<p>Is anyone here majoring in psychology? What advice can you give to a HS student who wants to study that field?</p>
<p>I'm not in college, but I also want to study Psychology. Next year I'm taking Psychology, then senior year AP Psych.
Do you happen to know any colleges with good programs?</p>
<p>psychology is such a popular major that just about every school has at least a decent program. if you tell me a little about what you're looking for (i.e. size of school, location, etc) i can give you some schools with strong departments</p>
<p>I'm not sure if you're talking to me, but if you could help me out, that'd be great.
I want a big school, preferably in the midwest or east coast. Somewhere outof state, too (I live in Michigan.)
Some of my choices for college are Purdue, Indiana University-Bloomington, Loyola University of Chicago, and Penn State (probably won't get into PSU though.)</p>
<p>I also plan to major in psychology (+ linguistics). I agree, psych majors are a dime a dozen.</p>
<p>there are not many jobs for psych majors (unless u go to grad school). my sis is a psych major and she wishes she majored in something else.</p>
<p>like sociology? philosophy? english? history? music? linguistics? even, yes, biology, chemistry, etc.</p>
<p>basically, unless you major in things like engineering, nursing, accoucting, and education, you gonna have to go to grad school</p>
<p>I'm a Psychology major and I plan on pursuing a Masters later so I can teach at the university level. There are some Psychology majors that pursue pre-med simultaneously. Clinical Psychology is a medical field, but like the M.D. degree this also takes another 4 to 5 years of education after a B.A. or B.S. (and I believe you have to take the MCAT exam or another graduate exam) to proceed.</p>
<p>Clinical psychology is a doctoral degree, and in general it is much more difficult to get into these programs than it is to get into medical school. the average program accepts around 5-8 students out of at least 300 applicants.</p>
<p>S*** Cakes! I meant to say Clinical Psychiatrist not "Psychologist" work in the medical field and are also considered an M.D. upon completion. And I never said that it was any easier than say dental and or medical school. Heck, to even proceed to graduate school, you need competitve grades and good test scores because the seats are overwhelmingly limited.</p>
<p>My daughter, a junior, is also planning to go for an undergrad degree is psychology despite a lot of discouragement from people we know. She is not sure if she would want to try for med school after that to be a psychiatrist or do a masters & then maybe a Phd. I realise the doctoral programs are very hard to get into, right now her grades are just above average (B to A- range but hopefully she will get more focused in college) We are trying to find a medium sized school with a good program in psychology, preferably in the northeast, which would allow her to take the science courses require for med school in case she decides to go that route. An added advantage would be a school that also offers a combined Bachelors/Masters 5 year program. huskem55, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Due to constantly hearing about the lack of prospects for a psychology graduate, she is also considering Pharmacy but her heart is not really in it. Is there any way of combining the 2 programs in any way? I don't think so but maybe someone knows something different.</p>
<p>Wow, I had no idea Psychology was such a growing field. Unfortunetly, at my high school the class is only a 1 semester class for seniors only, no AP level. I was considering it as a minor because I could be potentially good at it, but not entirely sure. Guess I'll just wait for the class to find out!</p>