It has great utility, that's why I was able to make great use of it. But none of that was in anything remotely resembling the Psychology field because those jobs have 1000 applicants a day, even at PhD (or PsyD) level.
Even my Practicum wasn't in Psychology itself*, I volunteered with the local big brother type org for a year and gained considerable skills with children instead.
The classes aren't teaching you to pass the test, its supposed to be teaching you valuable skills that the test is making sure of. But so many STEM people just expect their degree to land them an instant job and forget all that.
*The largest supplier of positions for this was the local women's shelter, of which my professor forbid me from going to. In case anyone thought my misogyny wasn't limited to online.
There are a lot of reasons why I shouldn't have been there, most of them valid even if Righting Injustice should be done. But we all accepted it with a laugh and I got to help a lot of lost boys get somewhat back on the path instead.
It has great utility, that's why I was able to make great use of it. But none of that was in anything remotely resembling the Psychology field because those jobs have 1000 applicants a day, even at PhD (or PsyD) level.
Even my Practicum wasn't in Psychology itself*, I volunteered with the local big brother type org for a year and gained considerable skills with children instead.
The classes aren't teaching you to pass the test, its supposed to be teaching you valuable skills that the test is making sure of. But so many STEM people just expect their degree to land them an instant job and forget all that.
*The largest supplier of positions for this was the local women's shelter, of which my professor forbid me from going to. In case anyone thought my misogyny wasn't limited to online.
That's because you'd probably call them out for allowing abusers into the shelters to avoid accountability.
There are a lot of reasons why I shouldn't have been there, most of them valid even if Righting Injustice should be done. But we all accepted it with a laugh and I got to help a lot of lost boys get somewhat back on the path instead.