Quote From badhaircut:
You say your career in academia, but also talk about a clniical psychology doctorate.
If you are talking about a DClinPsy, my ex is a clinical psychologist and most of her friends who were training with her didn't have an MSc at all. However, they were a bit older and had done clinical experience which seemed more important.
If you are talking about a clinically related psychology PhD, all I had was a 2:1 at undergrad and it was mainly how I did at interview with the supervisor. Depending on the subject you end up doing your MSc subject matter may be irrelevant, but your research methods skills will probably be considered, but you can show these via publications and collaborations as well.
Hi badhaircut
Thanks for your reply, I was really happy to read it. Yes I didn't make myself clear, when I said academia, I actually meant the DClinPsy, sorry! I got a 2:1 for my undergrad and I think I have quite a good chance for a distinction on my dissertation. But I am worried that because the committee won't really go back on their decision as the computer has evidence, I can't possibily argue with them, the only thing I can do is make it really clear that I did not intend to plagiarise, and it was a honest, human error of not going through my text again and checking that my citations were in order even though my list of references was. Anyways I am worried this will ''taint'' my academic records, there will be an anomally of 40% on my transcripts if I apply for the DClinPsy and then what am I to say to them in an interview? Even though I have quite a bit of experience????
