Psychology

[acc17]

Does anyone have a degree in psychology? If so, can you tell me what you did with it?

I'm currently in the second year of my psychology degree and hate it. I know everyone hates their degrees, but I really do!! Need some inspiration!

[morg_monster]

I just posted a big long answer to this and it all went wrong, so in a nutshell...

I didn't do psychology but i know a lot of people who did at Nottingham university. Two close friends have a career in psych, one has just finished a PhD in chimp communication and is going to be a lecturer at Hull (she was always the cleverest!), one worked as an asst psychologist while applying for clinical psych doctorate, she got in on the 2nd attempt and has just started now. the third close friend has a career unrelated to psych in a charity. I also have a cousin who has been working in IT for years and has just started a masters in occupational psych. Through the first three people I mentioned, I know that a majority of psych graduates went on to unrelated jobs, but some did go into psychology.

Ultimately it really doesn't matter if you don't want a career in psych, and to be honest, it is usually only the brightest and most determined who do end up here, because there are more people wanting to get into the field than there are jobs to go around. You could do all sorts of things with a psych degree, there are plenty of careers that will take any degree as long as you look a good prospect for them (things like recruitment, accountancy, even law if you wanted, and lots more). Now you are more than a year in, IMHO it isn't worth quitting now and starting something else, because of the debt and the work you've already put in.

It will be worth it in the end, just perservere. It'll be over before you know it and you'll be looking back on your uni days fondly (sob, sob...).