I'm going to Ole Miss [The University of Mississippi] to earn my PhD in Clinical Psychology!
I've had this goal, for I don't know, at least ten years. I've always wanted to become a psychologist. Kind of weird to tell people when you're in junior high, but yes, that was my dream. And it's been one long road to get there! As long as I could remember, I had my sights set on getting a PhD, the degree that leads to becoming a psychologist. I thought that I would take an AP course in Psychology, declare a psyc major in college, volunteer at a helpline, etc., you know all of the usual stuff, and then I would get in without much trouble. Unfortunately I had NO idea how tough it was to actually get into this very competitive field! With acceptance rates of less than 5%, I found out that my graduate program of choice was one of the most notoriously difficult graduate fields to enter in the country. I was told that it would probably be easier to get into medical school. Awesome. Rejection year one, year two...my plans and dreams had to be adjusted as I stayed in College Station - somewhere I had planned to leave long ago. It was an extremely humbling process. My conversations with God would go something like this: I'm a little confused, I thought this was what you wanted me to do? At times I considered dropping my dream and going a different route [masters degree, another field, etc]. But for whatever reason, I always came back to the fact that this was what I was supposed to do. In the meantime, I've gained some awesome [albeit very challenging] experiences in the field that will give me a unique perspective in graduate school. The last three years have represented a lot of hard work and prayers towards this goal, and part of me can't believe that I've reached it!! I'm still in a little bit of shock. I'm taking a short breather to enjoy this milestone before I embark on five more years of hard work. But I couldn't be happier!
I've had this goal, for I don't know, at least ten years. I've always wanted to become a psychologist. Kind of weird to tell people when you're in junior high, but yes, that was my dream. And it's been one long road to get there! As long as I could remember, I had my sights set on getting a PhD, the degree that leads to becoming a psychologist. I thought that I would take an AP course in Psychology, declare a psyc major in college, volunteer at a helpline, etc., you know all of the usual stuff, and then I would get in without much trouble. Unfortunately I had NO idea how tough it was to actually get into this very competitive field! With acceptance rates of less than 5%, I found out that my graduate program of choice was one of the most notoriously difficult graduate fields to enter in the country. I was told that it would probably be easier to get into medical school. Awesome. Rejection year one, year two...my plans and dreams had to be adjusted as I stayed in College Station - somewhere I had planned to leave long ago. It was an extremely humbling process. My conversations with God would go something like this: I'm a little confused, I thought this was what you wanted me to do? At times I considered dropping my dream and going a different route [masters degree, another field, etc]. But for whatever reason, I always came back to the fact that this was what I was supposed to do. In the meantime, I've gained some awesome [albeit very challenging] experiences in the field that will give me a unique perspective in graduate school. The last three years have represented a lot of hard work and prayers towards this goal, and part of me can't believe that I've reached it!! I'm still in a little bit of shock. I'm taking a short breather to enjoy this milestone before I embark on five more years of hard work. But I couldn't be happier!
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