<p>I've heard UCLA is very research focused (I'm a student at a CA community college and to get into UCLA psychology one must take, among other things, physics, which I don't understand).</p>
<p>USC is, in my opinion, much more realistic. I've also heard that they have a more clinical focus in psychology, which is what I am interested in.</p>
<p>But what are your opinions?</p>
<p>U.S. News and World Report: 2007 Psychology Rankings
Psychology (ranked in 2005) </p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford University </li>
<li>University of California--Berkeley
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor </li>
<li>Yale University </li>
<li>University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (Inst. of Child Development) </li>
<li>Harvard University
Princeton University
University of California--Los Angeles</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University
Harvard University (Programs in Human Development and Psychology)
University of Wisconsin--Madison</li>
</ol>
<p>that is good, but I don't want a research-focused undergraduate psych program...</p>
<p>i'm not looking to take a bunch of stats and research methods classes that i'll never use in real life. </p>
<p>Although I want to learn as much about Psych as I can, I don't want to teach it after i get a Ph.d or Psy.d (assuming my interests don't change, which they probably will lol). </p>
<p>I want practical psychology not focused mainly on theory, and considering all this USC still seems like the best option.</p>
<p>Yeah i know the research vs. practical aspects of psychology is usually a dilemma graduate students face lol</p>
<p>it sounds like you've already made up your mind on usc. </p>
<p>my only concern for you is that if your terminal degree will be a bachelor's in psychology, you might consider ucla, just for the cheaper tuition. because you really can't expect to find a well paying job straight out of school with a bachelor's degree in psychology. you won't be able to become a psychologist with just a bachelors.</p>
<p>Don't worry lol I already know that... I actually do want to go for the doctorate level degree :)</p>
<p>flopsy- those are the graduate department rankings. and only general psych department rankings- stanford doesnt even have a clinical psych program!</p>
<p>go trojans. i love USC(even though I don't attend nor have I attended)</p>