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Cover Letter: A Career As A Psychology Major

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Hi future self! I cannot believe you are reading this letter in the future that you wrote to yourself a couple of years ago. I know you had a difficult time choosing a major and sticking to it which leads me to my question, did you end up graduating as a Psychology and Criminal Justice major like you planned? As a Psychology major, I hope to learn how to help individuals overcome their problems. Many times when an individual is faced with issues in their life, he or she may shut down or act irrationally and I want to be able to prevent this from happening. I hope to be someone that people feel comfortable talking to and getting help from. I want to learn why people think and act the way they do. I am interested in finding out more about the …show more content…

I have a passion for investigating crimes, doing everything in my power to solve crimes and find the criminal’s motive. Hopefully I can make the world or the community I will be living in a safer place. There is crime all around us, criminals are becoming more logical when it comes to the time and place they carry out the crime they do and the types of individuals they perform the act on. Do these motivations for the majors you are, still apply to you today? My career goals for the future is to be either a forensic psychologist or a psychologist for children. I want to graduate in the 5 year Psychology program, so I can graduate with my masters and bachelors degree. I am interested in Forensic Psychology because I have a desire to distinguish between the different types of criminals and figure out a way to put an end to individuals who commit crime. I want to be a child psychologist because I aim to study and understand how the mind develops through childhood. I want to treat children early in life so they will live a more stress free life in the future. My career goals developed from the research I did for both of these majors. I changed my major a couple of times before deciding that Psychology and Criminal Justice were the majors for me. I made my decision from looking at all the majors Adelphi University has to offer and making a list of the pros and …show more content…

I had a strong desire to make these shows a reality, evidently creating a career from them. I am interested in pursuing a job in the FBI or in becoming a forensic pathologist. My main mission is to investigate and solve various crimes cases while in my field. Crime rate is on the rise therefore, making society more dangerous to live in, increasing the importance of jobs in the field of criminal justice. I find it immensely critical to observe the different crimes that occur, making comparisons and forming solutions as to how to put an end to

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