I am a second pre-univercity student of Psychology. I may have not known much about the Psychology as a subject or a field, but I was curious about the subject matter of Psychology and the reason for it's rapid growth, especially in India. 

Lately psychology has gained popularity as people have started to realise that mental health is just as important as physical health. This has caused more people to be concerned about their own mental well being. This is one of the majority reasons that I think is why the demand for more professionals in this field has spiked up so rapidly. 

Before making any decision it is important to gather information and then make a decision and that is what I did and I realised that Psychology is so much more vast than what is portrayed. Psychology in the simplest words is the study of how the human brain functions and human behaviour in different situations. But requires the known of biology, social science, communication, critical and analytical thinking etc. Psychology has a field in industry, crime, law, social, counselling, developmental, military, school,  clinical, communication, sports, education, etc. 

Overall, it's not necessary to have an aim set in stone. Like I mentioned earlier Psychology is a very wide field and each field is gaining it's importance, hence the huge demand today. Psychology is a flexible subject and can be mixed and matched with other fields. Now almost two years of studying the subject I'm very sure that this is the subject field that I will give my all to.