<p>Hey, I have a couple questions. First of all, how is the psychology program? Is it average/above average/great? And also, I heard that grading at UNC was tough. How would this affect my chances of getting into a good law school if I decide to attend UNC (because I have also heard that law schools base much of their admission of college GPA and LSAT with little regard to the college the applicant attended)?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Rugg's ranks the psych program at UNC</p>
<p>Still looking for help, thanks.</p>
<p>i'm a sophmore psychology major at carolina.</p>
<p>I think the psych program here is great and its very popular. Most of your professors are clinical psychologists so they have a great deal of knowledge of the material from their own experience. We also have a psychology club and Psi Chi (a psych honor society) that will help you if you would like to continue psychology after UNC.</p>
<p>Grading here is definitly tough and its because the professors have high expectations of their students and they expect you to read and study the course materials and attend class with questions. They are always happy to meet students in office hours if you have any questions or concepts you don't understand. I think the average gpa for psychology majors is something like a 3.1, don't quote me on that though. Thats pretty good considering some of the other majors here (i.e. math average gpa is 2.7). I don't think psychology is that difficult, its a lot of reading at first but then after a while its the same theories repeated again and again so its gets easier.</p>
<p>now, from what I heard where you went to college does give your diploma some wieght, yes gpa does matter a lot but a diploma from Carolina is a lot more valuable than a diploma from lets say ECU.</p>
<p>If you have any more questions about the psych department here them please feel free to ask them. I try and check this message board when I can but I've been very busy this semester.</p>
<p>Thanks for your post, that's exactly the kind of information I was looking for. It's great to hear that the professors actually care about their students. You said that psychology is a very popular major; does that mean that the classes are generally very large?</p>
<p>unccadet08 -- That 2.7 average gpa for math majors sounds really low. Where did you find that information? Is it readily available for all majors?</p>
<p>i have a lot of math major friends and they all got 2.7 gpas, but if you want to see it for yourself then you can check out the stats from the University Registrar
<a href="http://regweb.unc.edu:8080/regweb/servlet/gpa_subj%5B/url%5D">http://regweb.unc.edu:8080/regweb/servlet/gpa_subj</a></p>
<p>once again, sorry for posting so late. I'm seriously extremely busy with school this semester and I don't always remember to check this site like i used to</p>
<p>Luxar3000---
it really varies the size of the class, you can expect an intro to psych class to as small as 70 students and as big as over 200. My Personality class has about 40 students.
You can take a look at how some of the classes vary, it all depends on where the class is being taught at.
But the psych professors are really some awesome psychologists. Prof Lowman for instance can have a class with over 100 students and he will memorize everyone's name and face within the first week. The Professors are really nice too, I still think its funny how my psyc classes are really the only classes where the professors don't get mad if you walk in late. People seriously walk in 20 minutes late and right in front of the professor and they don't mind. </p>
<p>But beware of Psych 50: Research Pychology, in terms of the Psychology student body, no one likes the professor who teachs that course and everyone waits til they're a senior to take it in hopes that the professor dies or retires before then, which is unlikly even though he is very old.</p>
<p>unccadet:
The website you linked to, I believe, reports the average grade people get in math classes, not the average gpa of math majors. Since math is usually harder than psychology, it makes sense that the average grade would be lower. Additionally, since math is required for every major, practically everyone has to take it whether they like/are good at it or not (vs. psychology, where only people that have some interest in it would take it), thus further lowering the math "GPA".</p>
<p>lindayanggeo - I had the same interpretation of that link as you did. It makes more sense to me for the reasons you cited. I guess it would be interesting to see what the average GPA was for different majors, but I don't think that link provided that information.</p>
<p>Sorry bout digging this Thread out of the pile..</p>
<p>What all does succeeding in Intro to Psych entail,....Tips/ suggestions would be great help...! Thanks.</p>
<p>depends on the professor. Different professor = different books, different tests and different method of teaching.</p>
<p>So really, go to class and I recommend reading the chapter before the lecture that discusses the chapter and ask questions. When I read the chapters I always highlight parts that look important (ie theories and definitions). To study for tests I just went back over the chapters and made lots of notecards for each chapter which were bascially just key terms and theories. Do this a few days before the test. I didn't really use the notecards, just making them was actually a pretty good review for me. Also most textbooks have a website you can go to that has practice quizes, those were nice review and sometimes I saw the same questions on the Tests. Finally when reading the chapters, try and connect the theories to your everyday life and people you know, that will help you remember them and understand them better. If you get them down pat then your next Psych courses will just be no problem, since you basically repeat the same theories in each psych course but just from a different perspective.</p>
<p>Thats what you gotta do if you want an A in the class, but it all depends on the prof</p>