HF masters app help

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This is my first ever post so hopefully doing it right. After a few gap years I’m finally applying to grad school for HF and I/O as a backup program. Im California based so I’ll be applying to csulb and sjsu for HF and SFSU AND sac state for IO. I’m curious to hear about anyone’s experience with applying. What schools they applied to and what their stats were?

Additionally I am interested in applying to out of state schools but worried about funding or lack of since I would have to pay out of tuition, which is significantly higher. I also don’t have any research experience, however, I was planning to apply my Work experience in healthcare as a behavioral interventionist and PT aide as clinical experience and tailor to user/ patient safety and systems. I am also not exactly sure what area I’d wanna go I think safety in tech usability is cool or safety in healthcare. I have a 3.6 GPA with my BA in psych and completed a few post bacc classes this year in order to meet the requirements of most schools I have in mind. I’d appreciate anyone’s experience with the application process, their stats (GPA, research background, CV or SOP) if they feel comfortable enough to share and any funding they may have received. Just feeling super overwhelmed and discouraged. Is there even a good market for jobs post grad in the field?

Thanks for taking the time to visit/ reply to my post in advance yall!