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Hello Everyone, bare with me while I share with you just what exactly my story is.
Currently I am a Junior in my undergrad career. I am a Psychology/Biology double major and minoring in chem as well. My first year of undergrad I considered myself a pre-med student and then my sophomore year I switched to pre-dentistry. Ever since taking AP psych in high school, I had always found psychology fascinating. That's why I decided to double major in it because I genuinely loved to learn about. But I always just thought that my interest in the field was simply something that I liked to do, and I never seriously considered making a career out of it.
I come from a family that has always struggled financially, so even when I would play with the notion of become a psychologist, many people would often tell me that psychologists don't make very good money. And coming from a family that always had (and still is) financially struggling, that was a major turn off for me.
Anyway, I just began this past summer really digging into my psych courses and I also took a bio course called Mammalian physiology. I was enamored with the nervous system chapter and it was most definitely my best section in that entire course.
So finally, lately, I think this has a lot to do with me simply finally maturing, I decided to really sit down and do some serious research of professionals in the field of psychology. I want to apply to masters of PhD programs and concentrate on hopefully one day become a neuropsychologist.
Now the problem, my overall GPA as of now is around a 3.01. My psychology courses GPA is actually around a 3.7, it's my chemistry that really took me down.
If I work really hard to improve my overall GPA and continue to do well in my Psych courses, could I apply to a Masters program or even (I know this is ambitious) a PhD or PsyD program my senior year. I know applications are due are December (right?) my senior year, and if all goes well, my overall GPA should rise to ~3.4-3.5. And I also have yet to take GREs too.
What should I do everyone? Advice? Anything?
Sorry for the long post, but thank you all in advance as well.
Currently I am a Junior in my undergrad career. I am a Psychology/Biology double major and minoring in chem as well. My first year of undergrad I considered myself a pre-med student and then my sophomore year I switched to pre-dentistry. Ever since taking AP psych in high school, I had always found psychology fascinating. That's why I decided to double major in it because I genuinely loved to learn about. But I always just thought that my interest in the field was simply something that I liked to do, and I never seriously considered making a career out of it.
I come from a family that has always struggled financially, so even when I would play with the notion of become a psychologist, many people would often tell me that psychologists don't make very good money. And coming from a family that always had (and still is) financially struggling, that was a major turn off for me.
Anyway, I just began this past summer really digging into my psych courses and I also took a bio course called Mammalian physiology. I was enamored with the nervous system chapter and it was most definitely my best section in that entire course.
So finally, lately, I think this has a lot to do with me simply finally maturing, I decided to really sit down and do some serious research of professionals in the field of psychology. I want to apply to masters of PhD programs and concentrate on hopefully one day become a neuropsychologist.
Now the problem, my overall GPA as of now is around a 3.01. My psychology courses GPA is actually around a 3.7, it's my chemistry that really took me down.
If I work really hard to improve my overall GPA and continue to do well in my Psych courses, could I apply to a Masters program or even (I know this is ambitious) a PhD or PsyD program my senior year. I know applications are due are December (right?) my senior year, and if all goes well, my overall GPA should rise to ~3.4-3.5. And I also have yet to take GREs too.
What should I do everyone? Advice? Anything?
Sorry for the long post, but thank you all in advance as well.
