Psychology majors, how was it as a psych major?

[Ocelot]

Im strongly considering majoring in psychology, what was your experience like as a psychology major?

[PAGuy55]

All my friends who majored in Pysch wished they didn't. 

[Ocelot]

All my friends who majored in Pysch wished they didn't.

 

Can you elaborate on why?

[guiriguiri]

I majored in Psych and enjoyed it thoroughly but my focus was on cognitive neuroscience/perception, not on therapy. Most of the prereqs for PA school would be elective though. I had to do 2 full years of post-bac work before applying.

[PAGuy55]

Can you elaborate on why?

 

Yeah sorry kind of a cut off reply. Most didn't utilize it whatsoever. I would recommend getting a degree which could benefit you more in the long run. IE major in something which you could have a fall back or a degree which could help you earn HCE hours. Dietetics, Respiratory therapy, etc. Some of my friends did Nutritional Sciences and focused on conducting clinical trials in college. They became CRAs after undergrad and made money while earning HCE hours. 

[Hawkeyes]

I was psych major and I thought it was decent, I took about the same number of psych classes as I did upper level physiology courses, without having to take classes I didn't want but would have had to take in a science major like calculus or organic chem. 

[Casper6060]

I was a psych major 15 years ago. I wouldn't recommend it. 2 years later I went back for Rad Tech school. I went into it uneducated and young and wanted to do more abnormal/counseling type stuff. However, the majority of my course work was research and 15 page papers about it, and that is not my strong subject! If you take several other science/bio classes as a minor, that might be ok if you are doing pre PA classes.

[SoFlo]

I actually had a great experience as a Psych major. I enjoyed all of my classes and never had a problem taking them with pre reqs for PA school. I found them all extremely manageable and have learned a lot of information that I think will help me when treating patients.

[MyNameWasUsed]

eh i would say do something more challenging or something you're actually interested in. If it's psych then so be it.