Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: B2, field of study: Sciences humaines et sociales)

At first, i didn't really consider psychology as a possible suitable studies for me. When i was younger, during college or before, I was studying math and physic, or even biology depending on the year, and the specialities proposed by the institution. At that time, I didn't truly tought about what I was going to become, since I had no courses that interested me particularly. I just followed the "logic" path I tought I was good at, since it didn't displeased me to learned it, without being truly keen of that either. I passed my Bacalaurat, with the same mention as my courses, and got it with the well enough mention, even if I don't know if that's the correct way to translate it. During that last year of college, one of my friends, that I met a few years later, suffered from depression (what she thought it was at that time),since she had trust in me, told me her suffering, traumatics past events. It's at that time, that I began to thnik seriously about my future, since I started to want to feel usefull to people who like her, had issues with their mental health, and be a bit of help for them, an aspect that was completely absent from mathematics in my point of view, or at least, I didn't find it anymore. That friends made me realise how important it could be for someone in distress to have someone to speak to, whitout the fear of being judjed, or ignored. I still have today this view, and it's my first priority. After my Bacalaurat, I was accepted by different schools, who proposed studies linked with both mathematics or sciences in general, from the choices I've made before the concern of wanting to be helpfull. I didn't really consider at that time the pscyhology studies, and went to a Mathematics Licence, and was accepted with a special mention, allowing me to pass the first year in two years, since my level wouldn't have been good enough otherwise. I spent around one month, maybe a bit more in that licence before quitting, after and appointment with a psychologist specialised in orientation, wich proposed me to enter a diploma welcoming students who where lost regarding what they could do later, or people who weren't accepted in the courses they wished for. This diploma proposed many differents specialities, organised in differents groups, and the one i chose was one assembling philosophy, sociology, psychology, education sciences. The people who were teaching us weren't always affiliated with the university, some of them were professionals who made their owns first experiences regarding teaching. The psychologist who was giving us lessons was one of them, and it's really him who made me consider psychology as a possible choice of study. The atmosphere of the diploma was truly great, since all of us were in the same situation, at the same level, and even the professors tried to be the most "equal" possible with us, to be able to avoid closing some opportunities, and to reassure us in some ways, since many of the students considered their presence here as a failure, though that they had given up, and where pretty depressed about the educationnal system. This diploma also allowed us to experiment, with the possiblity of looking for internship, to confront us with the reality of the domain we chose. Since in psychology it's truly hard to find an internship, especially for those who aren't in the psychology licence; and even for them, it's far from easy, I was only able to organise an interview with a psychologist, wich made me less worried in my choice. I consider myself lucky to have been accepted in this diploma, because, in addition to everything i've said before, I don't think I could have entered the Psychology licence i'm in today without it, and the letter of recommandation of my referent, which described my project as accurate, and aligned with the requirements of the psychology licence. I was finally accepted 2 years ago, and even if all the differents courses aren't all as appealing as I tought they would be, a few of them truly interest me, and I sure that that's where I want to work in later, and even if today, I'm not sure where to go exactly, since Psychology is extremely vast, I'm still sure that appromatly where i want to be. I hope this interest won't fade away as time pass, but I don't think it will. Anyway, I think I wrote all that came to my mind, and gave all the reasons that were behind this choice.