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What do you all think the best schools are for psychology are? (and that i could get into?)

im not an exceptional student-
GPA:3.9 UW, 4.1 W
SAT:1300ish
200+ community service hrs
lots of EC's
good recs
ok essay

THANKS!

By Danoeire (Danoeire) on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 07:48 pm: Edit

i hear that tufts is really good for psychology... i dont know if you could get in, though! good luck!

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 11:15 am: Edit

Ditto to Tufts... check out Cornell as well... U Minnestota has one of the best grad programmes for psych in the country.

By B18c1cx (B18c1cx) on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 02:10 pm: Edit

Connecticut College has a top notch psychology department. It is a small school, so there probably won't be any huge breakthoughs in the field while you're there.

By Ricanitalian69 (Ricanitalian69) on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 05:39 pm: Edit

http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=4131

http://mercy.edu/acadivisions/socbehavsci/index.cfm

http://www.psych.nyu.edu/

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 06:21 pm: Edit

Other possibilities to look at(I hope you don't mind my just listing them): Reed, Boston College, Allegheny College, U of Chicago, Clark U, Connecticut College (already mentioned), Tufts (ditto), Claremont McKenna, Drew U, Earlham, George Washington, Hobart, SUNY Binghamton, NYU, U of Pennsylvania, Pitzer, U of Rochester, Santa Clara U, Union College, Vanderbilt, Vasar, Wake Forest, Wesleyan, U of Wisconsin Madison.

All of these are within your range, although some will be closer to reaches. Good luck.

By Tuitionpayer (Tuitionpayer) on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 10:24 pm: Edit

The important thing in psychology is getting into grad school, since in most states you can't even call yourself a psychologist unless your have a PhD or PsyD. The question to ask of schools is what their acceptance rate is in to grad schools. An opportunity for undergrad research is an asset for grad school admissions.