Hey, it's me again. The Fielding student. I'm sorry that my schedule hasn't afforded me the time you folks seem to have to hang out on this "wanna-be" Dr. chatter board," but some of us actually work with patients, publish articles and strive to advance the field. So, forgive me for not being able to designate much time to what I like to call the "chatter of fools."
Why are you on here? To discuss psychology, perhaps like Freud and his colleagues did in their Wednesdy gatherings in the late 19th century. Or, do you do it to placate your deepest, most personal fears and insecurities. I would suggest, no, not suggest, STATE, that the latter is true for a great many of you. (NOT all of you; by the time I am done, you will know who I mean).
What a joke, I have looked at comments made by the same few of you over the last several years, and it most certainly evidences my hypothesis. You trash this school and that school, or this degree or that degree, and you never, ever say where you go to school. Moreover, some of you write
precisely the same thing, every time you "get up to bat," whether the issue is "bash a PsyD program" or "make myself feel better about myself feel better by degrading Fielding, yes, my school. In one case, an esteemed "two year- senior member," who apparently has a "following" or "fan base," states over and over "not everyone has the right to be called a psychologist". How axiomatic, not! Who are you? Who gave you permission to proclaim rights for anyone other than yourself? Who are you kidding, yourself? I suggest you, and several others like you, are insecure, paranoid and belong in a differnet school of higher learning - they call it
High School. Moreover, what clinical psychology programs are you in, what pubs have you authored recently? OH, that's right, this fourm is your publisher.
I am sure there are several of you out there who would agree with my critique. Don't be spineless. Like all egotists, these wannabes simply regurgitate the same, baseless information time and time again. I would like to make a recommendation to the one's of you I've exposed in my post. Figure out what is eating you!! You know what I mean, stuff like being teased in high school because you were losers, or not having the ability to stand up for yourselves and discover your own beliefs, or the even darker aspects of your personalities that engages your crowd mentality and deep selfishness which yields deep immaturity. "Come on, let's all throw rocks and hide behind Mr. John O. Therapist. Do you like that name? I have taken the liberty to take two or three profile names, and turn them into one antogonist name that represents the top two or three biggest wannabes on the board.
In the final analysis, the fact that clinical psychology is merely a soft science that will never make anyone rich, on its own,
remains. The individuals who will succeed are the same people who have succeeded all their lives. I am talking about applying
innate skills, such as character, passion, creativity and ingenuity and the ability to write. You know, the kinds of students that attend Fielding (which has an acceptance rate of somewhere around 18%, DOES not market or advertise for its clinical psychology program, that is NOT-for-Profit, AND, that has created and built the first media psychology program anywhere in the world, which has turned into a joint endavor with USC - LA. And, it's not going away.
Also, I must share one more piece of information with you. The APA looks to Fielding to offer respecialization programs for those who have PhD degrees in another disciplines of psychology, and put them through a respecialization program that lasts 3 years. Not only is it highly sought after by professionals from around the globe, but it allows students who who work toward their first PhD to learn, intreact and study with an excellent mixture of students. In my cluster: here is where master's degrees were earned: Oxford, Columbia, Bucknell Universtiy, Dickinson College, University of Michigan (PhD in Evolutionary Psychology), Case Western Universtiy, Williams, and Swarthmore. This is a very typical cross-section of our students.
Next time, not sure when, I will finally explain the reasons why Fielding has not done well in the Match for internships. To give you a hint, Fielding didn't require it before this year. Remember, Fielding students are, on average 43 years old. So, we either have our own practices, or know others that do, or create our own internship modlels. Moroever, most Fielding students go to Fielding for a reason; they are bound to a geographical location. As a result, they chose not to compete in the Match. This year the rules have changed. So, look out, you will be working with us, and for us, at some point to boot.
MFP
YOU!
