Quote From badhaircut:

I am a postdoctoral research psychologist (not gay, not a woman), and my ex girlfriend is a clinical psychologist (not gay but a woman). As other posters have mentioned, it is competitive, but there are hundreds of people that make it every year, so why not you?

In terms of money, clinical and applied psychologists get paid more than research psychologists (to give you some indication I started on a post doc salary in the mid 20k, whereas my ex started on over the 34k a year), but you do have to spend some time accruing low paid experience otherwise you wont stand out from the crowd. True, its not paid like investment banking, so if you are looking for £100k salaries look elsewhere.

Believe me it is a science. My papers get published in journals like The American Journal of Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry, and I lecture on the Neuroscience course at my university. (Unless you are only counting Natural sciences like Chemistry and Physics, in which case you should probably exclude other things like Medicine, Maths, electrical engineering, as these are all applied sciences too).

Any questions, you know where to come.

Quote From Melsie:

In terms of an undergrad degree, you couldn't do much better than psychology, especially if you're not sure what you want to do after uni. It's a great course for developing general transferable skills. If you're thinking of a career in psychology, it can get quite competitive - it would depend what area you want to go into, but generally you need to get experience of working in that area during your degree e.g. if it's research, work a summer in the lab; educational, get some experience working with kids etc. What have you been studying in psychology that interests you?



I'm a final year undergrad in psychology and hoping to do a PhD, so if you have any questions at all, just ask.

Quote From golfpro:

1. "It's not a science" - This bothers you why?

2. "There isn't any jobs in that" - Arguably very true.

3. "Poorly paid, why not be a doctor" - Pretty sound advice.

4. "It's only for gays and women" - handy if you're either then.