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I have a heart for this stuff. My love and greatest desire is helping people, thus the reason for majoring in Psychology. I hope to someday soon be a board-certified Clinical Psychologist. Until then, I'm going to give my opinions and hopefully help some people out in the process.

On another note, I love learning, singing, dancing, and God. I'm heavily into acting, singing, dancing, and trying to get and stay in shape. I don't like drama and if I give advice to anyone, it is in hopes of drama-free results, but never guaranteed. I believe in standing up for yourself, regardless of who's against you. You've got to take a stand or you'll fall for anything.

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hey alright so im a senior in high school and i was wondering what courses i would need to take to get into psychology. and what i would need to take in university to get into the program. also what are some jobs out there relating to the feild. please, i really need some advice. thanks in advance =)

I'm currently a Pyschology Major. alisonmarie listed most of the basic information. When you apply to college and get enrolled, you will be assigned an academic advisor that will help you along the way with your degree process. They will guide you to your required and recommended courses as well. Colleges do look at your grades, so if your grades aren't wonderful, I would recommend a 2-year (junior) college first. It's small and it would give you an opportunity to bring your GPA up. Extracurricular activities are good, but not all colleges put as much emphasis on them as much as people make them out to be. Don't forget to take the SAT's or the ACT. I know in Georgia, the SAT or ACT isn't a requirement for admission. Colleges in other states may also have an admission exam like Georgia, so that's something you can check into also.

I decided to go to a 2-year college first. We have smaller classrooms and it's cheaper. I will transfer after I'm completed with my core, and the university that I transfer to, I will begin taking my major courses for Psychology.

The courses required vary from state to state. Every university system has something called "core classes". These classes are your basic courses that you will take first, like your maths, english, literature, government, etc. Then you will move onto to your focal area in Psychology. During this time you'll be taking mostly just Psych courses. This is the way it works with the University of Georgia system.

Here in Georgia, nothing holds you back from going to college. With the HOPE Scholarship, anyone with a graduating GPA of 3.0 receives the scholarship, which covers all of tuition and $150 of books (not a lot). I recommend to go ahead and begin applying to colleges now as well as apply for financial aid. Don't wait until the last minute! Especially with financial aid...it takes up to 9 weeks or more to process it. www.fafsa.ed.gov is an application for the pell grant (you don't pay it back). I would shoot for looking into grants and scholarships and look at loans at a last resort. There are grants and scholarships galore!

I decided to go to a 2-year college first. We have smaller classrooms and it's cheaper. I will transfer after I'm completed with my core, and the university that I transfer to, I will begin taking my major courses for Psychology.

As soon as you're accepted, see if you can schedule an appointment with your advisor at the college to go ahead and arrange a set-up for your classes to take your first semester. Good classes will fill up quick and freshman come last when picking classes! Good luck!!! I hope I helped!

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(Rating: 5) thank you soo much [psychology question =)], all of the info really helped, i appriciate it. thanks again =) take care~
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