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Hi all,
I can't seem to decide if I should go for a Ph.D. in neuropsychology or pursue psychiatry and go into medical school. Currently, I am a third year at UCI in cognitive sciences psych major. I know my strengths are psych and bio related classes, but I'm not very strong in chem and physics (which is basically why I'm afraid that I won't be a good candidate for medical school or even if I could make it through medical school since you have to be strong in all of those things).
I have always wanted to be a psychiatrist, but now I'm thinking that since I'm not very strong in both physics and chem that maybe I should choose the neuropsych path (since it's more bio and psych based). I've researched both and still don't really see a difference (besides the salaries and the whole prescribing drugs thing) between the two. Could you guys give me some more details about like maybe what a psychiatrist does on a regular work day and what neuropsych does? What are their differences basically? (Sorry I'm sure everyone has asked this question before)
I also heard that psychiatry residency programs are easier to make it into due to the smaller amount of competition it has. Is that true? As opposed to the neuropsych programs, where it's really hard to make it into grad school already but then finding practicums and an internship or mentorship right after grad school is extremely competitive as well.
Thanks!
I can't seem to decide if I should go for a Ph.D. in neuropsychology or pursue psychiatry and go into medical school. Currently, I am a third year at UCI in cognitive sciences psych major. I know my strengths are psych and bio related classes, but I'm not very strong in chem and physics (which is basically why I'm afraid that I won't be a good candidate for medical school or even if I could make it through medical school since you have to be strong in all of those things).
I have always wanted to be a psychiatrist, but now I'm thinking that since I'm not very strong in both physics and chem that maybe I should choose the neuropsych path (since it's more bio and psych based). I've researched both and still don't really see a difference (besides the salaries and the whole prescribing drugs thing) between the two. Could you guys give me some more details about like maybe what a psychiatrist does on a regular work day and what neuropsych does? What are their differences basically? (Sorry I'm sure everyone has asked this question before)
I also heard that psychiatry residency programs are easier to make it into due to the smaller amount of competition it has. Is that true? As opposed to the neuropsych programs, where it's really hard to make it into grad school already but then finding practicums and an internship or mentorship right after grad school is extremely competitive as well.
Thanks!