<p>Hi, I'm a high school senior right now. I'm going to major in psychology and get a bachelors degree, and I'm most likely going to do it at a UC school. However, I want to get admitted to the SDSU graduate program for Industrial Organizational psychology, do you think it's a good idea going from UC to a CSU?</p>
<p>My thought process goes like this. I want to get my undergrad degree at a UC school because there will be more research opportunities (or at least better than CSU), which will help me better prepare for graduate school as well as get into the program. I want to go to SDSU for the graduate program because of several reasons. 1) It's close to home. 2) It has my graduate program of interest, and 3) I want to stay in south california or close to san diego county when I grow older to stay close to family. I know I will get internship opportunities during my graduate program, and I think that would help me get the contacts or experience needed to get good jobs within or near san diego county.</p>
<p>Do you guys think is a good course of action for my goal? I'm a bit unsure, because I feel like if I go to a UC school, I should try to get into a more "prestigious" graduate program, whatever that means. However, I'm strongly considering SDSU because of the above reasons, and I don't think "prestige" really matters. Also, do you think I should do CSU for undergrad or UC for undergrad?</p>
<p>Sorry, I accidentally double posted because the web page wasn’t loading and I click post twice.</p>
<p>I think it is a great idea. sdsu is an excellent school and no one in th valley is look down upon sdsu, no one!</p>
<p>“4 years undergrad at UC > then 2 years at SDSU for graduate school psych, good idea?”
1] Are you talking about getting a MS or a Phd?
2] DS had a similar situation [ his plan was to get his PHD] He went to USC for UG, and was interested in applying to SDSU cause it had a great program, and great people in the field he wanted to study . He was advised by top professors and professionals to go for a the most prestigious program he could get into, so SDSU was taken off his list[ he’s now at CalTech].
You have many years of college ahead of you- do as much research as possible in the next 4 years. see if SDSU still has the quality program 4 years from now. A lot can happen in the meantime, so keep your options open to other possibilities.</p>
<p>I plan on completing the MS for i/o psychology and try to get a job after that, I don’t want to go for a Phd. That’s true, I still have many years to think about it. I just like to think ahead and have clear goals, but I will definitely look for other graduate schools to apply to. The thing is, not many schools offer I/o psychology as a graduate program in california, at least not many that I heard of, so I wanted to know if this would be a good option.</p>
<p>There are very, very few people who still want the same thing after 4 years of college that they wanted in high school. Just go to the best college you can get into and worry about the rest later.</p>