As the Class of 2026 prepares to graduate, eight Sacred Heart Greenwich seniors, Caroline Gammon, Chloe Hill, Dua Khan, Elle Corcoran, Emma Beatty, Finley Newman, Georgia Lillis, and Katie McQuillan plan to pursue psychology majors at their respective institutions. Caroline, Dua, and Georgia reflected on how their experiences at Sacred Heart have shaped their passions for psychology, inspired them to further their ambitions at the college level and encouraged them to serve others and positively impact their communities.
This fall, Caroline will major in psychology at the College of the Holy Cross, a liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts. During her senior year, Caroline took Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology, taught by Mrs. Jillian Bozzi, and AP English Literature and Composition, taught by Dr. Cristina Baptista. She shared how these classes in particular encouraged her to pursue psychology in college.
“I’ve always been interested in psychology as a field of study, and since taking AP Psychology this year with Mrs. Bozzi, I knew that I wanted to pursue it further in college,” Caroline said. “Classes in which we explore psychological topics in a more interdisciplinary way, particularly AP Literature with Dr. Baptista, have also contributed to my interest in studying psychology at the next level. I think it is a valuable and fascinating social science that can be applied to many different career paths, so I am looking forward to exploring my double-major and minor options as well.”
Dua will attend Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she will major in psychology on a Pre-Med track. She touched upon how taking AP Psychology during her senior year strengthened her desire to learn more about psychology. Dua also explained that as she hopes to enter the medicine field, she chose to major in psychology in order to help her become a meaningful and thoughtful healthcare provider.
“Taking AP Psychology has also been an informative experience which has really helped me to understand the depth and impact of studying psychology,” Dua said. “I am looking forward to delving deeper into the topics I have learned in AP Psychology this year and learning them at a higher level as well as meeting professors from the psychology department and learning from their expertise.”
During her time at Sacred Heart, Dua co-founded and currently serves as Co-Head of the Pre-Med Club. She emphasized how this experience solidified her desire to study medicine as well as psychology and helped to cultivate her passion for helping others.
“Psychological and physical health are very much connected, and so majoring in psychology will help me understand that and apply that to my future work,” Dua said. “At Sacred Heart, I am one of the founders and co-heads of the Pre-Med Club, which has helped us all to learn how important the versatility of knowledge is within the medical field.”
Next year, Georgia will attend Stanford University in Stanford, California, where she plans to major in psychology and play on the Division 1 women’s lacrosse team. She is eager to join psychology-related extracurriculars and meet like-minded people who share her interest in the study for human behaviors. She expressed why she finds psychology fascinating and what she is most looking forward to about immersing herself in this field next year.
“One moment that especially stood out to me [when taking AP Psychology] was learning about the Stanford Prison Experiment,” Georgia said. “Watching and discussing it pushed me to think more deeply about human behavior, authority, and how environments shape actions. It was both unsettling and fascinating, and it made me want to keep exploring psychology further, especially considering I am attending there next fall. Looking ahead to studying psychology at Stanford University, I’m most excited to dive deeper into understanding why people think and behave the way they do, especially through research and discussion-based classes. I’m also interested in joining psychology-related clubs or research opportunities on campus, since I want to be in environments where I can keep asking questions and engaging with others who are just as curious about human behavior.”
Featured Image by Blaire Williamson ’27
