UCSD Psychology Honors Program Needed for Grad School?

onehandedred
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 06:16:48 +0000

Here’s what they look for according to current UCLA grad students that ran a workshop at UCLA STOMP:

GPA
Personal Statement
Statement of Purpose
Networking
CV
$$$
Research

You are not hurting yourself by not enrolling (as is the nature of honors programs), but I think you’ll be missing out on quite a few research opportunities and networking opportunities, which the grad students say are the most important. I don’t know about UCSD but UCLA requires only a 3.75 GPA at the time of transfer. If you keep your GPA at a high level and complete your lower level courses, you’ll get in and it won’t even be a concern. There are some required honors courses you have to take at UCLA but it’s never too late to sign up if you want.