<p>I want to major either general psych or Social Psych.</p>
<p>I either want to major in psychology(social/personality psych) or become a airline pilot.</p>
<p>I'm going to take some Psychology in college but my major will be related to medicine, maybe even psychology because I can still get into med school with that.</p>
<p>I think if i decide to make psychology my major i would use it to go into business for market research and such.</p>
<p>Who has the best psychology program? I'm considering becoming a youth counselor and wanted to know which school had the best program to offer.</p>
<p>Don't know. I want to learn psychology so when I become a doctor I can talk to my patients and understand them better, and comfort them.</p>
<p>I am majoring in Clinical Psychology so i can work with autistic children</p>
<p>Think about LACs because there are often fairly small departments where the profs can get you involved in some research as an undergrad. (This was true for me at Occidental.) Many of the small colleges have good results at getting their students into top grad school programs....For grad school, you will have less student debt (that is more financial aid resources available) if you choose a university based program (PhD or PsyD) over the professional schools (free-standing PsyD programs) and probably better support for post-grad placement because the cohort of students is smaller and universities have bigger career placement services/resources. Don't overlook Counseling Psych or School Psych programs either, since all three (Clinical, Counseling, and School) are viable routes to careers and Clinical psych is more overcrowded at present.</p>
<p>(I'm a parent, a psychologist, and work in public mental health)</p>
<p>what is the difference between PhD and PsyD?</p>
<p>Ph. D is the traditional doctorate of philosophy in psychology and the PsyD was constructed to be a doctorate in psychology from a professional school (say like the JD or MD) which is less associated with the traditional academic/university model. The focus is intended to be more on applied practice in the training and less emphasis on scholarship/research. There is still an ongoing debate about the difference and the extent to which the degrees are comparable (or shouldn't be). I would worry less about that and more about the reputation of the school and their record in providing fellowships/assistantships to students and their success in placing students successfully on your desired career path.</p>
<p>thank you mmaah</p>