do you have to be good at math to be a psychiatrist???

Question

i want to be a psychiatrist but im not a genius in math, im average!!

Answer 1

don't worry, you'll be fine. you don't need to be a genius in math.

Answer 2

Well, to be a psychiatrist you have to make it through med school and to get into med school you need to pass the MCAT, so you'll need to know some complex math. You don't need to be a genuis to learn math, so if you start early and take as many math classes in college as possbile, you can do this.

If you hate math and don't want to go to med school you can be a psychologist. You'll need basic college math and statistics for graduate school, but a Master's in psychology is not as math heavy as a Psychiatry degree.

Answer 3

I think you just have to pass the pre-requisites that are required nothing like physics or calculus just basic math fractions a little bit of algebra but nothing major you can even brush up and test out of the math now if you were going to be a pharmacist I would say yes.

Answer 4

I can't say for sure, but I've always been very good in math and I've had a great interest in psychology. I minored in it briefly at Cal-State Fullerton. I don't, however, recall ever using math to any extent when it came to anything psychological. I have nothing to back my answer up...it's merely how I've seen things through the years.

Answer 5

You do need to have a strong grasp on statistics. It is used extensively in psychiartry. But a math genius,no, not really.

Answer 6

No, you don't need alot of math skills. If you wanted to be a psycologist, though, you'd have to be able to write subscribtions.

Answer 7

no, math dont have anythin to do with it, science does though