psychology undergrad schools

bclintonk
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:49:01 +0000

I’d be careful about picking a college based on undergrad major. Many people start college uncertain as to their major; that’s just fine. And most people change their major at least once. You don’t want to get stuck someplace that’s you choose because it’s strong in one major, only to find you’re really interested in something else that they don’t have. Best to keep your options open. Unless you’re just dead certain you only want to major in one particular thing, you’re going to be better off at a school that has strengths across the board.

A lot of the better LACs are going to be very strong in core social science and humanities fields like econ, psych, and art history—as are many, many research universities. But I note you say “finance,” not econ. Finance is usually a business major. If you’re seriously considering this, you might want to look at places that have business schools (as well as strong arts & sciences colleges), which will more often be research universities.