<p>I want to be a psychologist...so does anyone know which University in California is best for this major??????? Please Help!!</p>
<p>i have a thing that lists the most selective programs for each subject. well i dont, my GC does. and i have a copy of the psych one.</p>
<p>listed are...</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
US San Deigo</p>
<p>Also listed are schools like Harvard, Yale, Penn, NYU, Amherst, Columbia.....</p>
<p>S is also interested in Psych as a major...suggestions appreciated...</p>
<p>Ill type out the whole list for you guys. all of these schools were listed as most selective, I haven't heard of some.</p>
<p>allegheny, amherst, barnard, bates, SUNY binghamton, boston u, brandeis, bryn mawr, bucknell, uc berkeley, ucla, ucsd, carnegie mellon, case western reserve u, centre, chicago, claremont mckenna, colby, colorado college, columbia, connecticut college, depauw, dickinson, drew, duke, emory, franklin and marshall, furman, georgetown, george washington, georgia tech, gettysburg, grinnell, gustavus adolphus, harvard, haverford, illinios u (urbana champaign), illinois wesleyan, james madison, kenyon, lafayette, macalester, miami ohio, michigan, mount holyoke, new college in florida, college of new jersey, NYU, UNC, northwestern, notre dame, UPenn, pitzer, pomona, reed, u of richmond virginia, rhodes, rochester, rutgers, scripps, simmons, skidmore, smith, southwestern, stanford, st marys college of maryland, st olaf, swarthmore, tufts, tulane, union in NY, vanderbilt, vassar, UVA, wabash, wake forest, wesleyan, wheaton, whitman, willamette, williams, yale and yeshiva.</p>
<p>pretty big list. good luck guys.</p>
<p>Im a psychologist and for clinical psych the best program at the doctoral level is probably UCLA. However, in all my years of practice I have never been asked where I obtained my doctorate. A better way to select a school, even at the undergraduate level, would be to try to sit in on some of the psych classes and ascertain the quality of the teachers. In addition, are the psych classes small, or do they rival a large city in population. Finally, make certain that the professors are actually doing the teaching, not the grad assistants. All of this means that you may want to investigate small liberal arts schools</p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara has a strong Counseling Psychology program and this can also be an excellent route into clinical practice. </p>
<p>But I adamantly agree with Alan's response. Small liberal arts preparation can be even better preparation for the graduate level training.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your posts...i really appreciate it!</p>
<p>does anyone know which schools are best for Biopsychology?</p>
<p>Tufts has a good biopsychology program</p>
<p>I am also a psychologist-- a clinical psychologist with specialty in neuropsychology. I selected Vassar for its Biopsychology program (<em>many</em> years ago). Back then there weren't a lot of biopsych programs. I agree with Alan-- choose the school that provides the kind of education you want. The training opportunities were wonderful at Vassar. I had the opportunity to design and complete a senior research thesis, and all the materials necessary for this project were provided by the college. The close working relationship with the faculty is an opportunity that shouldn't be missed. I have been asked about my undergraduate and graduate training, but usually because (1) I am a northerner now in the south, and (2) neuropsychology is (or was, when I trained) a small community and people in the field can tell your general practice orientation by your training site. Of course, the fact that the diplomas hang on the wall also may lead to a conversation or 2.....</p>
<p>UC Davis has a good program in Psyc with a Biological Concentration.</p>