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| Thu, 05-05-2005 - 11:29am |
I had my interview this morning for the masters degree course I'm hoping to start in September. I felt like I'd had a bit of a grilling by the time I came out of the interview and I feel I have no real insight into whether I will be accepted or not (although they made it clear that if I am offered a place on the course it will be on the provision that I reach at least a certain class of degree). Either way though I came out of there feeling like it is definitely something I would love to have the opportunity to study if I am lucky enough to get the chance. The course is titled "Counsciousness and Transpersonal Psychology" and covers all areas from the ego, the sense of self, religion, spirituality etc and sounds like it would be perfect for my long-term goals.
I was asked all about my beliefs regarding a soul and things such as whether I felt it was appropriate to study concepts such as an afterlife in a scientific manner and if I thought that anything could be proved from doing so and what if anything could be classed as proof of such things. I tried to forget that I have spent the last 4 years studying the brain from a purely clinical and scientific point of view under the guise of psychology and just answered the questions as truthfully and openly as I could stressing that it was entirely my point of view and not backed up by scientific research.
The class of degree I need to get should I be offered a place I am currently predicted to achieve providing I don't muck up my last 3 exams which I have to take next week and the week after. So now I just have to wait and keep my fingers crossed that I am lucky enough to be accepted and if I am that I stay on track and don't 'lose it' at the final hurdle ;-)
Brightest Blessings to you all.
Carol

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Carol, how intriguing!
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Hi Cara,
Great to hear you are returning to college. I returned after 20 years and am about to finish a 4 year course which gives me my batchelors in psychology. The course itself wasn't quite what I expected for psychology and I don't know if I just got the wrong end of the stick about it before hand or it was the particular university I attended but research into the brain seemed to be the only thing we studied!! I think some universities do study psychology more from a social standpoint but not the one I went to.
I don't know how things work elsewhere but here in the UK you do your batchelors degree first then if you want to go on you can take a masters degree, which takes 1-2 years and then if you want to go on further a PhD which takes another 2 years. The masters degree I've chosen is 2 years and involves one full day a week at university so I will work the other 4 days to pay for it!! The course involves 4 modules in each year with each module being assessed by submitting a relavent piece of work for that module. Places are limited, just 12-15 places, and from what I was told at the interview many of the current students on the course are solicitors and barristers not psychology graduates so I don't know what my chances are but just being able to debate things with someone felt good so I'm glad I at least tried.
Good luck with pursuing your course in psychology. If you need any help, you know where to come and I'll sure be glad to help if I can :-)
Carol
Good Luck Ladycee I know how you feel. I'd been away for 20 years and it was hard at first but you do soon settle back into it and the good thing about going back after all this time is you are doing something you have really chosen to do :-)
it sounds just wonderful, I see it happening.
Leila
I have to admit, I am nervous about returning to college.
I can understand the nervous bit. It is nervewracking but just remember just about everyone else will be feeling the exact same way.
"I have come to realize I have held myself back so many times in my life because of my fear of failure or rejection. Now I look at things differently. I don't care what people think as much now, I care more about my life's journey and making the most of it before I go on to the next life." This so resonates with me. I wanted to go back and get my degree for years but I always held myself back fearing I wasn't good enough. In the end the chance to do the course fell into my lap so that it was near impossible for me not to do it although I did have to put it off for a year due to family problems. But the universe was working behind the scenes and and the timing in the end was perfect. I think that is what happens when we stop worrying so much about what others think and decide that we want to move on with our life's journey. It's the universe's way of telling us that the time is right ;)
Carol
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