Adolescent Psychology?

M_s_Mom
Wed, 06 May 2009 21:19:22 +0000

Most well-regarded schools will have a solid psychology department-its usually one of the bigger departments, like econ and bio. All the ‘usual’ majors are generally going to be fine at most reputable schools. It’s the unusual majors where you might have to do some digging to ensure that there is sufficient breadth and depth. And graduate school in psych is where you usually have to start thinking about the focus (research vs. clinical etc…) and whether its going to meet your professional goals.

My suggestion would be to find a school that’s strong overall: You may think psych is your passion now. But two years from now it may something you never expected to love-neuroscience or anthropology or whatever. If you’ve picked a solid school that’s a good fit for you, you’ll be able to adapt the academic program to fit your changing/evolving interests.