was at UCT there were a lot more UCT specific bursaries than there were at UKZN. It's a huge sacrifice and there's so much uncertainty but it was worth it in the end, for me, that is.

[@lindamakhoba]

Hi, thank you for this video. When do you start earning ? How far along in your psychology journey do you start earning an income ?

[@Angeloflight7]

Pls do not have a money mindset when it comes to this career cos then u won't make it trust me. This has to be ur actual calling

[@uXola]

Thank you so much for this, Bomi.

[@PsychIRL]

My pleasure!😊

[@nokubongwabhengu7435]

thank you so much for this video .

[@sureyalatshana5982]

Helpful

[@zananimrwetyana5986]

Hi..thank u for the informative video 🤗...if you don't mind me asking, what was your Honours average mark?

[@PsychIRL]

I graduated summa cum laude I don't recall the exact mark but it was somewhere in the 80s

[@pheladim1678]

I will be completing my community service at Correctional service next year.Do you have a personal page I can contact you on if you don’t mind for some questions.

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Maretebalan, my insta page is on the channel banner you can DM me there or send a DM via KZbin.

[@nonjabulo.ndlela6771]

hey sis. If you do a four year degree of social work in psychology can you apply straight to masters?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Nonjabulo, you'd have to check with the universities. I do know some undergrad psych programs that are 4 years include honours and people can apply directly for masters, I'm just not sure about a social work degree even if it included psych.

[@solethumthembu4973]

Can you apply to multiple universities for masters

[@lehlohonolomazindo4968]

This is very helpful. My question is: What should I do when my Hours qualification is more than 10 years old? Is there a way of bridging that 15 year gap?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Lehlohonolo, you'd need to check the university requirements and if it is older than what they accept you'd probably need to redo it because contexts and knowledge changes rapidly. You'd need to speak directly with the university you want to apply to they would be better able to give you advice. Also, what you do in those 10 years is also important because it might be linked to the field and you might be credited for experience.

[@szwane837]

Which varsity are you studying at that offers clinical psychologist?

[@PsychIRL]

Most do so you'd have to check their websites

[@thulisilechauke8232]

Hey, there’s a part on the application about a research proposal. Do you have any tips on how to go about doing that especially if you have no supervision because i am no nolnger in University but I did my honours in 2020

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Thulisile, I used an extension of my undergrad research paper which helped rather than having to start an entirely new topic.

[@akhonamdlulwa8904]

Does Uct require you to take an NBT exam for English?

[@PsychIRL]

Unless things have changed, no they don't. I only wrote the NBT once when I was in high school.

[@teboholiloro5664]

How's it for international stuendts to fit in?? Was it easy for them? And were the any international students admitted into Masters?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Teboho, I’m not sure the reference to international students is to (so is it students who studied abroad and came to do masters in SA or international students who have been studying in SA throughout their tertiary education). I’m more knowledgeable regarding the latter because we had two in our class and they did exceptionally well. Also not sure what “fit in” means for you.

[@teboholiloro5664]

In terms of finding places in SA where they did their community work and internships. That's my concern

[@PsychIRL]

@@teboholiloro5664 so that is a challenge to be honest because SA citizens are given first preferences even if you studied in SA (not aware of how it works for students who studied abroad coming into SA, I imagine it is even more challenging especially with needing context specific course). But with that being said, the ones I know did get both internship and comm serv even though they did not get their top preferences.

[@khosimtshali1857]

Hii , may I ask if you had a straight process in becoming a Psychologist or if u took gap years in between ? Alot of people say sometimes age is influences if u get accepted or not . How true is that ?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Khosi, I was fortunate enough to go straight from undergrad through to masters and now I'm completing my comm serv without having to ever take a gap year. Yes, it is very competitive to get in and age (which also translates to experience) does impact your chances but with that being said, it is not impossible and I have peers who also got in at more or less the same age as me.

[@nhlakahkhumalo8618]

@@PsychIRL hi can I ask how does one go straight to masters?

[@onthatilemaimela7740]

do they allow tattoos?

[@PsychIRL]

Yes they do

[@horsepowerfc337]

hey how about funding?

[@PsychIRL]

I found that there's a lot more funding at postgrad level than at undergrad. Also, there are university specific bursaries so the university you are in also determines how much funding you have access to.

[@alzoniasamanthaklaasen7674]

I always look forward to your uploads. Can I still apply for masters at prestigious universities like UCT, Rhodes etc. if I completed my honors at UNISA. Also, what is your take on obtaining masters through UNISA. Thank you.

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Alzonia, you definitely can! UCT and all other universities consider everyone when they take master's students. I also had classmates who studied through UNISA. I also believe doing your masters at any institution that accepts you would be a great learning experience and the learning doesn't stop at masters, you learn a lot more in internship and beyond. I interviewed and interned with people who studied from pretty much all over SA and there's so much I learned from them.

[@alzoniasamanthaklaasen7674]

@@PsychIRL Thank you for the quick response.

[@Angeloflight7]

Honest advice and huge warning DON'T DO MASTERS AT UNISA abeg

[@mantitilefalatsa6944]

Please can you tell me why?

[@ndzumbululonetshipise8665]

I just read somewhere that MA(clinical psychology) at unisa can only be applied by someone who has completed their honours in psychology and not someone in the process of doing it, how true is that?

[@lindamakhoba]

100% true. I’m studying my honours at UNIS atm

[@ndzumbululonetshipise8665]

@@lindamakhoba thank you for replying . Just wanted to confirm

[@brandyandcoke6518]

I have just been accepted into honors, what can i do, to increase my chances of being accepted into masters?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Brandon. Work on building your clinical experience by volunteering or working with counselling organisations.

[@brandyandcoke6518]

@@PsychIRL Thank you very much, I also wanted to ask, I noticed on my curriculum for next year, that I will have to choose between community psychology and developmental psychology, which would you say, suits clinical psychology more, and which one enhances your chance at being selected for masters in clinical psychology.

[@mboyiiseboya4026]

Which results does one submit when they’re doing semester modules(honours) and marks will only be available at the end of the year? I wanna apply for masters😩

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Mboyi, you submit your latest results which would be your last undergrad results with your full transcript. The honours results you can only send once you receive them.

[@rjj9227]

Hi thanks for the video. I wanted to know can someone with an Occupational Therapy degree apply for Masters in Clinical Psychology?

[@PsychIRL]

Hi Mavvy, as far as my understanding goes no you can't, at least not for the psychology registrations where you need to practice because you need to have a background in psychology and therapeutics. And to have this, you need to have majored in psychology in your undergrad an honours even if for example in undergrad you do social work.

[@rjj9227]

Hi again. In first and second year of the occupational therapy degree there are psychology courses that are the same as the BA psychology undergrad of first and second year. If I took additional courses in psychology for my third year of my Occupational therapy degree would that still put me at a disadvantage to apply for MA Clinical Psychology? Also the Occupational therapy degree is honours equivalent.

[@zaneenkosi2489]

Thank you so much for this video. It's very helpful.

[@PsychIRL]

Happy to hear you found this helpful 😊