I wish you had asked this question a few months down the road when I could answer with more personal experience but nonetheless I will tell you what I found from my interviews and from what I have seen at my undergraduate institution. It depends on what the definition of good social life is. You are going to be having the same classes and be hanging out a lot with the people in your program so they are going to pretty much become your best friends. For this reason, when you interview hang out with the graduate students and see if you fit in, and likewise they are seeing if you fit into their group. It is important because that will most likely be your social group for the next four years so you need to be comfortable with them!

As far as going out and doing things, it seemed at many programs that the graduate students did quite a bit together (however, that may have just been the programs I interviewed at, though that was a pretty broad, diverse group). One thing they did tell me was that while you become very close with the other graduate students it is hard to meet people outside the program because you are so busy and there just aren’t that many opportunities. You could join a church group, team, club, or your school may have a graduate student organization which will help you meet others. If so, this may be a good idea so that you can have a broader social circle.

So, long story short is that Clinical Psych grad students at least seem very busy, and that does limit the social life a bit, but you become close with those in your program and you end up hanging out with them quite a bit on average (again, from what I have seen). There are ways to break out of that, however, and it just depends on you, what you value, and how you manage your time I suppose.

Usually grad school, especially Ph.D. work, tends to preclude much of a social life. . . although that varies by the field, research area, school, and definitely expectations of your advisor(s).

Speaking from (so far) 3 1/2 years of grad student life in a different field, I will say that you can learn to sort of prioritize things so that you do have the time to get away from what you’re working on and relax with friends. . . but I wouldn’t necessarily expect that to happen nearly as much as you may be used to from perhaps an undergrad program. Basically, what I’m saying is that you either a) need to be careful when picking out your program or b) ask yourself how much you really want the degree.

Psychology PhD courses are very very aggressive by using Psychology BS having truly no interest industry and the acceptance of Psychology as an undergraduate degree. i think of you will discover not in undemanding terms your college, yet all colleges are great demanding to get into. in case you get good grades, you could desire to definitely get in, yet something you’re able to do to grant your self a wager to get a job with in basic terms your undergraduate degree may well be a good option.

During the school year, no not really