<p>can anyone tell me about the psychology major at UT? I didn't apply for honors sadly but i would like to apply for honors after a year or something if UT does that sort of thing. Also i'm looking to go into med school so how would being a psych major affect my chances at getting into a good med school and my preparedness for med school?</p>
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<p>i’d like to hear something about this topic too… im majoring in psych (bs) for now (:</p>
<p>The program ranks well…in fact, I would venture to say that all programs are considerably strong nationally :]</p>
<p>Example:
[Ranking</a> of U.S. Undergraduate Psychology Programs](<a href=“http://www.socialpsychology.org/gunder.htm]Ranking”>Ranking of U.S. Undergraduate Psychology Programs)</p>
<p>We’re just one below Cornell in social psychology, and having taken the social psychology undergraduate course under Professor Gilovich at Cornell this past summer, I would say that this is quite an achievement as he has written much of the influential literature in the field.</p>
<p>You can’t go wrong with UT! 
Hook 'Em :D</p>
<p>Psychology is actually under Liberal Arts instead of Natural Sciences (don’t know why). I’m not familiar with the program but I do know many people who choose to major in psych and actually enjoy the subject.</p>
<p>Hey! I’m a freshman Psychology B.S./Pre-med major right now and am in my second semester at UT. So far it relaly hasn’t been that bad. I was relaly scared coming into such a huge, competitive school like UT and being a pre-med major, but I really haven’t experienced that many negative things about it. I am still in the big intro classes that are pre-med requirements such as Intro to Bio I and II as well as Principles of Chem I and II. They are large classes, but they are definitely manageable. the main thing is that if you want to be a pre-med major here at UT, or anywhere that is, you really have to work hard and manage your time. IF you slack off, it’ll be ahrd to catch up.</p>
<p>As for psychology, the B.A. is definitely much easier than being a B.S. because as a B.S./pre-med, you will have to take the Psychology and LIberal ARts courses on top of all of your pre-med requirements, which is a TON of science. FOr me, this has kind of geared me away from psychology, because I tested out of Intro to Psych through AP scores, this semester I am not taking any psychology courses and mainly focusing on getting my intro pre-med prereqs out of the way as well as the elective courses. Being in Liberal Arts, you have to take a lot of electives, a foreign language, etc. whereas in Natural Science, you don’t have to take as many of these classes, and you mainly focus on science classes. This can be a good thing if you are relaly into being a pre-med major, but fo rme, I have love that I have the balance of being able tot ake courses for Psychology that kind of even out all the difficult science classes that I have to take for pre-med. I’m not a huge science person, so it’s been good not having to be TOTALLY bogged down on science.</p>
<p>Also, you might want to think about if you’re really serious about becoming a pre-med. Almost all pre-med majors here at UT are majoring in biology or biochemistry… but if you have to think about what if medical school doesn’t work out for you or if you change your mind, what backup do you have? For me, that is why I chose psychology. It is something that really interests me and if med school doesn’t work out in the end, I will already be pretty much ready to also apply for Psychology graduate school and go on to become a clinical psychologist or something of that sort. So you really have to just think about what you want to do!</p>
<p>My biggest recomendation is TAKE AP TESTS! Those will help you so much in being able to get credit in intro courses and move on to your other requirements, which is so helpful, because there are a TON of course requirements in applying for med school.</p>
<p>Best of luck! Hope this helps!</p>