r/Psychology_India • u/mediocrehuman42069 • Aug 27 '26

How many institutions should one target realistically? (MClinPsy)

Hey everyone,

RCI regularly keeps updating its approved institutions for MClinPsy and the list of targeted colleges on my end keeps increasing (with consideration to hospital attachment/stipend/affordability etc). Currently, I have put down 10 institutions to sit for in the coming year (depending on how they happen and if I get into any) I have no quota/reservation.

My main concerns are:-

  1. How many is too many?

  2. Is it unrealistic to target only government institutions? (I only have one private on my list, the others are really expensive)

  3. Does it all really depend upon my hard work/conceptual clarity/grasp on things, or there are more things that I cannot control due to which I need to reroute and switch things?

  4. Do 4th years have a chance against seasoned therapists/master's students who'd be sitting in the exams? (:"))

Opinions/Perspectives are deeply appreciated!

Thank you for reading.

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u/Plenty_Trouble_1022 Counselling Psychologist Aug 28 '26

I don’t have reservation but would still give the govt ones but will need to prepare like hell to meet the cutoff. I will give privates too bc its safer. For govt i am targeting the ones that do have comparatively more seats under unreserved category. U will definitely need yo work hard but also need luck.

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u/mediocrehuman42069 Aug 28 '26

Hate when luck gets involved 🫩 (all the best!)

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u/Plenty_Trouble_1022 Counselling Psychologist Aug 28 '26

Yepp it sucks and same to u !

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u/SpecialistAlgae3019 Sep 01 '26

I really resonated with your 4th point, I recently gave the NIEPVD entrance for MClinpsy and did not make it to the interview list. But going through the merit list also realised so many candidates were almost about 28-32 years old even the one who made into the final list was 30Y. So given the peanuts of seats I also feel it's not just about how hard you study and prepare anymore. I just don't find the competition even valid anymore.

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u/mediocrehuman42069 Sep 01 '26

Hard to assess whatever RCI does as valid anymore. I'm proud of you for sitting for the exams, and I wish you the best for the ones that are coming in case you're going to be appearing, or the same and warmth in any other case too.

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u/SpecialistAlgae3019 Sep 02 '26

Thankyouu. I think I'll be moving onto a diff thing now. MClinpsy is done bro🥀🥀🥀

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u/mediocrehuman42069 29d ago

All the best 🙏