<p>Which one is better for psychology?</p>
<p>Assuming you're currently facing a choice between these 2 schools, your question is not a good way to decide. </p>
<p>In the first place,its not specific enough. Do you mean better for getting into a grad program, better for learning psychology itself, better for job placement at a liberal-arts college grad? Or something else? And even if you refine the question a bit, the answer will be "it doesn't matter". Neither school is seen as the beacon in the nation for its psych program, the college that puts all others to shame. In fact, probably no program in the country is. Colleges earn their rep mostly on their grad programs, not undergrad. The 2 schools you mention would be regarded as matched on an academic level, anyway.</p>
<p>And since you're asking for advice, let me add that trying to evaluate departments is not a good approach. For one thing, most people in college change their major. Odds are good you won't end up getting a degree in psychology. </p>
<p>For another, the point of college is not just the classes you take -- its the friends you make, the experiences you have over the 4 years, the peers you learn with in the classroom, and so on. You learn as much outside the classroom as you do within; one outcome of attending college is that you should be a different person than when you entered at 18. The 2 schools you mention have different settings, tend to attract somewhat different types of people, and so on. I would suggest visiting both, talking to people, wandering around the community, trying to decide which is where you want to spend 4 years.</p>
<p>Well........the problem is that i'm asking for a friend. I'll go talk to her and tell her to be more specific on what she wants to know.</p>
<p>for that matter, remind your friend that the outcome depends more on HER than on the college. If colleges produced identical outcomes like an assembly-line, then every Harvard grad would have similar success, so would SDSU grads, so would those of every other school. But guess what? You already know that that not every Ivy grad is a overwhelming success, nor every state school grad a failure. What matters is what you bring to the party -- how you apply yourself in school and after. To think that the only decision left in life is to pick the "best" college (or, even more narrowly, the best program) among your options and all is pre-destined after that is quite fallacious. </p>
<p>But enough beating around the bush. Here's what you should tell your friend. The 2 schools are similar in reputation and quality. The effect on her life of the differences between programs at the 2 schools is irrelevant compared to the effort SHE puts into college in learning, making friends, and growing as a person. She should pick the school thats the best fit for what she wants in the college experience.</p>