Just curious.....(poll)

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Do any of ye Psychology folks have any advice for me?

I know the system in Ireland is probably different to where you guys are, but virtually everyone I've spoken to here has tried to put me off. Really getting me down...

They did that to me too. Just tell them you're going to psychoanalyze them when you get your degree if they don't shut up!

If it's what you love then do it. If it's something you're passionate about then don't listen to anyone except your own heart and gut. Just having the degree helps with any career you choose.

I kind of stress out easily so school was very rough on me. I literally couldn't take it anymore. But that doesn't mean you'll feel the same way. If you can, plan to go on to grad school. Good luck!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by jannieC

As far as the GRE goes, I took it right before I graduated, and I didn't study. It showed, because I scored a 330 in math! I scored a 724 in Verbal (which is good, but still...), and I don't remember how I did in writing. But anyway, the GRE is just one little piece of what you need to get into graduate school. If you're stroong everywhere else, don't worry about it. My point is, don't let the GRE stand in your way of thinking about grad school.

Yeah, and it really depends on the program you get into. My program was in foreign languages so the quantitative section of the GRE was basically moot to my area of study, and the verbal section wasn't really any kind of barometer either, even though I did MUCH better on that than quantitative. My advisor was like, "just take the GRE and don't worry about the score" so that was cool, but some departments really put a lot of stock into GRE scores .

But Jannie, 724 verbal is outstanding! Way to go!

[SmileAtU]

BS in Nursing. Eventually, I will go for a master's in Nurse Midwifery

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jannieC

So you didn't have to take Statistics? What about Research Methods?

Everyone had to take stats. If you went BA, the math stopped after stats.
I can't recall if research methods was a requirement or not.....I "think" it was...

[skcin]

Originally Posted by SmileAtU

BS in Nursing. Eventually, I will go for a master's in Nurse Midwifery

Nice. A coworker's wife is a nurse midwife & she loves it.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Congratulations Brad- really! What an accomplishment.

Oh, and by the way, it *was* my gall bladder- I have stones and all that.

Thank you! And I'm glad to hear you now KNOW the cause of your problems...now to decide what to do about them!

Brad

[amber]

Originally Posted by Brad

Thank you! And I'm glad to hear you now KNOW the cause of your problems...now to decide what to do about them!

Brad

Hey Brad - if anyone here ever says "Brad blah blah blah etc." will you answer them and say "That's Dr. Brad to you!"
It would be so very amusing for me.
I can't wait till my bf gets her PhD, so I can say "Dr. Rain, blah blah blah etc!"

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Do any of ye Psychology folks have any advice for me?

I know the system in Ireland is probably different to where you guys are, but virtually everyone I've spoken to here has tried to put me off. Really getting me down...

Suze answered it well when she said if it's something you love, you need to go for it. The best advice *I* have is that you must go into it knowing you will have to have an advanced degree. I knew going in that I would at least have to have a masters, if not a PhD (which is what my professors were pushing me to go for). It's not as easy a degree as some would believe (see previous post on Statistics and Research Methods), but I loved every minute of it. The reason I am getting my masters in Social Work is because as a Clinical Social Worker I can do exactly what I want to do. I thought I HAD to be a psychologist in order to provide counseling, work with the mentally ill, etc., but I don't.

Good luck- I say, go for it!

[Brad]

Originally Posted by amber

Hey Brad - if anyone here ever says "Brad blah blah blah etc." will you answer them and say "That's Dr. Brad to you!"

Haha! Really, that's going to be such an adjustment actually hearing people refer to me as "doctor" and seeing it in writing. I feel like a kid playing dressup with my coat and instruments! And I have a friend who for the past year or so has refused to call me anything but "Dr. Bradley." I prefer to let everyone continue to refer to me as "jackass" as if nothing has changed!

Brad

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by skcin

Nice. A coworker's wife is a nurse midwife & she loves it.

Is a midwife one that comes to your hame so you can have the baby there?

[SmileAtU]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Is a midwife one that comes to your hame so you can have the baby there?

Yes, sometimes they do but alot work in a hospital setting.
I would totally love to do that but I want hospital privileges somewhere also.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Brad

Haha! Really, that's going to be such an adjustment actually hearing people refer to me as "doctor" and seeing it in writing. I feel like a kid playing dressup with my coat and instruments! And I have a friend who for the past year or so has refused to call me anything but "Dr. Bradley." I prefer to let everyone continue to refer to me as "jackass" as if nothing has changed!

Brad

Ooh ooh! I'll play dressup with you, Doctor!

[Serrart]

I'm not sure our systems use the same terms so I'll just translate how it's called here: a graduate degree in Humanistic Sciences with a specialization in Theatre and Cinema History section.

Romy