Forensic Psychology Personal Statement

College and adulthood was always something that I deemed as too far away to even begin thinking about I would always brush off thinking about my future and whenever presented with the question, “what do you want to be when you grow up” was always answered with a shrug of my shoulders. Being presented with this project forced me to realize that being “grown up” is not as far away as I had first realized, and that I need to start to think about my future and what careers I am interested in pursuing. After completing research and pondering over around five careers that could possibly interest me enough to study, I settled on the career of Forensic Psychology.
At the start of this journey I remember thinking that I would like to be a detective, but I quickly realized that I was more interested in studying the psychological side of the crimes and drawing my own conclusions based on my knowledge of the human brain. This has led me to my seemingly ideal profession of forensic psychology. Forensic psychology is the application of the science and the profession of psychology to issues relating to law and the legal system. These relate to things such as why a certain criminal commits a certain crime and how to either prevent it, or to punish said criminal based on the …show more content…
I very much enjoy drawing my own conclusions and figuring out why things are the way that they are. This includes studying the behavior or dialogue of certain characters in pieces of literature my super awesome english teachers have assigned me. After slaving away for hours upon hours over analysis questions, I have adapted the very useful tool of being able to concisely and correctly analyze and draw conclusions. Now I know that forensic psychology isn’t exactly how it is portrayed on the screen, but I still think that studying crime and the people who commit crime would make for a perfect job for