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WC Psych Students Score Well
This spring, WC seniors scored at the 91st percentile on the  Educational Testing Service's national outcomes exam in psychology. The text was administered to 13,204 graduating senior psychology majors at 220 universities and colleges nationwide.
During the past five years, Washington College has steadily gained ground against the national comparison group, from the 43rd percentile in 1995 to the 91st percentile in 2000.
"We believe," says George Spilich, professor and chair of the psychology department, "that the strong showing of our seniors against literally tens of thousands of similar students all across the U.S. is directly related to the reorientation of our curriculum in 1995 toward hands-on learning and our emphasis on collaborative laboratory experience which brings students and faculty together in the lab or clinic, whenever and wherever possible."
The training is paying off, particularly for students applying to graduate school. Several seniors received scholarship offers in excess of $1 million. The Georgia School of Professional Psychology, for instance, has promised admission to any Washington College student with a 3.0 grade point average and a letter of recommendation from a member of the department.
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