5 TIPS FOR FUTURE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS|| UCT GRADUAND 

So excited for you Precious! Congratulations on getting in! Thanks so much for watching my videos! I hope they have been helpful x All the love!

Hi Patience! So sorry for seeing your comment so late🙏☀️🥺. Yes Life Sciences and Pure Maths are recommended subjects to have in HIgh school 💫. However, if you don't have Pure Maths you would probably have to take an extra year in Uni to do some statistics courses💫.

Hey! I'm well thank you! I hope you are too :). I took: History, Bio, Dance Studies, Dramatic Arts, Maths Lit, Afrikaans, English, and Life orientation. In terms of the application, I think it would be good to have Bio/Life Sciences as you will have some courses that have to do with the brain, etc in Psych :). I'd also recommend having pure maths, but if not, it wouldn't be the end of the world :)

In the works🎇. I'm getting tips from students that were in my honours class last year and I'll share them with you all😄🎓

Hi there! Psychology is offered at many universities across South Africa not just in Cape Town :). In terms of the course, at UCT specifically, the available courses cover the department's four principal areas of expertise: Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology and Cognitive and Neuro-psychology.

Yes UCT does offer BA Psychology 🌞

Hey Joy,if you don't mind may you please tell me how you got into UP for BA Psychology because I plan on applying there this year? Any tips on how I can get admission?

Oh and how is the degree? Do you enjoy it or find it challenging?

Usually 3/4 years depending on the Uni and the country.

Hey Emma! Sure💛 Amped to here that you want to go into Psych 😁🙌. I did struggle with pure math in highschool and then switched to Math lit in Matric. So according to UCT requirements only students who have 70% on the National Benchmark test QL or at least 50% on Pure Maths have unconditional access to The First Year Psych Course. I didnt have pure maths and didnt get a 70% or above for the NBT QL so I was strongly encouraged to extend my degree by a year and take the maths (statistics) courses they offer before officially starting my psych courses the following year. So, if you score a 70% and above on your NBT QL, you can register to start your psych courses in your first year of University. Hope this makes sense? If you need more clarification please let me know 💞 I dont regret extending my degree and taking those courses because it really helped me alot when we actually did statistics in our research psych courses the following years.

Hi, Fortunate! I'm so sorry for this late response to your comment! I sadly don't have the capacity to be a full-time mentor at the moment because honours is so demanding, but I would love to answer any questions you may have :). Please feel free to pop me emails any time: gasaloyiso@gmail.com / or dm me on Instagram: @loyiso_gasa :)

Great. Will definitely do