What do you think about the Psychology program at San Francisco State University and CSU Sacramento?

I applied to both of these universities and would like to know some of your opinions. I know that the psychology program at SFSU is impacted. Is that a reason for me to prefer going to CSU Sacramento? I look at the CSUS'S website and they don't have many different psych classes per semester... Please, let me know some of the pros and cons of these programs. Honest answers from people who have experience in these universities would be much appreciated!

Also, how about UC Berkeley? I know the course is also impacted there. As far as prestige goes, I'm not interested because I'm going back to Brazil and that is not going to matter there. But would I really receive a better education from UCB than the CSUs. Another things that worries me at UCB are: huge classes with 300+ students; the fact that I can't talk to professors because they have so many students and are busy with research; I've heard that it gets really competitive there. If someone could talk honestly a bit about that, I would appreciate.

Thank you so much in advance!What do you think about the Psychology program at San Francisco State University and CSU Sacramento?
They are all impacted. Especially for a major that rarely leads to employment.



Psychology is one of the most popular majors in spite of the fact there are essentially no jobs for a person with a bachelor's degree in Psychology.



You can only realistically expect to make a living in this field if you get a PhD so you can set yourself up in private practice as a Psychologist. To do this you have to graduate from your bachelors program with a GPA of at least 3.0. If you think you can do this and commit yourself to at least 4 years of additional schooling after you get your bachelors, then great.



But if you do not think you will get at least a 3.0 or do not intend to stay in school past your bachelors degree then you should consider a different field. There are vastly more people with a bachelors degree in psychology that there is anything resembling enough jobs for them.



Since you need a PhD and once you have a PhD no one really cares where you got your bachelors, just go to the place you can go for the cheapest, generally your closest state university, as an in state student. A less competitive school is best as you will end up with a better GPA. A high GPA from a less competitive school is better than a mediocre GPA from a competitive school. Save your money for grad school and your PhD.



If you do not want to pursue a masters in Psychology, you can also go into a masters program in a lot of other areas or to law school as well.



People with only an undergrad degree in psychology and who actually got a job that had anything to do with the degree made a starting salary of $36,000 per year on average in 2009 according to:



http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/de鈥?/a>