Some PsyD programs require considerable knowledge of research design and statistics even if the student is not required to conduct a dissertation. If you can program a computer or design web pages, you will have a major edge in applying to graduate school. Obviously the mediation of research and scholarship by computers suggests that the better your computer skills, the more attractive you will be to the programs. Evaluate your social and clinical skills. In order to work as a psychologist, you must be psychologically and socially mature.
Psychologists obviously interact with a broad spectrum of clients.
These clients include those with some of the most severe psychological disorders. You will be trained in clinical skills in graduate school. However, you should have some practical clinical experiences that include training in some clinical skills. Psychologists interview clients as part of personality, diagnostic and intellectual assessment. Interviews are also a component of most psychotherapy.