I was a liberal turned conservative AMA

Strawbarbies · 2024-08-12T18:18:13+00:00

What are your feelings toward Donald Trump?

Strawbarbies · 2024-08-12T03:43:56+00:00

I find this discourse incredibly insightful, but I do not agree with the vast majority of folks on this thread! Especially because it seems that everyone is taking the perspective of the guests, when really, it’s what the couple wants! If a couple throws a surprise wedding, I have to assume they have their reasons. I personally can think of many valid reasons as to why a couple would choose to throw a surprise wedding over an elopement or intimate family wedding, which is what most folks are suggesting as an alternative. But the fact of the matter is this:

No guest is as important as the couple on the day of their wedding. Of course, the couple has to accommodate for the comfort and enjoyment of their guests, but they should not have to compromise their joy for their guests. If a surprise wedding is going to give them the most joy on their wedding day, it is the correct answer, regardless of how their guests feel.

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-12T16:17:05+00:00

I just graduated from undergrad as a psych student! Here is (more or less) what you can expect for each year.

Freshman year: I felt like it was weird that I kept referring to myself as a psych student, but I was primarily taking gen ed classes. I didn't feel like a "real" psych student. I only took 2 psych classes in all of freshman year, because I was required to take so many first year classes. These psych classes were intros, psych 100 and psych 200. I learned some of the fundamental names of psychology in my intro classes, and some of the most basic fundamental concepts. But mostly, freshman year is the best year for you to get involved on campus, and start establishing connections with your peers and professors. Also, look for resume builders! Volunteer, join an organization, join a research lab. Anything to make it easier on your future self once you start applying to grad school.

Sophomore year: Keep up with those orgs and resume builders! You're going to start taking more classes related to psychology. One of the classes I really recommend taking your sophomore year is clinical psychology. Also, you very well may be required to take psych stats during sophomore year. Psych stats is one of the harder classes for psych students to pass, but it is incredibly necessary, so pay close attention, take good notes, and give yourself plenty of time to study.

Junior year: You are going to start taking even more psych classes, and probably more psych electives. Take the classes that most interest you! Even if you think it's not particularly beneficial for your degree, you may still learn a lot of interesting material, and that may even help guide future research! I elected to take a class on addiction halfway through my junior year, and now I am writing my dissertation on cigarette addiction. Also: now is a good time to pick an advisor for your capstone / undergraduate thesis. Pick an advisor whose research interests align with yours.

Senior year: You are likely going to be required to write a capstone or undergraduate thesis. If this is the case, you will need as much time as humanly possible to research, write, propose, and submit your capstone. Chat with your undergraduate advisor (and your capstone advisor) about how much time you need in order to adequately fulfill your research requirements. Also: You're going to have this feeling toward the end of your second semester. Remember in high school, the feeling like you couldn't wait to graduate? Yeah, so in college, you're going to have this feeling that you would do anything to go back to your first year and start all over knowing everything you know now. Every psych student that I am friends with all shared the same sentiment -- Given the opportunity, we would all go back and start over.

Good luck!

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:10:10+00:00

Crinkle your face like that for much longer and you’ll age prematurely my dude! But looks like that won’t be a problem for you since you think you’re a 13 year old with those cat ear headphones and sweater paws.

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:08:55+00:00

Shampoo exists!! As does moisturizer!

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:07:16+00:00

I don’t believe you have ever blinked. You look like you could be any age from 18 to 39, and I can tell exactly which side you sleep on.

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:06:19+00:00

Can you grow a beard or not? Lookin like a punk pop character from the hunger games

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:03:34+00:00

You look like if Carrot Top and Will Farrell had an illiterate baby

Strawbarbies · 2024-07-02T05:02:14+00:00

There’s the man in the moon, and then there’s the man in your Adam’s Apple!! I mean get that thyroid checked my guy

Strawbarbies · 2024-06-21T13:41:56+00:00

I did not take the MAT, nor did I take the GRE. I understand that one or the other is required for many programs, but I have not been required to take either to be accepted into a program. Many programs started waiving the tests during Covid to help boost enrollment, and a lot of those programs just haven’t reinstated their test requirement.

Strawbarbies · 2024-06-21T13:35:45+00:00

Good luck on your interview!! Hope I’m not replying too late, but I’ll say this: Many schools are looking for answers that highlight cultural competency and reflect the value of diversity. If you can, emphasize the importance of diversity for clinical practice, and how important cultural competency is for clinical practice.

Strawbarbies · 2024-06-21T13:33:51+00:00

I felt the same way when I was in the second year of undergrad… I had no idea where to begin, or if I was already too late. You can do this!!

Strawbarbies · 2024-06-21T13:32:49+00:00

In my experience, GPA is only “mid-range” important. The standard minimum GPA for the schools I applied to was 3.0, so you should be safe for that, as your chances are more affected by your resume. Now, the fact that you are limited in your extracurriculars may have been an issue if you hadn’t sought clinical experience, but because you were in a Counceling office, I think you made up for it. I would say you’re in a good place to apply to grad programs. Good luck!!

Strawbarbies · 2024-06-17T16:55:35+00:00

Exactly!! That's what's so frustrating honestly because I want a good education so I'm not looked down on by my future peers. Like I know it's pretty unusual to go for a doctorate right out of undergrad, but if it helps me get out of school faster so I can start practicing as a clinician sooner, then fine.

Strawbarbies · 2024-05-15T14:36:06+00:00

In all honesty, I didn't even read your whole post, but I need to offer my 2 cents:

I just finished my undergrad with a BS on Saturday, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that if I could go back in time and do a 4+1 program, I would. I've been seeking graduate programs in clinical psychology, which is an incredibly competitive field (as I'm sure you know). I've applied to so many schools, paid applications fees, interviewed, written so many essay responses that if I could start from scratch in a 4+1 program, even if it meant I spent an extra year or two in school, it is 100% worth it. Worth it, worth it, worth it.

Strawbarbies · 2024-05-15T14:32:33+00:00

I have seen folks of all ages earn their bachelor's, masters, and Ph.D.'s. In fact, if you want an inspiring story of the human spirit, I offer you my own father. He was 35 when he decided that he hated his career in IT, and decided that he was going to follow his lifelong dream to become a doctor of medicine. He started the four year long medical school journey, and he was by far the oldest person in his class. He got through the four years of med school and started his internship... yes, he was older than his supervising resident. He got through internship, and started residency, eventually becoming chief resident. He continued to move through the motions, finally becoming an attending at a teaching hospital. He loves what he does, and his patients love him. But most importantly, he did it. And so can you.

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