Thread: I need help making a career choice...

I have taken too many psych course to tell you that each prof will remind the class anyone who is interested in psychology and wants to go places in psychology will need a PhD-obviously you do not need to be a prof but its just that process of getting the PhD to get places in the field that is important. If you want to do the therapy side of things you need a clinical psychology degree, or equivalent, which they have repeatedly stated is analogous to trying to enter medical school (its not actually med school but that sort of difficulty to get into). So make sure that if you are wanting this higher degree you can find out what requirements you will need to be a full blown psychologist. You will obviously need to decide what sort of psychology you want to focus in be it more clinical science based or more artsy child development, personality psych, abnormal (psych problems), therapy etc. An intro psych course is a joke, they do not really tell you much as to what is out there as psychology is a big big field.

Psychologists make more money though

Relative to a cosmetologist yes, greatly so. Registered psychologists, PhD usually, can make easily 6 figure incomes. That initial undergrad psych degree though is likely going to cost a years salary being a cosmetologist if you decide to do that. Technically that means no student loan debt but it also means no pretty income while in school.

Make sure you go to the school and ask questions, go to those open houses, or department open houses to meet with profs and see how the school operates the degree. Send emails to the department advisers to get information and just keep doing that.