<p>Hey everyone, so as the title says I'm a music major (Music Technology to be specific), and I'm thinking about changing to a psychology major. Couple of facts before I explain why, I'm second year at community college and have enough credits to transfer. </p>
<p>Now, I want to make this change because I realize although music is my passion, I've struggled now for many years with finances and the difficulty of finding somewhere to work. Music Tech, like I said although my passion, has this written all over it and I thought my love for it would outweigh those cons but I'm far too terrified for the possible problems. </p>
<p>As far as psychology it's so interesting. I always like psychology and it was one of the easier and more understandable things in school. Not to mention it's fun to know how someone is before they tell you lol.</p>
<p>My plan is to take one more year of CC since I already have my gen ed stuff filled out and take the core classes to fill that gap. My plan is to become a psychiatrist because it seems like an interesting career and although chemistry doesn't get me excited, understanding biology actually is very interesting. So my question is, with the plan to change to a psychiatrist, would the psych degree do, given I take a couple of science classes or should I just be a bio major? I understand med school would be required, but let's leave that to the side for now and focus on the road to getting there. And this is something I've been thinking about for awhile and although making music is fun and exhilarating, the struggle to make it isn't. And more importantly, does this seem like a bad idea? I know I've been in CC for awhile but I feel another year is worth it, for the countless years you will spend in whatever profession you choose.</p>
<p>So I’ve struggled with the same thing. I’ve used “passionate” to describe my attitude towards music on countless occasions, and I wanted to go to the North Carolina School of the Arts for years before that dream was crushed when my mother felt I was not “ready.”</p>
<p>Question One: if you pursue psychology, will you be able to work with music still?</p>
<p>Two: to play a bit of devil’s advocate, consider this: to make serious money in the field of psychology, you may end up needing to pay off massive student loans. Especially if you want to pursue an MD.</p>
<p>So, would you rather spend years paying off a debt but “have money”? Or would you rather spend less money (depending on where you go) but have “no money” or have a hard time making money?</p>
<p>Hm, these questions are good for me to reflect on too.</p>
<p>You can always combine the two and pursue music therapy, as a side thought.</p>
<p>You will want to do what you need to fulfill the requirements to get into medical school, and at many institutions a BA in psychology won’t do it without very careful planning - if they have a BS in psychology with a strong science core, it may be helpful. Or major in biology and minor in psychology. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that medical school is very expensive, and that coupled with your undergraduate costs may leave you with a large amount of debt after graduating. Psychiatry is a more lucrative aspect of psychology, but nothing is guaranteed. When considering the amount of money you want to make after graduating, I would not recommend majoring in just psychology (I have a BA in psychology, but work as a human resources manager). Because if you end up not getting into medical school, or your plans and interests change, you will be left with a degree that will not help you anymore than music technology.</p>
<p>well first off thank you everyone for the replies. Firstly, I considered music therapy but I don’t really think it’s something for me. It’s a cool concept and interesting major choice but I don’t see much of a future from it, similar to music technology. As for the student loans problem, I’m in community college right now and I wouldn’t say I’m rich but well off to pay that as well as my bachelor’s. Medical school is another story lol but I’m thinking of just doing as much as I can i.e summer courses, winter courses etc. to try and get most of my requirements done without spending too much time in CC. It’s a drag so I’m thinking I’ll just major in Bio and move on from there, while using summer semesters to take a “psychology” approach to biology.</p>
so I’m thinking I’ll just major in Bio and move on from there, while using summer semesters to take a “psychology” approach to biology.</p>