Well, I absolutely would not go to private school again. Its like buying a house but having no house to show for it. I graduated in 1995, and by 1999 I was drowning in intense debtand I had a good job! Literally because of two people who decided to save me I have paid off my school debt.
Unless youre independently wealthy, I would think about why you want to go into this field. If youre just interested in helping people and working with people, Id recommend becoming a social worker. I wanted to work in a clinical setting, and during my second year internship at a clinic, the director was a social worker. There are social workers in prisons, too. As long as youre focused on assessment, clinical psychology is good. But if you want to work with families, get an MFTyoull make less but youll also have less debt. And there are jobs to get. It takes at least 10 years to gain the financial advantage of a PhD or Masters. But at this moment in time, because Im a professor, Im glad I got my PhD.
And I continue to wonder how professional schools manage to exist... ANYONE reading this and considering a professional program should really, really think about what this woman has said.
