I am writing this more as a benefit to myself rather than to readers, but it occurred to me that some of you may be going through similar situations and it’s always comforting to know that.
I am currently in the midst of writing my personal statement for university. For those of you who don’t know, a personal statement is a little bit like a CV. It states why you want to do that particular course and why the uni should choose you to go there. I am in the process of writing mine at the moment and the deadline for applications is 1st November.
However, I am having somewhat of an internal crisis – I can’t decide between two of my favourite things: Law or Psychology.
From the age of about 12 I have wanted to be a clinical psychologist. Because of my own experiences I wanted to use those to help others through mental health issues. Since then I have done Psychology GCSE and currently studying Psychology A level. I was all set for studying Psychology at university. Then when I went to choose my subjects for A level I wanted to do something which I had never done before and was different, so I chose Law. Since I started I have loved every minute of it – our teacher is amazing and the content is fascinating. I’ve learnt about legal careers and am desperate to become a Barrister.
The problem now, is that I can’t decide which subject I should study. I get similar good grades in both and enjoy both equally. I am tempted to do Law because that’s what I want to have a career in but with psychology I have the option of doing a 1 year conversion course to law afterwards and still retain the option of carrying on to become a clinical psychologist. If I do Law then I feel like I’m cheating on Psychology (do you get that?) but what if I do Psychology and spend the entire time wishing I was doing Law or vide versa? I can’t imagine not studying either one.
I just needed to have a little ramble to myself and maybe to others too. š
Obviously no one can make the decision for me, but if you have any advice on how to make a decision which feels right, please please leave a comment below, along with your experience of making big decisions!
Megssaskia x
Megssaskia 
Best of luck with choosing! Picking my university degree was no walk in the park!
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Thank you! What did you pick?
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Geography! Is it possible to combine your two choices and take some psychology modules if you take a law degree or vice versa?
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Nice! I’ve been trying to find somewhere which does this and the only one I was interested in I wasn’t very keen on as their focus in law was on a topic I disliked š¦ I may have the option of taking the odd module from elsewhere depending on what university I go to.
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That’s a pain. Is a master’s on the one not taken at undergraduate level possible? That’s obviously a way away at the moment though!
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I haven’t really looked into it but that might be a good idea!
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