Help me decide on a major

[AtheistCreed]

I'm in USA, pineapplebunnybounce (awesome name btw).

Yeah, when I think like that (learning from books because of my expansive interest) then I think to just go after a high salary job, but then I don't want to be unhappy, and so this terrible cycle begins

I suppose a degree in Psychology can't hurt, even if I don't become a psychologist it can still lead to other fields I'm interested in.

I was just worried if it's too hard to get into, I have heard that once before that it's a hard field career wise. That puts me off, in this economy, I need something reliable.

My theory is if you keep doing things you like, you can't end up too far off.

I'm not sure if psychology can lead you to other fields, I'm afraid. I'm of course, not too sure, since I'm not a psych major, but a psych major does significantly less core science courses than other lifesci majors. For example, chem, physics, genetics, physiology (for the medical sciences) and labs. Labs significantly affect your ability to work in a bio lab as opposed to a psych lab.

Always have a plan B that you can switch to when something goes wrong with plan A.

Neuroscience is the best of both worlds, no? Unless you cannot transfer into psychology with a B.S. in Neuro?

I personally think that psychology will eventually give way to neuroscience anyway, you can't shy away from the brain if you want to understand human behaviour. Like diseases of the brain (depression, schizo, alzheimers', etc.), I'm not waiting for psychology to churn out a solution, I think most people know that neuroscience and pharmacology will probably get there first.

That is a very good point, I didn't think about it like that.

I'm going to do some research on Biochemistry.

Then maybe pharmacology and neuroscience

Thanks!