WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.680 Welcome to our PsyD webinar. 00:00:01.680 --> 00:00:02.240 I'm Doctor. 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:06.340 Bradley Seifer, and I'm the admissions advisor for the PsyD program. 00:00:06.800 --> 00:00:09.140 The format today of today's webinar is pretty straightforward. 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:17.795 First, I have a PowerPoint presentation where I'm going to highlight some of the more salient aspects of the PsyD program, and and then we're going to finish with some q and a. 00:00:17.795 --> 00:00:28.375 So if you have any questions at any time, over the course of the presentation, please lodge them in the chat box or in the q question and answer box, and I will field your questions at the end of the presentation. 00:00:29.610 --> 00:00:34.970 Also notice that I have included my email and my Calendly link as well as other resources in the chat box. 00:00:34.970 --> 00:00:43.950 So please, send me an email, like, find a place for to talk with me, in Calendly, and I'd be happy to speak with you, and I look forward to doing so. 00:00:44.575 --> 00:00:44.815 Okay. 00:00:44.815 --> 00:00:51.715 So without any further ado, this is the overview of the doctoral program in psychology at Divine Mercy University. 00:00:52.895 --> 00:00:58.115 A little bit about me, I recently finished my own doctorate, in theology at Ave Maria University. 00:00:58.175 --> 00:01:08.260 I wrote my doctoral dissertation dissertation on addiction, and so I approached what I regard to be a rather timely topic, from an interdisciplinary perspective using philosophy, theology, and psychology. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.300 And when I after I defended, I knew I wanted to get involved with the work of Divine Mercy. 00:01:14.375 --> 00:01:28.555 And so here I am working in admissions, and my mission right now is to, get you into the, basically, the career of your profession to be, the career of your dreams to be a healer, through the lenses of faith, and psychology. 00:01:31.430 --> 00:01:31.830 Okay. 00:01:31.830 --> 00:01:40.330 So if we look at where we are now in our school's history, there's two distinct sort of schools within the the larger umbrella of Divine Mercy University. 00:01:40.870 --> 00:01:55.545 There's a school of counseling, which is has a master's program chiefly online, and there's an institute for the psychological sciences, which houses both a residential doctoral program, but also a master's level, master's program online. 00:01:55.765 --> 00:01:56.085 Okay. 00:01:56.085 --> 00:02:00.130 So that's sort of where we are in terms of the structure of the school. 00:02:02.510 --> 00:02:06.690 Our mission is to heal and honor the totality of what it means to be human. 00:02:07.070 --> 00:02:14.955 And by this, I mean, we are integrating the best psychological science with, a firm and sort of fleshed out Catholic anthropology. 00:02:15.655 --> 00:02:21.595 And in so doing, we form mental health professionals of the highest caliber through rigorous academic and clinical training. 00:02:23.975 --> 00:02:28.330 We are located just outside of Washington DC, in the Sterling area. 00:02:28.390 --> 00:02:41.515 So we're just in the sort of in the suburbs, which means that you have easy access to city life if you enjoy the the hustle and bustle of the city, or if you enjoy sort of, like, the more outdoors and what we have that too. 00:02:41.515 --> 00:02:44.235 That's on the Western side of the states. 00:02:44.235 --> 00:02:49.855 We have the Appalachian Trail that runs through Northern Virginia and into West Virginia and Maryland. 00:02:52.190 --> 00:03:11.335 We are also recognized by a number of accreditation agencies that I think, is speaking to our, really just high standards, high academic standards, high clinical standards, through the following institutions, the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia, the Association of State and Provisional Psychology Boards. 00:03:12.035 --> 00:03:16.455 Here we have the American Psychological Association, maybe the most sort of prominent one. 00:03:17.235 --> 00:03:22.650 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and National Council of State Authorization of Suprocy agreements. 00:03:22.650 --> 00:03:30.670 So, again, no fewer than five, sort of well recognized accreditation agencies are speaking to our commitment to high academic standards. 00:03:32.730 --> 00:03:33.230 Alright. 00:03:33.290 --> 00:03:39.345 So sometimes people ask me, well, what is the difference really between the doctoral program and a good master's? 00:03:39.345 --> 00:03:42.885 Say if I wanted to be a clinician, I could get a master's in counseling. 00:03:43.105 --> 00:03:43.985 Why do a doctorate? 00:03:43.985 --> 00:03:50.165 Well, to my mind, there are, three major differences between these two programs. 00:03:50.910 --> 00:03:57.410 The first is at the doctoral level, there's way more attention to, clinical assessments. 00:03:57.630 --> 00:03:57.950 Okay. 00:03:57.950 --> 00:04:12.025 So but whether that be assessments done with the personalities or through the cognitive tests, you're going to get an extremely, sort of comprehensive take on all of these tests as a doctoral student with us. 00:04:12.025 --> 00:04:18.685 And that means you have no fewer than four courses in assessments, in the first two years of of the of the program. 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:27.870 Now the other major difference is the total time that you spend in the clinic preparing to become, a healer or therapist. 00:04:28.570 --> 00:04:34.090 So thirty five hundred clinical hours are required for the doctorate versus seven hundred, at the master's level. 00:04:34.090 --> 00:04:35.985 So this is five times as much. 00:04:35.985 --> 00:04:43.585 It means that you're that much more prepared to, help people, you know, resolve traumas and heal, things like that. 00:04:43.585 --> 00:04:45.685 So you're that much more prepared as a clinician. 00:04:46.705 --> 00:04:49.125 The third major difference is the dissertation. 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:55.380 Maybe unsurprisingly, at the doctoral level, a dissertation is going to be part and parcel. 00:04:56.320 --> 00:05:02.400 There are two major dissertations that we would, allow you to do here. 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:07.485 They are the theoretical dissertation on the one hand and the empirical dissertation on the other. 00:05:07.625 --> 00:05:10.745 So the empirical dissertation tends to be much more data driven. 00:05:10.745 --> 00:05:23.040 So if you like numbers, if you like statistics, if you enjoy, sort of gathering data and then ex and sort of, analyzing that data, then a empirical dissertation can be a great one. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:28.340 We've had an an uptick in the number of people that have done the empirical dissertations in recent years. 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.460 But, historically, we've had actually had more people do the theoretical. 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:43.005 So if you enjoy ideas and you love sort of seeing how ideas, interact with clinical practice, then the theoretical dissertation actually is probably a better fit for you. 00:05:44.025 --> 00:05:51.350 So, again, like, historically, that was more of our wheelhouse, and we've now at this point in our history, we have a nice equilibrium between the two. 00:05:51.350 --> 00:05:56.250 We have about as many students that are doing empirical dissertations as we have theoretical. 00:05:57.590 --> 00:05:58.090 Okay. 00:05:58.470 --> 00:06:01.015 Now it is a five year program. 00:06:01.555 --> 00:06:05.715 You will receive a master of psychology en route to the doctoral degree. 00:06:05.715 --> 00:06:10.375 So, after the end of your successful completion of courses in your two, you're awarded the MSci. 00:06:10.835 --> 00:06:12.935 And then in the fifth year, you get your PsyD. 00:06:13.075 --> 00:06:16.960 Now let me show you what the curriculum is going to look like for you. 00:06:18.140 --> 00:06:18.640 Alright. 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:25.340 Now in many ways, this curriculum is perhaps analogous to medical school. 00:06:25.340 --> 00:06:32.205 I like to draw that analogy for people because if you notice in the in sort of in the first two years, lots of courses. 00:06:32.205 --> 00:06:32.705 Right? 00:06:33.885 --> 00:06:46.260 Much like if you were a medical student, you know, a lot of it is getting those big sort of meaty science courses out of the way in the first couple of years so that you can apply them in a clinical setting to your patients in the third and fourth years primarily. 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:52.100 You will see maybe two or three clients in the second year. 00:06:52.800 --> 00:07:03.695 That is to kind of get you just your feet wet, right, your first foray into the clinical practice, while also not overwhelming you with too many clients because, of course, you're still in in you're still taking classes. 00:07:04.395 --> 00:07:10.555 Now but in the third and the fourth year, there's maybe, oh, three to four times as many clients. 00:07:10.555 --> 00:07:13.800 So maybe you have, two or three clients in your two. 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.660 You probably have between seven and nine clients in years three to four. 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:18.200 Okay? 00:07:18.520 --> 00:07:24.540 And these are at local clinics in the Sterling near the Sterling area or maybe in the DC area. 00:07:25.080 --> 00:07:27.800 And then so in the fifth year, there's no courses at all. 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:28.700 It's an internship. 00:07:28.840 --> 00:07:40.125 So just as a medical student would go to a residency, say, they were interested in dermatology or they wanted to do family pet practice or pediatrics or or the pediatric surgery, whatever. 00:07:40.125 --> 00:07:40.625 Right? 00:07:41.245 --> 00:07:45.170 In psychology, something very similar is operative. 00:07:45.170 --> 00:07:50.210 You go to an internship specializing in whatever area you wanted to focus in on. 00:07:50.210 --> 00:07:56.050 So so, for example, say you wanted to do, working with with an older population. 00:07:56.050 --> 00:07:57.345 You wanted to get into geriatrics. 00:07:57.905 --> 00:07:58.225 Okay. 00:07:58.225 --> 00:08:02.065 So you could do an internship really specialized around geriatrics. 00:08:02.065 --> 00:08:03.525 Or you wanted to work with kids. 00:08:03.665 --> 00:08:10.485 There are, plenty of internships out there that are specifically for for children or adolescents or young adults, whatever it might be. 00:08:10.700 --> 00:08:20.640 Or if you wanted to work with a specific pathology, maybe you really wanted to do, you know, bipolar or schizophrenia, or you wanted to work with addicted populations. 00:08:20.940 --> 00:08:25.360 Whatever it might be, chances are there's probably an internship out there for you. 00:08:26.075 --> 00:08:29.775 Now we've sent students to internships basically all over the country. 00:08:30.715 --> 00:08:33.615 So, you know, it depends on where the internship is located. 00:08:34.075 --> 00:08:38.875 It could be kind of far flung as, say, California or as close as the DC area. 00:08:38.875 --> 00:08:42.260 In fact, if you wanted to stay close, that could probably be accommodated. 00:08:42.260 --> 00:08:47.800 We've had plenty of students that, have stayed close in the DC area and just they they didn't wanna move. 00:08:48.340 --> 00:08:54.120 That's okay if that's you, because there's plenty of those that are really good APA accredited schools. 00:08:54.415 --> 00:08:55.015 Excuse me. 00:08:55.015 --> 00:08:58.035 APA accredited internships, in the DC area. 00:09:00.015 --> 00:09:00.335 Okay. 00:09:00.335 --> 00:09:02.815 These are overall some, you know, discernment questions. 00:09:02.815 --> 00:09:03.455 You know? 00:09:03.455 --> 00:09:06.335 Is the PsyD the program for you? 00:09:06.335 --> 00:09:06.575 Right? 00:09:07.950 --> 00:09:09.730 Do you want to help people flourish? 00:09:09.950 --> 00:09:13.250 Are you interested in the science, you know, behind human behavior? 00:09:13.630 --> 00:09:16.930 Do you want to become an instrument of healing in the psychological sciences? 00:09:17.470 --> 00:09:22.275 Are you interested in performing psychological tests and assessments so you diagnose your clients and create a treatment plan? 00:09:22.915 --> 00:09:27.575 And are you looking to start a career as a licensed mental health professional, but specifically as a clinical psychologist? 00:09:28.595 --> 00:09:37.240 Now and, also, do you have the ability to desire to work all types of clients from more acute care to more challenging and long term client cases. 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:45.500 So if you're hearing this and and it's resonating with you and you're thinking, well, yeah, I mean, yes to all of these, then the PsyD may very well be a good fit for you. 00:09:48.040 --> 00:09:50.700 Now how does Divine Mercy compare to other programs? 00:09:50.760 --> 00:09:51.795 Super common question. 00:09:52.675 --> 00:09:56.435 In some ways, you might say that we're quite similar, in fact. 00:09:56.675 --> 00:10:03.095 We are APA accredited, so we abide by all of the major stipulations, set forth by the APA. 00:10:03.315 --> 00:10:11.640 So things like foundations in psychological science and research, integrity and practice, assessment and diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and professional roles. 00:10:12.180 --> 00:10:21.160 Now we're despite that overarching broad academic similarity, there's also one way in which we're decidedly distinct and unique. 00:10:21.585 --> 00:10:24.725 That is that we're a proudly Catholic, institution. 00:10:24.945 --> 00:10:33.605 We believe deeply in what it means to be human as understood by the Catholic magisterium through the sources of tradition and scripture. 00:10:33.665 --> 00:10:34.165 Right? 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:46.380 And so we see the human person not in a reductive sense, not in the sense of, a being that is sort of just the product of mere biology, although we are certainly material. 00:10:46.705 --> 00:10:47.745 We're also spiritual. 00:10:47.745 --> 00:10:50.385 We're also a being that's made in God's own image and likeness. 00:10:50.385 --> 00:10:58.405 And for that reason, this rich theological understanding of our humanity allows us to give a lot of intelligibility to the therapeutic practice. 00:10:58.830 --> 00:10:59.070 Right? 00:10:59.070 --> 00:11:02.430 And after all, we we give therapy to to humans and not animals. 00:11:02.430 --> 00:11:02.670 Right? 00:11:02.670 --> 00:11:19.475 And so understanding our humanity as in in its in its totality in, understanding the human person as having intrinsic dignity and intrinsic worth, right, in a way that's completely ineradicable regardless of a person's histories or traumas or sins or whatever. 00:11:19.775 --> 00:11:24.035 We maintain the goodness of the human person as created by God. 00:11:26.510 --> 00:11:34.130 Now upon graduation from the doctoral program, there are so many different places in which one could work, and the these are just, you know, here there are just a few of them. 00:11:34.670 --> 00:11:36.370 Working in a psychiatric hospital. 00:11:36.910 --> 00:11:41.645 You can work with a medical team if you enjoy working with maybe the traditional medical establishment. 00:11:42.665 --> 00:11:43.885 Military establishment. 00:11:43.945 --> 00:11:45.545 So this is a big one these days. 00:11:45.545 --> 00:11:51.465 The military, unsurprisingly, has a lot of money, and they're more interested now in getting their people help. 00:11:51.465 --> 00:11:53.225 You know, a lot of veterans are out there. 00:11:53.225 --> 00:11:58.710 They're hurting with with these severe traumas from from battle, you know, PTSD, things like that. 00:11:58.770 --> 00:12:04.870 And the military is is giving a lot of money to psychologists to help their people get the the healing that they need. 00:12:05.330 --> 00:12:08.925 Perhaps the most important one of all is private practice. 00:12:09.785 --> 00:12:28.010 Private practice allows people a lot of individual flexibility, you know, to basically set your own hours, you know, treat the people you wanna treat if you wanted to specialize, say, in, whatever your field might be, if you wanted to to do, you know, schizophrenia or something like that, if you really wanted to treat the population, you could. 00:12:28.790 --> 00:12:38.545 So for that reason, you know, private practice, it's flexibility and the ability to kind of scale your own business and to be in business for yourself is attractive to a lot of people. 00:12:38.545 --> 00:12:46.465 So if there's an entrepreneur within you if there's an entrepreneur and a psychologist within you, this could be a fantastic, you know, thing to do. 00:12:46.465 --> 00:12:51.365 Because if you love business and you love healing and you love psychology, this is a great thing. 00:12:51.830 --> 00:13:02.550 If you can't stand the entrepreneurial side of it, if you don't like having to deal with, you know, marketing and selling and and and having a website, you know, if that doesn't appeal to you, that's okay. 00:13:02.550 --> 00:13:08.365 Maybe this isn't for you because there's plenty of other more institutional kind of situations that you could immerse yourself in. 00:13:08.365 --> 00:13:13.985 But for those that love, like, the idea of, you know, being in business for yourself, this can be a fantastic option. 00:13:14.445 --> 00:13:14.765 Okay. 00:13:14.765 --> 00:13:23.320 The other thing, you know, outpatient clinics, clinical facilities, as I say, institutional settings are for many others that enjoy working within a broader structure. 00:13:23.780 --> 00:13:47.965 And then also the diaspora consultation is a big one, especially for Divine Mercy alumni because we have a really sterling reputation for being a school that is committed both to excellence, in psychology and understanding all of the the nuance and the science behind modern psychology while also tethering it with a strong Catholic outlook on the human person. 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:48.400 Right? 00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:56.960 And so for that reason, a lot of times, our psychologists get hired by seminaries or by diocese that wants to, you know, get people tested. 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:02.500 Like, a classic example would be, people that want to apply for the seminary. 00:14:03.025 --> 00:14:05.525 You know, maybe young men are applying to be priests. 00:14:06.145 --> 00:14:15.425 They often will need psychological evaluation, in order to assess whether they can handle, the demands of a priestly ministry. 00:14:15.425 --> 00:14:18.140 And the only only people that can do that are psychologists. 00:14:18.520 --> 00:14:19.000 Okay? 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:20.440 So that's a common thing. 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:29.900 If you if that working with religious or working with the diocese is attractive to you, there's no better place to do that than to get trained, at Divine Mercy. 00:14:31.635 --> 00:14:31.955 Okay. 00:14:31.955 --> 00:14:37.095 So here we have a couple of our, alumni that are speaking to their experience with us. 00:14:37.395 --> 00:14:43.895 James Walovich is saying here, in our clinical psychology program, the training is focused on healing the whole person. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.140 Right? 00:14:44.140 --> 00:14:45.180 That's a big thing with us. 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:45.500 Right? 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:48.140 Treating, not just a symptom. 00:14:48.140 --> 00:14:48.300 Right? 00:14:48.300 --> 00:15:05.795 Because it's it's that's, can be a very reductive way of looking at a person, rather that we're treating a human, right, that has this, again, this intrinsic dignity that may be struggling or suffering with a certain pathology, a certain neurosis, but that the centerpiece is always the human person. 00:15:06.655 --> 00:15:07.135 Okay. 00:15:07.135 --> 00:15:07.855 Kristen Long. 00:15:07.855 --> 00:15:13.390 I started this study program as I serve others in a more profound way than my previous positions offered. 00:15:13.450 --> 00:15:13.690 Right? 00:15:13.690 --> 00:15:25.625 So one can obviously help people in a whole host of different professions, you know, regardless of whether, you're an accountant or, you know, an attorney or whatever. 00:15:25.625 --> 00:15:33.805 But there's a way in which the psychologist heals people in a way that, is just unlike any other profession. 00:15:33.945 --> 00:15:34.265 Right? 00:15:34.265 --> 00:15:36.905 And so, that's really kind of a special calling. 00:15:36.905 --> 00:15:40.830 And for those that are called to this work, I mean, there's hardly anything better. 00:15:40.830 --> 00:15:41.230 Okay. 00:15:41.550 --> 00:15:42.110 Timothy White. 00:15:42.110 --> 00:15:47.810 This school is not afraid to teach you what it means to be human at every level psychologically, philosophically, theologically. 00:15:47.870 --> 00:15:49.010 That's why I like it. 00:15:49.790 --> 00:15:50.030 Okay. 00:15:50.030 --> 00:15:52.750 And Kirsten Curtis, I'm so thankful for DMU. 00:15:52.750 --> 00:15:57.515 The faculty members are very supportive, and I received lots of of hands on clinical experience. 00:15:59.655 --> 00:16:00.155 Okay. 00:16:00.215 --> 00:16:02.535 Here we have, the story of William Johnson. 00:16:02.535 --> 00:16:05.735 William is a, doctoral student with us now. 00:16:05.735 --> 00:16:09.275 He is, approaching the end of the program, so he's almost done. 00:16:09.520 --> 00:16:14.900 And this is sort of about him and how he came, to be interested in treating PTSD. 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:19.060 He came from a military background himself, so let's hear his story. 00:16:29.175 --> 00:16:29.255 Hi. 00:16:29.255 --> 00:16:34.395 My name is William Johnston, and I'm a PsyD student at Divine Mercy University. 00:16:35.050 --> 00:16:37.870 Currently approaching the end of my third year in a program. 00:16:38.490 --> 00:16:46.250 Military service runs in my family and, also both my grandparents served. 00:16:46.250 --> 00:17:03.295 My parents both served This door, the PsyD program at Divine Mercy University have opened the opportunity for me to continue to give back, to conduct research, and hopefully implement a more robust program to treat PTSD as it relates to combat veterans. 00:17:04.210 --> 00:17:25.925 CMU has certainly provided the integration that I saw in terms of my formation, both the philosophy and theology core, in addition to the psychology curriculum, has provided me growth in terms of my faith, and my role as a husband and father, and, of course, the psychological clinician. 00:17:27.265 --> 00:17:37.370 So in essence, the Catholic Christian meta model of the human person is why I'm here, both for my own sake as well as the sake of my future clients. 00:17:42.550 --> 00:17:43.030 Alright. 00:17:43.030 --> 00:17:47.210 This is another story, of a recently graduated alumna. 00:17:54.285 --> 00:18:02.065 I would say that being a student at Dwight University or TMU is one of the best thing that happens to me. 00:18:02.550 --> 00:18:07.690 I really appreciate a great support from faculty members and also classmates. 00:18:08.310 --> 00:18:16.090 I have gained a great deal of knowledge in all aspect of clinical practice, research, and also professional development. 00:18:17.005 --> 00:18:24.625 DMU not only provides student with strong academic skills, but also prepares them for a career in psychology. 00:18:25.485 --> 00:18:31.830 I personally benefit from mentorship with academic adviser and clinical supervisors. 00:18:32.370 --> 00:18:44.070 As a person, what I most appreciate from DMU is that its mission help broaden my perspectives in understanding a human person through the lens of Catholicism. 00:18:45.165 --> 00:18:54.625 Catholic principle, especially in hope, love, and faith are very valuable and certainly helped me become a better clinician. 00:18:58.830 --> 00:18:59.330 Alright. 00:18:59.470 --> 00:19:01.550 We have one more, story. 00:19:01.550 --> 00:19:03.970 This is the story of Isaiah Lamb. 00:19:04.190 --> 00:19:10.350 Isaiah was a Catholic seminarian prior to enrolling with us in the doctoral program. 00:19:10.350 --> 00:19:13.205 So at at the time of the video, he was in a second year. 00:19:13.585 --> 00:19:15.505 Now he's, in his last year. 00:19:15.505 --> 00:19:16.405 He's an intern. 00:19:16.945 --> 00:19:20.305 He's out actually, now he's out with, University of St. 00:19:20.305 --> 00:19:24.625 Thomas in Minnesota helping, with college, counseling center there. 00:19:24.625 --> 00:19:26.005 So let's hear his story. 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:43.885 I'm originally from the the state and Septic, And so I grew up there most of my life, went to school at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. 00:19:44.985 --> 00:19:49.885 Was I studied psychology there, but I kind of intended to go to the the medical field. 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:58.790 And then after kind of in the midst of my undergraduate, I, just that I wanted to go to the seminary the federal seminary to study with your priest. 00:19:59.330 --> 00:20:08.975 So I had this love for psychology that was kind of there, I think, from an early age, just wanting to know how people function, why they do the things that they do. 00:20:09.835 --> 00:20:15.675 And then I found myself in seminary learning all these philosophical truths about humans. 00:20:15.675 --> 00:20:26.020 One of the first course I took was philosophy of the human person, person body and soul, and that there's this profound dignity attached to to being human. 00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:30.500 We're just sent out of the seminary, returned to Nebraska with a finished up my degree. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:40.315 And, deciding at this point, well, I don't really wanna go into, medicine, but I do like have this desire to care for people. 00:20:40.775 --> 00:20:46.635 And I also have learned, again, like, this loss without humans and and goodness. 00:20:47.710 --> 00:20:49.230 So I took a year off. 00:20:49.230 --> 00:20:51.070 I built pipe organs for a year. 00:20:51.550 --> 00:20:53.490 I always love telling people that. 00:20:53.550 --> 00:20:54.910 I'm just doing the job. 00:20:54.910 --> 00:20:55.810 It was fun. 00:20:56.030 --> 00:21:04.745 But, ultimately, that led me I decided to then do a year of service with the homeless in Denver, an organization called Christ in the City. 00:21:05.445 --> 00:21:24.120 And there, I like to say that all the things I had been, learning about and dreaming about, psychology, philosophy, it was this incarnational experience of of encountering people on the street in this profound suffering, mental anguish, and, substance abuse, what have you. 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:28.980 And just actually experiencing that firsthand made everything kinda clicks in there. 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.540 Like, okay. 00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:35.935 I have the ability to, affect change and bring hope to people in the worst moments of their life. 00:21:36.315 --> 00:21:43.935 And so for me at that point, it was just very clear everything was starting to converge, and I felt more so that I wanted to pursue psychology. 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:50.800 And so DMU was kinda my first choice because everything that I had been learning about kinda just, again, converged here. 00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:51.040 Right? 00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:53.460 The the psychology, the philosophy, theology. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.840 And it's just a month and perfect fit. 00:21:55.840 --> 00:22:00.255 So I applied, long story short, and that'll end. 00:22:00.255 --> 00:22:05.295 And in my second year now, and it's been absolutely more than I could have hoped for. 00:22:05.295 --> 00:22:08.495 I've had so much knowledge shoved in my brain the last year. 00:22:08.495 --> 00:22:18.420 I, like, don't even know how it's possible, but it's just been a beautiful and awesome journey. 00:22:19.280 --> 00:22:19.780 Alright. 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.760 Alright. 00:22:21.760 --> 00:22:24.165 So I wanna say a quick word about our faculty. 00:22:24.405 --> 00:22:24.645 Okay. 00:22:24.645 --> 00:22:29.145 Definitely, as as this indicates, you know, distinguished faithful and pioneering group of people. 00:22:29.445 --> 00:22:30.965 To the left here is doctor Lisa Kulicki. 00:22:30.965 --> 00:22:31.605 She's our dean. 00:22:31.605 --> 00:22:34.345 She's a specialist in assessment and therapy broadly. 00:22:34.725 --> 00:22:38.980 In the middle here is doctor Diane Graves, specializing in child and developmental psychology. 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:43.140 To the right, doctor Lena Ariana is our director of clinical training. 00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:50.565 Now these guys here at the bottom were the founding faculty members actually of our school dating back to the late nineties, early two thousands. 00:22:51.285 --> 00:22:54.985 Doctor Phil Scrofani, specializing in CBT and group therapy. 00:22:55.205 --> 00:23:00.025 In the middle of there, doctor Bill Norling, chair of child marriage and family therapy. 00:23:00.325 --> 00:23:02.185 And doctor Bits, they're to the right bottom. 00:23:02.485 --> 00:23:07.120 Really, he is such a, instrumental founding member. 00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:15.620 I mean, he's published extensively on the inter intersection and interaction between faith and psychology, theology and psychology. 00:23:16.655 --> 00:23:22.595 He recently just retired, but he is his legacy sort of endures, to this day. 00:23:24.495 --> 00:23:29.720 Now to become a psychologist in America, a doctoral degree is, of course, what required. 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:32.900 There's about a nine to twelve month period of postdoctoral supervision. 00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:41.800 So after you finish your PsyD, there's a that period of time, you will be kind of, under a licensed clinical psychologist before you finally take your board exams. 00:23:42.315 --> 00:23:48.575 We have an imperfect but very strong, you know, ninety five percent, licensure rate from the past decade of of data. 00:23:51.435 --> 00:23:57.215 Now in terms of the outlook, right, you know, within the labor force, it's like I would put it this way. 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:04.500 As as the data indicates, there's about a 3% average growth for most professions in America projected to the next ten years. 00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:08.080 In psychology, however, that number is twice as much, 6%. 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.580 Right? 00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.760 What explains that? 00:24:09.760 --> 00:24:12.160 Well, there's tons of demand for this work. 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.925 There's so many people out there. 00:24:13.925 --> 00:24:14.565 They're hurting. 00:24:14.565 --> 00:24:15.205 They're alone. 00:24:15.205 --> 00:24:16.005 They're isolated. 00:24:16.005 --> 00:24:16.745 They're addicted. 00:24:17.525 --> 00:24:19.605 There's the they needed a good therapist. 00:24:19.605 --> 00:24:23.845 I need people like you to answer the call, their vocation to heal and to help. 00:24:23.845 --> 00:24:24.345 Right? 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:37.080 The other thing I would say, in addition to sort of, like, the demand side, if you look at the supply side, if you just flick an economic kind of lens here for a minute, there's limited supply of. 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.180 Why? 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.640 It's hard to get a. 00:24:40.385 --> 00:24:42.065 Five years of study is intense. 00:24:42.065 --> 00:24:42.725 It's rigorous. 00:24:42.785 --> 00:24:43.285 Right? 00:24:43.505 --> 00:24:52.225 So to get a PsyD puts you in a rather elite and distinguished group of people that are able to provide services that very few people can do. 00:24:52.225 --> 00:24:52.385 Right? 00:24:52.385 --> 00:25:02.760 We talked earlier about the role of testing in psychology, the, how it how psychologists can conduct testing in a way that a lot of masterful people just can't. 00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:05.720 And, you know, a lot there's nothing wrong with being a masterful therapist. 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.420 They do a lot of great work for people. 00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:18.775 But if you look at it from, like, an economic side, tons of demand for this work and very limited supply means that you can make fantastic you can do very well for yourself as a psychologist. 00:25:20.595 --> 00:25:26.190 Now funding your education, it's $1,001.70 per credit for a 122 credits over five years. 00:25:26.350 --> 00:25:28.770 The full price is a $142.07 40. 00:25:28.910 --> 00:25:33.330 That does not include indirect expenses, though, things like, you know, housing, gas, food, etcetera. 00:25:34.110 --> 00:25:37.390 Many of our students do apply for and receive federal aid. 00:25:37.390 --> 00:25:38.990 Those are through a FAFSA form. 00:25:38.990 --> 00:25:39.490 Right? 00:25:40.225 --> 00:25:43.105 We also offer work study opportunities on campus. 00:25:43.105 --> 00:25:49.045 So if you want to hold down a job with us while you're a student, a graduate student, we could certainly provide you with that. 00:25:49.505 --> 00:25:55.020 And then also we have a whole bunch of scholarships that could really kind of, defray this. 00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:56.960 So this is the total cost here. 00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:00.940 I would say that most, doctoral students will not pay that full amount. 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:05.840 You're looking more in the in the realm of one fifteen to $1.30. 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.140 Right? 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:13.905 You're looking at probably between a 10 to 20% discount from that just from scholarships and work study, things like that. 00:26:13.905 --> 00:26:15.925 So it's it's often a little bit less. 00:26:17.745 --> 00:26:22.165 The biggest scholarship by far is this one right here, the 50% off merit scholarship. 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.740 Now that is competitive. 00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:27.040 It is, you know, not easy to get. 00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:34.740 We probably give out merit scholarships to three or four people a year, usually a couple 50% offs and maybe a couple of twenty five percents. 00:26:36.170 --> 00:26:42.435 So if you have a good GPA and you interview well, you're certainly, you know, in the running for this kind of thing. 00:26:42.575 --> 00:26:47.395 Otherwise, there's all these other, you know, institutional scholarships to which you could apply. 00:26:47.775 --> 00:26:51.795 I certainly encourage you to do so, but only after you've been notified of admission. 00:26:51.855 --> 00:26:52.200 Right? 00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:57.560 It's not, you know, a super great use of your time to apply for things when you're not in school. 00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.880 Right? 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.340 So hold off on that. 00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:02.360 If you have questions about scholarships, get in touch with me. 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.980 I'd be happy to chat about it. 00:27:05.545 --> 00:27:14.205 In terms of admissions requirements, we do require that everybody have at least a baccalaureate degree, so a BA or BS from a regionally accredited school. 00:27:14.665 --> 00:27:18.685 It is good if you have studied psychology, but in no way is it required. 00:27:18.825 --> 00:27:19.225 Okay? 00:27:19.225 --> 00:27:31.665 So if you studied, like, you know, something seemingly unrelated like chemistry or, you know, math or physics or something in the humanities, maybe it was English or history or whatever, it's okay. 00:27:32.385 --> 00:27:37.685 We've received applications from, students that have degrees from all over the academic spectrum. 00:27:38.625 --> 00:27:39.605 Totally fine. 00:27:40.545 --> 00:27:55.200 It's much more important that you've done well academically and that you're open to learning, interested in psychology and you can articulate to the admissions committee, you know, your interest in psychology and why you wanna be a psychologist. 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:58.395 At least a three o GPA on a four o scale. 00:27:58.395 --> 00:28:01.835 So if you had a little bit less than that, like, maybe you had a three or excuse me. 00:28:01.835 --> 00:28:05.775 Maybe you had a two, seven, eight, nine, something like that. 00:28:05.835 --> 00:28:07.915 Get in touch with me and see what we can do. 00:28:07.915 --> 00:28:12.420 Sometimes, there are exceptions that can be made to that rule. 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:15.480 So just contact me and see if there's something that we can do for you. 00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:23.400 Now if this is making sense, okay, the first the next step after this is the online application. 00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.360 Okay? 00:28:24.675 --> 00:28:28.915 Now you can find this application on our website at devonmercy.edu. 00:28:28.915 --> 00:28:31.975 There's a little teal button on the right upper right hand corner. 00:28:32.115 --> 00:28:32.675 You hit that. 00:28:32.675 --> 00:28:33.795 It says it'll apply. 00:28:33.795 --> 00:28:37.075 Hit that, and then you'll see the the applications for different programs. 00:28:37.075 --> 00:28:39.075 And there's one that says, PsyD. 00:28:39.075 --> 00:28:39.235 Right? 00:28:39.235 --> 00:28:40.320 So that would be the one. 00:28:41.280 --> 00:28:43.680 In this form, it's very data entry driven. 00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:53.060 So we're not looking at this stage for an essay or transcripts or anything like that, just data about you, like like, where you live and where you went to school. 00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:57.855 There's a couple of financial aid questions it's going to ask you. 00:28:57.995 --> 00:29:02.735 And then at the end, it will ask you for people that might potentially recommend you to the program. 00:29:03.275 --> 00:29:09.935 In there, we want either professors or work supervisors, so just the names of the people and their contact. 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:22.480 Do know, however, and this is a common misunderstanding, that when you put the those the the, those recommenders in the form, the online form, they're not going to get contacted. 00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:22.940 Okay? 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:26.975 So strictly speaking, you you know, you don't really need their permission at this stage. 00:29:26.975 --> 00:29:27.475 Right? 00:29:29.135 --> 00:29:32.095 Just, you know, put in their their information and go ahead and submit it. 00:29:32.095 --> 00:29:33.555 These are not gonna get contacted. 00:29:34.095 --> 00:29:35.875 It just remains between us. 00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:36.260 Right? 00:29:36.260 --> 00:29:37.300 So that's the first stage. 00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:43.400 So, again, if this is a if this sounds like it makes sense to you, then that's the first thing to do is to apply online. 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:50.205 And then after that, then you can submit all the other stuff I mentioned sort of in passing there. 00:29:50.585 --> 00:29:52.025 So things like the essays. 00:29:52.025 --> 00:29:58.765 There are a couple of essays we will require about, you know, why do you want to be a psychologist? 00:29:58.905 --> 00:29:59.305 You know? 00:29:59.305 --> 00:30:01.645 What what makes you wanna study at Divine Mercy? 00:30:02.910 --> 00:30:06.130 What research do you imagine yourself doing in a dissertation? 00:30:06.270 --> 00:30:06.770 Right? 00:30:07.470 --> 00:30:11.550 So that's an so, again, this all happens after the online app is in. 00:30:11.550 --> 00:30:12.030 Okay? 00:30:12.030 --> 00:30:14.690 So you wanna think about that in in those stages. 00:30:15.265 --> 00:30:15.505 Okay. 00:30:15.505 --> 00:30:18.065 So after the online app, the essay, the also the resume. 00:30:18.065 --> 00:30:20.245 The resume, update that, send it in. 00:30:20.385 --> 00:30:27.345 And then I mentioned earlier about the recommendations that after the online app is submitted, then you reach out to your people and you say, hey. 00:30:27.345 --> 00:30:28.465 You know, I'm so and so. 00:30:28.465 --> 00:30:31.750 I'm applying for this ID at Divine Mercy. 00:30:31.750 --> 00:30:33.370 Would you mind recommending me? 00:30:33.430 --> 00:30:43.245 And there you include a little link, hyperlink for them to hit, and that will unveil the, recommendation form, and there they can submit it, from there. 00:30:43.485 --> 00:30:43.805 Okay. 00:30:43.805 --> 00:30:48.625 Official transcripts, of course, will need to be sent from any post secondary institution. 00:30:48.765 --> 00:30:49.085 Right? 00:30:49.085 --> 00:30:53.405 So if you went to graduate school, both you need undergraduate and graduate. 00:30:53.405 --> 00:30:55.265 If just undergraduate, then send that. 00:30:55.770 --> 00:30:56.990 Lastly, the GRE. 00:30:57.050 --> 00:30:57.370 Okay. 00:30:57.370 --> 00:30:59.710 So the GRE is indeed required. 00:31:00.570 --> 00:31:06.430 However, this is probably not the most important part of the of the overall evaluation. 00:31:06.730 --> 00:31:07.230 Right? 00:31:08.185 --> 00:31:12.585 So please don't let the GRE get in the way of you obtaining your dreams in life. 00:31:12.585 --> 00:31:12.985 Okay? 00:31:12.985 --> 00:31:31.950 So if you have test anxiety, if you're not a huge fan of, you know, standardized tests, please, don't despair, because while it is true that the faculty committee will look at the score, seldom if if is it ever sort of, like, a make or break it situation? 00:31:32.090 --> 00:31:37.615 Like, I don't know if you've ever excluded some information just because they had a low GRE. 00:31:37.615 --> 00:31:37.855 Right? 00:31:37.855 --> 00:31:40.735 So if you're worried about the GRE, let me know. 00:31:40.735 --> 00:31:42.035 We can chat about it. 00:31:42.655 --> 00:31:48.515 But move for the most part, it's something that seems to get done rather than getting it done perfectly. 00:31:48.735 --> 00:31:49.235 Okay? 00:31:49.295 --> 00:31:54.450 So that's basically how we look at it, from so, again, if you have questions, let me know. 00:31:54.450 --> 00:31:55.750 Happy to talk about it. 00:31:57.010 --> 00:31:57.330 Okay. 00:31:57.330 --> 00:32:00.390 The last thing I wanna say is the interview. 00:32:00.450 --> 00:32:00.770 Okay. 00:32:00.770 --> 00:32:04.615 So once the application is done, and by that, I mean, everything is done. 00:32:04.615 --> 00:32:05.735 All the things that I mentioned. 00:32:05.735 --> 00:32:06.235 Right? 00:32:06.455 --> 00:32:10.135 The online app, the, all the other stuff. 00:32:10.135 --> 00:32:10.375 Right? 00:32:10.375 --> 00:32:14.935 So, like, the the essay, the GRE, the resume, transcripts, recommendations, all that. 00:32:14.935 --> 00:32:15.655 All that's in. 00:32:15.655 --> 00:32:16.155 Okay? 00:32:16.375 --> 00:32:23.390 Then I will submit your application to the dean for review, and then, hopefully, she'll approve you for an interview. 00:32:23.690 --> 00:32:27.210 Now we only have two interviews left in this admission cycle. 00:32:27.210 --> 00:32:28.910 We've already had the one in November. 00:32:29.915 --> 00:32:34.495 The most imminent and up upcoming one is in January, January 24. 00:32:34.875 --> 00:32:37.215 This is a very popular interview. 00:32:37.275 --> 00:32:37.675 Okay? 00:32:37.675 --> 00:32:40.975 And so popular, in fact, it's already filled starting to fill up. 00:32:41.195 --> 00:32:49.850 So and that may sound like a far, you know, far away from now, January or in late November, but it's actually, you know, not that far away. 00:32:49.850 --> 00:32:53.610 And and and like I say, you know, we're getting plenty of applicants already. 00:32:53.610 --> 00:32:57.625 So, if this is making sense, then you don't wanna delay. 00:32:57.625 --> 00:33:02.045 You wanna get it in so you can secure your spot in the interview, itself. 00:33:02.185 --> 00:33:02.685 Right? 00:33:03.785 --> 00:33:08.365 Because January is the last chance that people can be considered for a merit scholarship. 00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:12.670 If you get in into the March interview, that's great. 00:33:12.670 --> 00:33:16.290 But at that point, you're too late to receive merit scholarship consideration. 00:33:17.150 --> 00:33:19.970 So, again, January, super popular. 00:33:20.590 --> 00:33:24.450 It's filling up, and it's the last chance for merit scholarship consideration. 00:33:24.775 --> 00:33:25.275 Okay. 00:33:25.975 --> 00:33:27.655 So that's all I have for everybody. 00:33:27.655 --> 00:33:34.315 I would do wanna take a look at the chat box to see what questions people have, so bear with me for just a quick second. 00:33:35.655 --> 00:33:36.155 Alright. 00:33:36.455 --> 00:33:41.600 Sylvester, do you have to defend a dissertation within the PsyD program? 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.480 Yes. 00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.360 You do. 00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:50.000 This is normally done toward the ends of, you know, your time, with us. 00:33:51.755 --> 00:33:55.855 So, usually, people defend dissertations in years four or five. 00:33:56.475 --> 00:34:02.815 Sometimes, you know, you you might go to an internship, say, wherever that might be, and then you travel back here to defend. 00:34:02.955 --> 00:34:04.170 That happens all the time. 00:34:04.250 --> 00:34:05.070 Super common. 00:34:05.130 --> 00:34:05.630 Right? 00:34:05.930 --> 00:34:16.305 But, yeah, the the the dissertation, you're expanding the knowledge of of whatever, area within psychology you want to, expand, and that sort of comes with the territory of doing a doctorate. 00:34:16.305 --> 00:34:17.745 And it's it's a wonderful thing. 00:34:17.745 --> 00:34:21.045 It's it's it's a challenging thing, but it's it's immensely rewarding. 00:34:23.665 --> 00:34:24.245 Alright, Catherine. 00:34:27.185 --> 00:34:28.465 Oh, you're welcome, Catherine. 00:34:28.465 --> 00:34:28.705 Yeah. 00:34:28.705 --> 00:34:30.085 God bless you as well. 00:34:32.110 --> 00:34:32.610 Christopher? 00:34:32.830 --> 00:34:33.150 Yep. 00:34:33.150 --> 00:34:34.130 You're welcome, Christopher. 00:34:34.270 --> 00:34:35.330 Happy to help. 00:34:36.110 --> 00:34:36.750 Let's see. 00:34:36.750 --> 00:34:38.850 What else am I missing here? 00:34:38.990 --> 00:34:41.090 I think there are some other people who have questions. 00:34:42.510 --> 00:34:43.410 Q and a. 00:34:43.870 --> 00:34:44.370 Louis. 00:34:44.805 --> 00:34:45.285 Okay. 00:34:45.285 --> 00:34:47.845 Louis says, do you admit international students? 00:34:47.845 --> 00:34:51.385 If yes, can one enter PsyD without having masters? 00:34:52.085 --> 00:34:53.625 Yes to both of those things. 00:34:53.925 --> 00:34:54.165 Yes. 00:34:54.165 --> 00:34:56.085 We certainly accept international students. 00:34:56.085 --> 00:34:58.425 We've received people from all over the world. 00:34:59.540 --> 00:35:04.760 There are a few, peculiarities that that attend an international applicant application. 00:35:05.060 --> 00:35:14.520 For example, let's say, you know, your degree program that you did, you know, didn't have an American GPA. 00:35:15.945 --> 00:35:22.985 We will need an evaluation of that, of that transcript, right, to be distilled into an American GPA. 00:35:22.985 --> 00:35:29.260 So, get in touch with me, Louis, you know, because we do process international applicants. 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:32.540 There's just a couple again, there's a couple other things that we can talk about. 00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:34.540 But, yes, the answer is absolutely. 00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:37.020 And then yes to the second question. 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.340 Absolutely, you can apply without a master's. 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:46.155 It is a fallacy to think that you need a master's to apply to the doctoral program like our own. 00:35:46.295 --> 00:35:48.935 Are there doctoral programs out there that require a master's? 00:35:48.935 --> 00:35:49.435 Absolutely. 00:35:49.895 --> 00:35:51.335 We are not one of them. 00:35:51.335 --> 00:35:51.815 Okay? 00:35:51.815 --> 00:36:03.830 So if you just have a, you know, a bachelor's and you know that you wanna get a PsyD, there's no specific reason unless, like, you know, your GPA is just, like, really bad. 00:36:04.850 --> 00:36:17.865 Apart from that, you know, if you did fine in school, then you should just apply to society because otherwise, you're wasting time and money spent in a master's program if you just get into the doctorate, right, and move forward with your life. 00:36:17.865 --> 00:36:18.105 Right? 00:36:18.105 --> 00:36:23.805 So it's it makes a lot more sense financially and with your just with time to just get the doctorate done. 00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.220 Okay. 00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.700 Thank you. 00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:27.140 That's a great question there, Louis. 00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:28.500 I'm in the light there. 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.000 Okay. 00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:31.380 Sylvester, do you have to defend a district? 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.860 Oh, I'm sorry. 00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.900 I already answered that. 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.400 Gregson. 00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.820 Oh, yep. 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.380 You're welcome. 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.880 Absolutely. 00:36:39.125 --> 00:36:42.345 Happy that this was, helpful and informative to you. 00:36:43.445 --> 00:36:44.825 That's all I have, everybody. 00:36:44.885 --> 00:36:49.225 Let me I wanna make the last the last chance to make sure I didn't miss anyone. 00:36:50.165 --> 00:36:50.485 Yep. 00:36:50.485 --> 00:36:51.045 That's it. 00:36:51.045 --> 00:36:51.445 Okay. 00:36:51.445 --> 00:36:51.925 Good. 00:36:51.925 --> 00:36:52.965 So oh, wait. 00:36:52.965 --> 00:36:54.185 One just came in. 00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.420 Lirio, hello. 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:03.580 Is this a cohort program, or how often are the cohort classes offered? 00:37:03.580 --> 00:37:04.320 Good question. 00:37:04.540 --> 00:37:06.000 This is a cohort program. 00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:10.240 So the way it works is every year, you're in a new cohort. 00:37:10.275 --> 00:37:13.475 So it's an annual start in the fall. 00:37:13.475 --> 00:37:14.915 There's no spring start. 00:37:14.915 --> 00:37:16.375 There's no summer start. 00:37:16.675 --> 00:37:19.315 Everybody starts every year in the fall. 00:37:19.315 --> 00:37:26.030 So every year is a cohort that ranges between twelve and seventeen ish students. 00:37:26.030 --> 00:37:26.350 Right? 00:37:26.350 --> 00:37:34.050 So it's an intentionally small, group of people, because you get lots of personal attention, with our faculty. 00:37:34.430 --> 00:37:41.565 And we don't wanna get too much bigger than that because it was sort of, you know, a compromise sort of the way that we've set this up academically. 00:37:41.785 --> 00:37:42.105 Right? 00:37:42.105 --> 00:37:43.305 So that's how it is. 00:37:43.305 --> 00:37:46.685 It's a cohort system and an annual on an annual basis. 00:37:47.865 --> 00:37:48.365 Okay. 00:37:48.425 --> 00:37:51.165 I think that's I think that's everybody. 00:37:51.225 --> 00:37:52.205 Did I miss anybody? 00:37:53.020 --> 00:37:53.840 Double check. 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.300 No. 00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.180 I don't think so. 00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.680 Okay. 00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.480 Wonderful. 00:37:56.540 --> 00:37:59.200 Well, I hope this was helpful to everybody. 00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:02.620 Again, if you have any questions whatsoever, get in touch with me. 00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:07.435 I'd be happy to talk to you, and explore more about this ID program. 00:38:07.975 --> 00:38:08.475 Goodbye. 00:38:08.615 --> 00:38:09.355 God bless.