Neuroscience major trying to decide between sociology or psychology as a second major

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<p>I'm a first year at UCLA and currently in the Neuroscience major. While I love the major, I'd love to add either Sociology or Psychology as a second major. As for future plans, I'm currently premed but have recently been thinking about grad school for clinical psychology (as you can tell, I'm a little confused). I'd like to have maximum chances for being a competitive applicant for both medical school and grad school (I like to have options). So, do you recommend I add Psychology or add Sociology as a second major?</p>

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<p>As far as med school goes, a second major is not relevant at all. They would rather see you spend extra time on your EC’s such as research, shadowing, volunteering etc. You won’t get any extra bump for a second major in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>I’m not adding a second major to get an extra bump in the admissions process; I have a genuine interest in the Sociology and Psychology disciplines. </p>

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<p>Sorry, didn’t mean to imply that, just stating that other things are more important when it comes to medschool apps. Many people think that adding and extra major or minor will give them some kind of boost. If you are considering medschool, look up the new requirements for the MCAT, I believe it includes sociology but not sure on that. It has been a few years since D took it but I know there are some changes on it.</p>

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<p>Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful, but you could add either of these as minors. By the way, I applied to UCLA as a Neuroscience major. What do you love about it? </p>

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<p>Neuroscience and psychology double major seems doable, as some of the psychology classes might double up and fulfill requirements for neuroscience as well. Both sociology and psychology will be covered on the new MCAT, and neurosci + sociology seems feasible too if you decide you’re more interested in sociology, even though IMO neuroscience by itself is challenging enough as is. If you would like to hear about my experience with the psychology classes I’ve taken or if you have specific questions PM me and I’d be happy to answer. </p>

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Some, but not more than 5 are allowed to overlap. See <a href=“http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/counseling/double-major.html”>http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/counseling/double-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The OP should work with a counselor at the career center to see what is required to enter a clinical psychology program. One good place to start is reading thru <a href=“Redirect Notice”>http://■■■■■■■.com/lb5ajxa&lt;/a&gt;

I hope that is possible, but the sad truth is that in many things in life you have to choose between being average at a few things or excelling at one. My intuition (and let me emphasize its just that, I’m not a career counselor) is that the committment to be an outstanding med school applicant will take so much time (volunteer work in a medical setting is an unofficial requirement to get accepted, research experience is a definite plus, etc) that it won’t leave much time to become a strong candidate for selective psychology programs.</p>

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<p>If you thinking of potentially going to grad school in psychology, it would probably be helpful to double major in psychology.</p>

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<p>Change to psychobio? it’s basically neurosci + psych and would let u apply to either grad program…</p>