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My overall academic goal is to receive a doctorate degree in psychology. I decided that I wanted to become a psychologist in high school. Before my senior year in high school, I wanted to be a surgeon but the mental health field captivated my interest. During my senior year in high school, I enrolled in an Introduction to Psychology course to see if this sparked any interest in me. I chose to pursue a PsyD over a Ph.D. because PsyD focuses on a student to become a practitioner and a Ph.D. prepares a student to become a researcher. I assisted in an experiment and I found early in the experiment that this was not my strongest ability. Pursing graduated school would help me in my goal of counsel military personnel and their families. …show more content…

My short-term professional goals are to graduate college and enroll into a graduate program. In the graduate program, I would like to master my counseling skills and earn my doctorate degree. In the long term, I would like to increase my knowledge of counseling and utilize the skills I have learned and apply them to identifying and diagnosing mental illness in military personnel. Ultimately, I would like to become license and counsel military personnel and their families.
Attending Argosy University in Washington D.C. would help me to achieve my goal of becoming a psychologist. APA accreditation is a very important factor for me applying this graduate program. Some of the practicum sites include VA hospitals, which would help prepare me for the population I would like to work with. My education as an undergraduate has given me a strong foundation for several of courses required for the degree. The class sizes are small and the student/faculty relationships are strong, which is a very important factor for me applying this graduate …show more content…

Over the course of the trip, we were required to use a journal to log our daily interactions. I learned that many Americans are closed-minded people and are rarely open to new experiences. We went to a gathering near one of the beaches and ate crocodile and kangaroo. Normally, I would not try anything out of the norm but since I was in another country, I decided to try it. For most of the trip, I decided to do activities that I would not normally do in the United States. Recently, I visited Spain and a requirement of this trip was to experience it like a true Spaniard. For most of the trip, I spoke Spanish and ate as many authentic dishes as I could fine. One of the biggest things I learned from the trip was that education was very important to Europeans in comparison to Americans. In fact, education in Europe is free but in America it’s

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