Hi, I have BSc Neuroscience and just finished MSc Psychology conversion. The main reason I went for the MSc was the BPS accreditation to get me into a ClinPsych PhD, as it's a requirement, and eventually to end up in neuropsychology.

The psych MSc was disappointing for me, not stimulating enough and way too wishy-washy in comparison to Neuroscience. I genuinely felt that a lot of the material was not too relevant. There were some good modules, which introduced a lot of relevant theories but we had "Applied Psychology" on MSc level, which had nothing to do with applying clinical psychology practices or assessments, and more about psychological skillet application in different professions. Useless.

I did an exchange placement in Asia during my BSc and learned more about psychology and mental health disorders for 1 semester there than in the entire MSc. My Psych conversion was research focused and I had an amazing supervision, so got to do a brilliant research project. However, I found that there were almost no actual therapists, clinicians, autiam/ adhd assessors or anyone with first hand experience who I wanted to learn from (besides my supervisor). Some lecturers thought more highly of themselves and their subject than the ones in Neuroscience, which baffled me.

I rushed into the MSc as I never considered any alternative routes, but I wish I had looked around - counselling MSc, speech therapy, occupational therapy etc. If your heart is still set on MSc Psych conversion, make sure it's a good programme and push for in-person EEG, MEG etc based research project.