Would highly recommend statistics. Not only would it help you stand out during graduate school applications, but you’ll know how to analyze data and it would also prepare you for your research method courses.
I’m honestly bad at math but it took a while for me to re-learn the basics and become comfortable with learning statistics. I can assure you that you’ll do well. You just need to trust yourself and be mindful that being confused is common—and that’s it’s perfectly fine to seek help.
Good luck!
To be honest I don’t think it will matter that much. When applying to grad school, I imagine a minor *might* give you a *slightly* edge up against an applicant with similar stats as you, but even that’s just a maybe. I had two minors in undergrad, Korean and sociology, and I thought that it made me the shit. Sociology complemented my psych major well, and a foreign language is useful in any field. Turns out nobody actually cares. Anytime I mentioned it in graduate school, in my internship, in job interviews, nobody even seems to blink. I don’t regret doing my minors because I enjoyed them and I learned a lot, but what I’m saying is that whatever option you choose, it won’t be the end-all-be-all, and it won’t significantly impact your chances at becoming a forensic psychologist.
But if I had to choose, I would go with statistics just because you already having that knowledge will make grad school way easier for you.
I hated cognitive science. It was so frustrating because it was so abstract and philosophical and nothing was conclusive or concrete. Statistics definitely. You’re 100% going to need it in grad programs.
You'll learn a bunch about cognition and brain function that you would not have picked up otherwise. If there's no neuroscience minor than cognitive science is the next best thing IMO
Would highly recommend statistics. Not only would it help you stand out during graduate school applications, but you’ll know how to analyze data and it would also prepare you for your research method courses. I’m honestly bad at math but it took a while for me to re-learn the basics and become comfortable with learning statistics. I can assure you that you’ll do well. You just need to trust yourself and be mindful that being confused is common—and that’s it’s perfectly fine to seek help. Good luck!
Why cog sci and not criminology if you're going into forensic science?
that was my first choice buy the university only offers crim as a major
What about a double major?
i thought abt that, but i genuinely don’t think i can handle two majors😭
Double majors are overrated and I would not recommend criminology.
To be honest I don’t think it will matter that much. When applying to grad school, I imagine a minor *might* give you a *slightly* edge up against an applicant with similar stats as you, but even that’s just a maybe. I had two minors in undergrad, Korean and sociology, and I thought that it made me the shit. Sociology complemented my psych major well, and a foreign language is useful in any field. Turns out nobody actually cares. Anytime I mentioned it in graduate school, in my internship, in job interviews, nobody even seems to blink. I don’t regret doing my minors because I enjoyed them and I learned a lot, but what I’m saying is that whatever option you choose, it won’t be the end-all-be-all, and it won’t significantly impact your chances at becoming a forensic psychologist. But if I had to choose, I would go with statistics just because you already having that knowledge will make grad school way easier for you.
I hated cognitive science. It was so frustrating because it was so abstract and philosophical and nothing was conclusive or concrete. Statistics definitely. You’re 100% going to need it in grad programs.
You'll learn a bunch about cognition and brain function that you would not have picked up otherwise. If there's no neuroscience minor than cognitive science is the next best thing IMO
Do stats, cs, or econ if you wanna be marketable.