<p>I know you can't fully generalize, but what characteristics/interests do you think a person must have to pursue medicine, law, and business?</p>
<p>I am interested in all three and really want to figure out what I want to do.
I am a freshman at Northwestern and am currently taking General Chemistry as a premed.
However, I am really interested in business and law and although there are only a few courses required for premeds, I really do not want to take them unless I am sure I want to pursue medicine and not law or business.
I know orgo, bio, and physics would only bring my GPA down and severely hurt my chances of getting into a top law or business school.</p>
<p>If I am premed, I would just want to get into a medical school in the U.S.
If I am prelaw or prebusiness, I would definitely want to get into a TOP law or business school because this is where the graduate school makes a big difference in career/salary later.</p>
<p>I really am not sure which one to pursue wholeheartedly and am trying to figure out which one would make me most happy and which one I would be best at.
What qualities do you think someone has that makes them right for medicine, law, or business?</p>
<p>My guess is if you don’t really like your premed classes, I doubt you will like medical school classes even if you are lucky to get in. You said you are “really interested in business and law”; that answers your own question.</p>
<p>Law is a bad choice unless you want to be a Lawyer. You have not expressed why you want to be a lawyer, so we can assume you don’t, you just want a high prestige career. Therefore, Law School is a waste of time and money. In any case, just get a High GPA and eventually take the LSAT for law- that’s all you need, so don’t try aiming for it.</p>
<p>The OP is a Freshman not even in 5th week of Winter Quarter (3.5 years to graduation if he/she graduates in 4) + 4-5+ years of FT work experience. The average at Kellogg is 5.5+ and similar for other Top 8 bschool MBAs.</p>
<p>Sloan is 4.9 avg and Standord lists their median as 3.9 years meaning (I know, it’s not bulletproof induction but humor me) the distribution is skewed due to older individuals who followed non typical routes to an MBA, whereas most individuals are doing around or slightly less than four years. </p>
<p>Honestly though, I apologize for pointing this out. It isn’t a big deal. It’s a good bet that before he turns 30 he will be enrolling or looking to enroll somewhere.</p>
<p>Yeah considering the OP is probably 18, that’s a pretty safe bet.</p>
<p>I’m basing most of my estimates on the fact that I’m surrounded by Kellogg MBAs everyday. I see a whole lot more people there in their late 20s and early 30s than I do people in their mid 20s.</p>