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Hi guys,
I'm hoping to get some opinions on whether or not to switch majors. I currently have a unique major that's not offered at many schools (clinical psych) but am not sure if I want to continue or switch to a general psych major.
The reason I chose the major is because it has a great clinical + research internship opportunity for working in a medical setting during senior year. Students get a lot of responsibility and patient contact (through phlebotomy, giving questionnaires/interviews, recruiting/scheduling patients, seeing them alone, running group therapy). I also thought the general psych major is too common and wanted to stand out a bit.
But the thing is that it's very time consuming (up to 15 hours a week + commute). I'd also be taking MCAT classes during senior year. I'm not sure if I should devote more time to bringing my GPA up - overall GPA is 3.5 but my sGPA is low (3.05).
All the seniors who graduated with the major say the internship was an amazing experience and are offered full time positions after graduating. I think I would be passionate about it and have a lot to talk about in my apps/interviews, but now I'm wondering if I can even expect any interviews if I continue with a low GPA trend…
The general psych major would allow for a more flexible schedule but I'd be giving up the opportunity for the internship (which is nice because the school arranges everything for you).
I'm looking for some opinions on how to proceed, I appreciate any suggestions!
I've done a lot of thinking about this and definitely considered it, but I'm still really passionate about wanting to become a physician. My top goal is still to go to med school and not a clinical psych program.
Considering my goals, should I choose the major that will give me the most time to dedicate to science classes and MCAT? I'm still interested in the general psych major and there's not too much difference between the two majors besides the internship.
I've done a lot of thinking about this and definitely considered it, but I'm still really passionate about wanting to become a physician. My top goal is still to go to med school and not a clinical psych program.
Considering my goals, should I choose the major that will give me the most time to dedicate to science classes and MCAT? I'm still interested in the general psych major and there's not too much difference between the two majors besides the internship.
I was a psych major and it was kind of boring after the first two years, because I basically completed it by my junior year, and the last two years I took all my pre-reqs and a bunch of upper level bio classes. So you could do that. You could switch to the gen. psych major and then make up for your low sGPA by destroying the rest of your pre-reqs and some upper level bio courses.
Your major is not unique.
Your major is not unique.
I've never heard of a clinical psych undergraduate program. It sounds pretty innovative.
I ran into several people majoring in clinical psych on the interview trail. I mean it might not be a household major like bio, but I wouldn't really consider it to be "unique."
No offense, but remember ...
and
a picture is worth a thousand words.
This is exactly what I did, except with biochem. It works and it'll convince people that you're not as dumb as the rest of the psych majors (you know it's true... social psychology anyone?)