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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A bachelors in psychology is essentially worthless. It’s a degree that requires grad school to turn into any sort of career in the field.[/b] I have BA in psych. I intended pursue a psyD, but life happened and I never went back. I have worked a variety of jobs from retail to preschool teacher to ABA therapist, but have never made over $40k. [/quote]

I got a BS in Psych.  Was bored by it by the time I was a junior.  I kept going through the book that had all the majors and couldn't find one to change to... so I added a minor in Econ b/c I liked my econ classes.  I also started taking more Political Sci.  I walked by a bulletin board one day (in college) and saw a poster that had something about doing internships in DC.  I pulled off the postcard-request form (this was before internet)... and I sent away for the info.  I convinced my big-state-university to let me get credits for doing a semester internship in DC -- did I mention that I was bored with college and my psych major b/c I didn't see myself going to grad school in psych?  (I had done some research for a psych professor and it wasn't a draw for me).   I interned at the US Attys Office.  That really excited me!  It was such a different world coming from the midwest. (I mean, the REAL midwest --- like I grew up on a farm and here I was in downtown DC working on cocaine cases and having the time of my life going out with undercover cops and such).

Anyway -- I went back and finished one semester to get my BS in Psych with a minor in Econ.  Then worked as a paralegal at the USAO (because I still had connections), and then another year as an investigative assistant in another DOJ office, then I did a year of volunteer service in a well-known direct services DC non-profit, and then I went to law school.

I will agree with the PP that a psych degree is worthless on its own.  I have a HS senior right now and I have told her "do not get a psych degree UNLESS you are willing to go to grad school for psychology."  Having looked for work in a non-legal profession, my undergrad degree is U.S.E.L.E.S.S.

If my kid was interested in psychology, I would ask myself whether he/she is the kind of person who might make a good counselor/therapist, or researcher/professor.  If you don't see either of those, then I would strongly encourage the kid to look at other options and still take psych classes for a minor.  But, I'd rather my kid get a degree in English or Communications or Business than Psych.  [/quote]

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