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So, I’m a junior in Highschool and I’ve been thinking about career paths for awhile, and I really want to be a psychologist, specifically those who specialize in addiction psychology. However, my grades(while I am trying to work on them) are not the best and I’m behind on lots of credits. Besides busting my ass to be decent in school, what other steps can I take to start this career path? Colleges with decent psychology programs? Any volunteering I could try to find? Any help, suggestions, or other advice, I’m willing to listen to anything just please help me💔
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Arik Ozotf
I also just read that you're GPA isn't the best and you're behind on credits. You could either try harder to raise it by graduation, or transfer to a community college, take what is required and accepted for your top schools, and apply to those schools in two years. Exponentially cheaper, fixes your GPA, and it's easier to get into a school after transferring because you don't need a crazy resume with a billion extracurriculars. Universities have more faith in someone who's done two years of college assignments with a good GPA than someone who just got out of high school, necessitating all those insane requirements.
Arik Ozotf
Not a psychologist, just a social work student advertising my major. I've found that the difference between psych vs social work is research vs counseling, especially in school. Does your definition of "addiction psychology" mean studying the behavior/interventions of those with addictions? That's a psych major. Or does it mean working with an agency to directly help those with an addiction? That'd be social work. I will also note that I have seen job posts that want a psych degree but will accept a social work degree, but I have not seen as many posts that want a social work degree but will accept a psych degree. This trend is probably due to differences in licensing, company policy, etc. As for volunteering, just prioritize typical good-samaritan activities such as helping out with toy drives, food drives, resource fairs, etc. Being a tutor also looks good on an app as it shows you have some experience helping people and meeting them where they're at to reach a goal.