What job/career do you want to do and how close are you to achieve that?

who knows i might be going to essex next year how diverse the campus? how is journalism on the decline?

Thanks! I've got a relative who works there but I still had to apply like everyone else, wrote a personal statement with a CV. Omg you too! I missed out on doing it last year so I have no choice lol hope we get where we both want to!

howd you get that work experience?

I wouldnt mind a career as a journalist tbh but I want to do psychology at uni...I love writing though...What uni are you at?

Hi!
I'm a Psychology Student at Essex, feel free to ask me any questions you may have!
^Sharmila

whats psychology like? how do you revise? whats the statistics like? what are the most interesting topics you study in your opinion?

I've found psychology very interesting and have enjoyed my time studying it. I found statistics challenging at times as maths is not my strong point, but there will always be something challenging in any degree, and my lecturers were really helpful and supportive and by the end of this year I came out of the statistics module with a good mark and feeling amazing that i managed to face my fear of statistics and do well in it! I revise by going into the psychology booths we have in our department as they are really quiet and I sit down with my notes and try to make them shorter and straight to the point. so i go from pages of notes to smaller revision cards with key points. but everyone has their own style of revising and its just a matter of finding whats right for you! The most interesting topics I studied in my opinion were social psychology, developmental psychology and crime law and society, but i found all of them good, those were just my favorites!
feel free to ask any more questions you may have, about the course or the university in general, I'm more than happy to help
^Sharmila

what type of stuff did you learn about in social psychology and developmental psychology? i do psychology at alevel and find socail psychology and the reasoning behind addiction(the whole thing to do with the more we take something the more we become accustomed to the higher levels of a hormone which may increase).How does the essay style differ from A level psychology? Do you get a chance to think creatively e.g. make your own experiment?

Are you part of any societies? Are the many black people in essex?

In social psychology we learnt about things like bystander intervention where something has happened and how people may or may not intervene and why they do or dont, and in developmental psychology we look at how we develop as babies to children to adults, we had a babylab session with babies in the lecture so we could see how they function at different ages, it was very interesting! the style of writing changes as you may have to write lab reports which have more structure or do essays that focus on a source so you will need to keep it relevant and focused, but I have found this style really interesting and useful. In final year you will be doing your own research project and its very independent so you can think creatively, and throughout second year you will be able to choose which experiment you would like to carry out . I am part of 5 societies myself and have found them very fun to be part of and get involved with. The university has around 136 different nationalities so you will find people of many different nationalities, I find this one of the best parts of studying here as I have learnt so much about different cultures.
^Sharmila

bystander intervention - isnt one of theory's to do with people not helping other people due to being influenced by a group as in a person may decide not to help due to seeing that other people arent helping.

Do you get to learn about operant and classical conditioning? Do you also cover sleeping disorders or why people dream? How much Freud do you cover? (Not looking forward to potentially seeing penis envy as i find that so weird)