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which is the best college to go to if I'd like to pursue forensic psychiatry?
long answers would be greatly appreciated. forensic psycholgists, psychiatrists and scientists are welcome to answer my question. #university
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Matthew’s Answer
This is a bit out of my expertise, but I think the most important thing to remember is that your degree is secondary to your experience.
If you're passionate about a field, pursue it. I'd recommend speaking to a career counselor at your school for their advice, and make an effort early on - I'm talking early Freshman year - to keep an eye open for internship opportunities with the kinds of companies that you want to hire you.
Absent some kind of standardized certification requiring a specific academic background, most professions don't care so much about your degree as your skillset and experience. Be chipper, be polite, and show your passion to employers as early as you can.
The most successful people that I know, independent of industry, started working for their companies by Sophomore year and just kept growing in their roles.
Hope that helped, sorry it was vague.
If you're passionate about a field, pursue it. I'd recommend speaking to a career counselor at your school for their advice, and make an effort early on - I'm talking early Freshman year - to keep an eye open for internship opportunities with the kinds of companies that you want to hire you.
Absent some kind of standardized certification requiring a specific academic background, most professions don't care so much about your degree as your skillset and experience. Be chipper, be polite, and show your passion to employers as early as you can.
The most successful people that I know, independent of industry, started working for their companies by Sophomore year and just kept growing in their roles.
Hope that helped, sorry it was vague.
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Jason’s Answer
What a great inquiry and place to start. One of the most common misconceptions about forensics is that the job itself is that what is seen on television which is pretty far from factual. One of the first things i would do if i were you would be to research the job and decide what it is you actually want to do.
I specifically say this because you have written both forensic psychology and psychiatry and they are two, exclusively different jobs with very different training regiments. One takes you to graduate school, the other to medical school. The most important things are not which school you go to or which class you take, its are you taking the right ones to get you to the career you want.
I would first answer the question of what is it you actually would like to do? Forensics is not always about creating a "profile", many times it is simply working in a criminal atmosphere- as in, you can be providing counseling to prisoners in a jailhouse setting and call yourself a forensic psychologist.
Regardless of what you decide, you will need very good grades to get into either graduate school and/or medical school. Focus on grades, and see if you can find an actual forensic psychiatrist or psychologist in your area. Call your county health department, google around and speak to someone in the actual job. You may be able to ask to "shadow" someone as well.
This can also be a career working with "criminally insane" as a psychiatrist. For example, there are court cases that end with a person being admitted to a "facility" which is essentially a prison that provides mental health treatment due to insanity. That can also be a potential venue for employment.
Best of luck to you.
I specifically say this because you have written both forensic psychology and psychiatry and they are two, exclusively different jobs with very different training regiments. One takes you to graduate school, the other to medical school. The most important things are not which school you go to or which class you take, its are you taking the right ones to get you to the career you want.
I would first answer the question of what is it you actually would like to do? Forensics is not always about creating a "profile", many times it is simply working in a criminal atmosphere- as in, you can be providing counseling to prisoners in a jailhouse setting and call yourself a forensic psychologist.
Regardless of what you decide, you will need very good grades to get into either graduate school and/or medical school. Focus on grades, and see if you can find an actual forensic psychiatrist or psychologist in your area. Call your county health department, google around and speak to someone in the actual job. You may be able to ask to "shadow" someone as well.
This can also be a career working with "criminally insane" as a psychiatrist. For example, there are court cases that end with a person being admitted to a "facility" which is essentially a prison that provides mental health treatment due to insanity. That can also be a potential venue for employment.
Best of luck to you.