<p>I am hoping to become a Clinical Psychologist. I am currently a Psychology major (first semester).</p>
<p>I am thinking about double majoring in Psychology and Speech Communications. All of the core is the same, the upper level classes (36 hours) are not.</p>
<p>I was going to minor in it (18 hours) when I realized a major would just add an additional 18....</p>
<p>What is the point in double majoring? Will it prove beneficial to me? How much time will it add to my undergrad studies? I am taking 13 credit hours this fall, 16 or 19 this spring and hopefully 6 this summer.</p>
<p>I thought you wanted to major in Biology...?</p>
<p>Anyway, realize that becoming a clinical psychologist is a long, hard path--it's incredibly, incredibly hard to get into grad school and get through it! Get involved in psychology research as early and as much as possible...</p>
<p>As for double majoring, it depends on how your college structures tuition. At my school, the same amount of tuition covers 12-21 credits a semester, so I take 20-21 credits a semester, allowing me to double major and minor after switching majors following my freshman year, If we were chrged by the credit hour, it wouldn't have been nearly as financially feasible, and I probably wouldn't have done it.</p>
<p>Make a semester-by-semester plan by looking at what courses you'd need and when they are usually offered and plot it, leaving room for error (time conflicts, etc) and include things like general ed., etc. Ask me if you need any more help!</p>
<p>I will be involved in research this Spring, but its for a Biology professor. And it will be for 3.5 years...is that a bad thing?</p>
<p>As someone who does both psych and biomedical research, I applaud that... But you really need some psych-specific research if you have any hope of getting into a clin. psych phd program... What kind of biology research is it?</p>
<p>Its about Recombinant DNA.</p>
<p>Do you have a breakdown for what you would take semester by semester?</p>
<p>And how'd you score a guaranteed lab position for 3.5 years? Congrats!</p>
<p>No I do not....I will likely make one out this week....</p>
<p>And I am not real sure how I got that. But he said I should get at least one publication out of it (most likely a commentary I suppose). Should I drop this research for a Psychology research?</p>
<p>IS it really that important to have Psychology research versus Biology research for my grad school application?</p>
<p>Yep! Having psych research and recs is ultra important when applying to psych grad school... By all means, KEEP the bio research (seriously, that's an AWESOME opportunity), but add some psych research as well...</p>
<p>Do you think I should find some Psych research to take on this spring or should I wait for the fall?</p>
<p>Well, generally, the more research, the better...</p>