In college, I wan to major in Psychology, and to get my Master's in it. Any advice would be good. Thanks!?

If you don't like doing research experiments, you won't enjoy getting a graduate degree in psychology. If you find it interesting and exciting though, you'll love it!





If you want to get into a graduate program for psychology, try to do a little outside research. PhD programs are harder than Masters, so maybe taking an extra experimental course will be okay. Make friends with a psychology professor who has a research team and ask to be on it. You can get class credit for helping him/her on their projects and it's one of the biggest things graduate schools look for.





They also look for good grades and good GRE scores. Some graduate programs only require you to take the normal GRE and some also require the psychology subject GRE. Do a little research for the graduate school you'd like to go to.





If you have the grades, experience, and GRE scores, consider applying to get your PhD. You'll end up paying less money (because you'll get grants from the college and will be able to teach after you get your Master's) and more jobs will open up to you. You can also get a PsyD, a less popular but still recognized doctorate degree. There's less schools that offer PsyD's and you'll end up paying more, but if research isn't your thing, PsyD is your program. It's more clinical based than research based.





Good luck! I hope that helped.