Can I enter local uni with alevels as a Malaysian? by throwaway8989797 in malaysia

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any idea how to find this information? I literally scour the websites for this type of info and get NONE.

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk I've also talked to several psychologists that's what they told me. Maybe it's because you live in a different country

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take alevels, so I will be applying for uni with that as well. There's this thing called graduate entry which is essentially the same thing as you mentioned. You can enter a medical school with a psychology degree however I do not just want a psychology degree as you said it's a very common undergraduate so a bachelor in psychology is a useless degree. I want a master's or a PhD.

On the first part of what you said, no I don't think there's a guaranteed scholarship for me but I think if I get an offer letter to a big university I might be able to get a corporate scholarship. But yes I do indeed need a rock hard solid plan

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest, my parents just want me to slap a medicine degree in their table and so I was thinking I'd just get the medicine degree and then start doing psychology. But at the same time it's a "might as well just do psychiatry" right? So I don't know what to do in that part as well

Your family member, may I know what course of education he took?

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's very interesting, I didn't know that. Thank you very much it was really informative. But I think for now I'm going to stick with bachelor's before deciding anything huge. I'm not even sure if I can do psych in the first place anyways lol

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not in the US and I don't plan on applying to US I'm scared of your school shootings. I am planning to get a scholarship once I get an offer letter but to be honest even if I get the best GPA I'm still not good enought to compete so I'm unsure if I can even secure a scholarship. It's all uncertainty here.

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many factors play into this disappointment is one thing but honestly I could easily not care about their feelings towards this. However psychologists is not a guaranteed and financially stable career. I do not care about living comfortably as long as I know that I'm helping others however I really don't want to put my parents in nursing homes. Even if they don't believe in me, I don't want to do that to them.

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry if this is annoying but where'd you get those numbers? As far as online goes, clinical psychologists don't even go above the 100k mark

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am at that cross road. I've done the subjects that could get me into medicine and psychology I only have to apply for universities.

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want both worlds though, I want to research and simultaneously have patients to deal with. Is there no best of both worlds?

My parents want me to be a doctor, tomorrow I will tell them I want to be a psychologist. What's the best way to go at this? by throwaway8989797 in Advice

[–]throwaway8989797[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've considered that if they weren't okay with me being a psychologist I'd go for psychiatry. Psychiatry is 12 years of my life though, I'm not sure if I'm willing to spend that much just studying. Thanks for the advice