<p>This year I'll be a junior. I want to get into a top college and am trying to gear my extracurriculars toward a specific major (right now I swim, play the violin, etc...I'm well rounded and not focused on anything)</p>
<p>This is part of the problem of why I don't know what I want to be. My parents are both engineers and have been pushing me toward engineering. My mom says I have math and science talents that should not be wasted.</p>
<p>Although I enjoy and excel in math and science, I don't really fit the personality type for engineering. I don't do robotics and I don't love coding or taking things apart, and I never wonder why something works, etc. Plus, I've fallen in love with some of the Ivies that are not known for engineering.</p>
<p>OK the following may come across as snotty and selfish and etc., but I'm really trying to be honest and convey my true self.</p>
<p>All I know about myself is that I love competition and trying to become the best, I love debating and asserting my opinion and, as shallow as this sounds, the only things I know i want in my future are to live a high class life and travel a lot. </p>
<p>Would you be interested in finance-related careers? They can be competitive and make good money, especially if you were to become an actuary or something. According to Forbes, 93% of actuaries interviewed said that their schedules were flexible enough to accommodate travelling. And they involve math, so if you’re good at it, that’s something to look into.</p>
<p>If you want to stay away from math, you could look into a career in law and major in something like Political Science or International Relations. Depending on the type of job you get, though, you could have a big workload.</p>
<p>You could become a doctor. That is a very competitive and high-paying field, but you’d have to secure a job that would let you travel, because many doctors don’t have much free time, especially early in their careers.</p>
<p>Finally, you could look into civil engineering. It’s less robots and technology and more surveying and designing. And they make good money, I believe. My uncle is a civil engineer and he’s always travelling for his work, and gets a lot of free time to go sight-seeing.</p>
<p>You’ll have more flexibility in your choices if you look for careers that aren’t just well-paying and let you travel, but also careers that are generally well-paying so you can travel?</p>
<p>Based on the fact that you like debating and are opinionated, it sounds like a career in law, political science, or journalism may fit you. Based on the fact that you would like to travel, maybe international relations or politics would be interesting. </p>