Posts by Ashley Brooks

Douglas Scott47 said:I’m currently a freshman majoring in psychology, and honestly, I am absolutely loving it so far! If you're worried about the statistics side of things, please don't let it scare you off—I’m basically allergic to math myself, haha. It turns out it’s way more about logical reasoning than actually crunching heavy numbers. Sure, the workload can be pretty intense, but if you have a passion for it, it is totally worth the hustle.

P.S. Since I’m still the new kid on the block here, I’m still finding my footing on the forum, so please bear with me 😉

Yeah... I don't expect any college degree to be easy. 🙄 I just hope the professors are fair and we don't deal with crazy issues during exams. After all, the rest is just on me to put in the work. 😉

Anonymous said:Studying psychology opens up a massive range of career paths, whether you’re looking at the private sector or government agencies.
The only catch with picking psychology as a major is that people often say, "I'll go there because there's no math on the entrance exam." Well, newsflash: there is plenty of math involved.
And look, this isn't just about learning how to decode your partner, your parents, or everyone else around you. If you decide to pursue psychology with pure intentions, you're going to have to face the reality of understanding yourself, too. That’s a heavy lift... which means you could end up being able to do just about anything, or you could end up feeling completely lost if you don't manage to find yourself along the way.

Honestly, saying there's no math on the entrance exams doesn't even matter anymore since standardized testing changes mean those specific entrance requirements are basically gone.🙏

redharbor9 said:If you want to talk stats, you better know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide first. Personally, I can't even handle basic fractions 🙂 Statistics has nothing to do with math...

The real issues usually stem from completely different causes...

Oh, thanks a ton... guess there's still hope for me then! 🙂🙂😛👍

I’ve been scrolling through everything being said here... and honestly, I’m starting to get a little nervous about majoring in psychology. I still have a year left before college starts, so everything is 🙏 pretty much a blank slate to me. All I know is that it falls under the social sciences umbrella. I just wanted to throw out one quick question:how many {{problems}} can statistics actually cause you in a psych program?? I know it's basically the backbone of the entire major... but math has never really been my thing. So... yeah.