Career Minded

The Path to Becoming a Research Psychologist

Mitch Harden is a third year doctoral student in the behavioral neuroscience program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. See full bio

May 31, 2008, Psych Careers

Comments on "Getting Started"

Getting Started

By Mitch Harden, M.A. on May 31, 2008 in Career Minded

You've just finished your Junior year as a psychology major and you want to know what to do next. Get a Job? Go to grad school? Add another major or minor? Which is right for you? Read More

Great post, but shouldn't it

Submitted by Bernadette on May 31, 2008 - 3:19pm.

Great post, but shouldn't it be "accept" instead of "except" Master's student's?

Accepted

Submitted by Mitch Harden, M.A. on May 31, 2008 - 4:17pm.

It should indeed. Thanks!

Thank you very much for

Submitted by Facc on June 1, 2008 - 12:58pm.

Thank you very much for writing about this! I am only going to be a sophomore in college but I have been very interested in the whole graduate school process. This post has some very nice tips. I look forward to seeing future posts on this topic as well as tips and advice for things to do in one's sophomore and junior year.

Great Article

Submitted by Doug on June 23, 2008 - 7:49pm.

As a Psychology major who is a semester away from being a senior, I just wanted to say that this is a very helpful and an insightful article. I've known that I pretty much have to go to grad school, but didn't really know the process for doing so. Thank you for writing the article.

Thanks

Submitted by Mitch Harden, M.A. on June 23, 2008 - 8:59pm.

Thanks for the feedback Doug!

Hi, I'm considering going

Submitted by Anonymous on May 1, 2009 - 12:57am.

Hi,

I'm considering going back to school for psychology. Help my son. I'm curious, do you think that behaviorism is still valid and holds it's place as a science?