To all of those who live in Texas or have attended a Texas university:
I’m looking at a few schools in Texas to attend. I’m looking at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Let’s look at the facts:
UT because of the very well-known psychology program.
Texas Tech because of the psychology program, as well.
Texas A&M because of the ROTC program and military presence.
Do any of you guys have some personal feelings about the schools or experiences at them? Any info is great.
Texas Tech is where all the idiots go that cant get into UT of austin. I’m guessing you just care about partying seeing as you are going for a psychology degree. I would go texas tech.
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
To all of those who live in Texas or have attended a Texas university:
I’m looking at a few schools in Texas to attend. I’m looking at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Let’s look at the facts:
UT because of the very well-known psychology program.
Texas Tech because of the psychology program, as well.
Texas A&M because of the ROTC program and military presence.
Do any of you guys have some personal feelings about the schools or experiences at them? Any info is great.
CS[/quote]
If you’re looking at the psychology thing, find the best and cutting edge research school. Which is too bad, because that seems to be UT. Saw’em off!
UT and A&M will carry greater name recognition nationwide and even world wide where Texas Tech is more regionally known. Unless you study something practical and get in to oil while you’re here. Raiders are right up there with Longhorns and Aggies in the industry.
The city of Austin is the most fun but CS and Lubbock are pretty cool little college towns.
I would keep this in mind when choosing a major. And remember, in general the easier the degree is, the less you will make and the harder it will be to find employment. If you really love psychology, then go for it, but you may want to consider something else.
Of the three, go with A&M if you lean conservative. Go to UT if you lean left wingnut.
Why do you want psych? What do you see yourself doing for a career?
Maybe you can pick a better major and minor in psych.
Well, if I make a career out of the Army, then I won’t be using my degree that much, but psych is something that interests me. If I decide to get out of the Army, then I’d be trying to get into the FBI, CIA, DEA, or some type of federal law enforcement. With that being said, I know a law enforcement degree would be much better suited if I were to go into the FBI or DEA or some agency along those lines.
One of my life goals is to get into the CIA and they like to see psychology as a degree. And like some have said, a masters or a PhD would be better suited. I could always go back to school while I’m in the Army if I want to get my advanced degree (not sure what the future holds, really, but it’d be worth a shot). I know it seems far-fetched, but I think that I could do it.
You can get a Masters while in the Army, lots of people do it. Hell, they’ll pay for it. However, where did you read CIA likes people with a psych degree? Also, you might not make a career out of the military. Your thoughts on things will be vastly different 8 years from now (or I guess 12 since you will do 4 years of Army stuff in college). So I would get a degree that could prepare you for the civilian world, as well.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
You can get a Masters while in the Army, lots of people do it. Hell, they’ll pay for it. However, where did you read CIA likes people with a psych degree? Also, you might not make a career out of the military. Your thoughts on things will be vastly different 8 years from now (or I guess 12 since you will do 4 years of Army stuff in college). So I would get a degree that could prepare you for the civilian world, as well.[/quote]
Exactly my point (kind of). I read about the CIA liking psych degrees on their website (don’t remember where, specifically).
I was also thinking of a law enforcement degree or international relations. It’s all kind of confusing right now. I have plenty of time to decide, but it’s not like I can march into the CIA headquarters and have lunch with a spy to pick his brain and figure out what he did to get there haha.
All I can say is don’t get a law enforcement degree/Criminal Justice degree. That’s retarded. Pick something useful. International relations would be a much better pick, if that’s your interest.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
All I can say is don’t get a law enforcement degree/Criminal Justice degree. That’s retarded. Pick something useful. International relations would be a much better pick, if that’s your interest.[/quote]
Just trying to keep my options open for FBI, DEA, and INS. I don’t know much about what types of education they like, so it’s something that I’ll have to read up on.