<p>hi, high school junior speaking.</p>
<p>i really want to go to UCLA or UCSD.
i'm thinking about double majoring in neuroscience and phsychology.
any opinions, comments, concerns, tips?
i was wondering about workload and opinions of either campuses or another school that is superior in either subject.
anything would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Concern: Your inability to spell PSYCHOLOGY properly. Perhaps major in English instead?</p>
<p>Double majors are largely worthless. Most employers and grad schools don’t care.</p>
<p>oh dang.
I knew I would do something stupid like that.</p>
<p>/IAmPOS </p>
<p>he’s still in high school… cut him some slack</p>
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<p>Grad schools will care if the double major somehow demonstrates a synergy that will carry over to research. I.e. they can look at classes in both majors as positives. A double major is only attractive on your resume if you actually enter the two fields in a synergistic way.</p>
<p>But let it be known that it’s not the stamp that says “double major” but rather the assortment of classes that really matters.</p>
<p>One tip is research each field well, if you can’t spell the name then I don’t think you’ve researched it enough to understand it and what a job in that career entails. So research everything and read about your different options.</p>
<p>I’m also interested in Psychology, more specifically Neuropsychology, yet on the other side I really like Computer Science, so I’m not sure whether a double major is the r right choice for me, but I’m taking a college IT course in 12th grade so I’ll be able to see more of what it’s like. I’m leaning towards the Neuropsychology side but people tell me I shouldn’t get rid of the Neurology option.</p>
<p>Think about what you were meant to do and what you want to do, it helps when deciding possible routes and majors. </p>
<p>While a double major is nice I heard you can only get a degree in one so you have to pick one for your degree. :(</p>
<p>Double major if you want to. You (should) only get to do undergrad once… might as well not risk having regrets later on (and not the financial kind of regrets, but the kind where you wish you had pursued your interests, wondering what might have been, etc.)</p>
<p>Thanks, yg7s7.</p>
<p>But just because I’m in high school doesn’t give me the right to spell psychology wrong.
I’m not one of those people who TiiPe LiKe ThIISSSS.</p>
<p>I just made a mistake, and we all do, but that doesn’t make my question invalid. </p>
<p>To those who answered my question, thank you so much!</p>
<p>It really depends on what your plans are—med school? grad school? And for grad, what field? It’s probably too early for you to decide that, however, since you’re not even in college yet. You’re likely to take some neuro relevant courses if you major in psychology and some psych courses if you major in neuroscience. If you go to grad school, then don’t major in both—there will be too much overlap. Major in neuroscience if you’re more biologically oriented; major in psychology if you’re more oriented to those fields. If you want to double major, find something else related to one of those majors. If you think you want to go to grad school in pharmacology, try chemistry or biochemistry. If you think you want to go to grad school in psychology, try linguistics or philosophy.
Math, computer science, even art or music could be relevant majors for either neuroscience or psychology depending on which topics interest you. My advice is to not get too narrowly focused too early. New knowledge comes at the intersection between fields, even seemingly unrelated fields. Of course, just for your development as an educated person and human being, I would advise against getting too narrowly focused too early.</p>