<p>So, now that many of us have gotten acceptances I'm wondering, do you guys have any future plans in particular? </p>
<p>I know that's a weird thing to ask but it is something I have been thinking about non-stop since this year has begun and the thoughts are only coming more frequently as I'm finishing everything up at my CC.</p>
<p>I get such horrible anxiety worrying about my future, for anyone who has read any of my older threads, you'll know that while I love school it can't hold a candle to the passion I've held for music since childhood.. As the time approaches to transfer I can literally feel my dreams of music slipping away and it is one of the most depressing feelings that I can not find any words to accurately describe. I can't think of a single thing that I will be happy doing outside of music (and believe me I've been wracking my brain for answers to this since grade 6)..</p>
<p>Anyway (sorry for the rant) all of these life changing events are causing a lot of introspection and wondering what the hell I am going to do after college.. </p>
<p>Do you have any plans?
Or do you also find future prospects to be depressing like me? </p>
<p>I know this might sound stupid but how would you go about being a licensed defender in two states?</p>
<p>Not sure if there is any truth to this but I had a family member who once told me that unless someone got a degree at a prestigious and well known school that any certifications attained is only valid, or will only be recognized, in the state they it was attained.</p>
<p>I hope that you find a job that you love and will continually give you passion, fulfillment, and joy (:
Best of luck to you in accomplishing your future goals!</p>
<p>CC to a UC is personally just another stepping stone for me… major wise, I’m pretty sure I won’t be getting a job in the field because it’s not STEM but that doesn’t matter since I never planned on it and have my own goals and plans after college.</p>
<p>What exactly do you want to do after you graduate, AnthroFlo? </p>
<p>Uhm no you can be certified to practice law in all 50 states if you want you just need to for the most part take a new bar test in the state you hope to practice law in.</p>
<p>I think you might be referring to non accredited law schools, CA allows you to get a law degree from a non prestigious school that doesn’t have to be accredited in the same ways as most law schools, but the bar exam to actually be allowed to practice law out here is the toughest in the US. </p>
<p>Knowing that I change someone’s life might not change the world but it will change that person’s world and that will make my world better every day, and I hope that I’m able to inspire people to pay it forward :)</p>
<p>What about you? Dreams? Goals? Aspirations?</p>
<p>I was thinking about the philosophy of physics, when I found a page on just that topic on Princeton’s website. Then I realized how stupid I am. But I don’t feel bad about it. There’s a saying in math: you should get used to feeling dumb, but not feeling bad about it.</p>
<p>Anyway, I need to learn about SO many things, I know I won’t have time or resources in school to learn everything I want to learn. So I’m focusing on the Actuarial career and passing exams, so I might make enough money to go back and learn higher level mathematics and physics and chemistry. </p>
<p>Tell us about your future career as an Anthropologist!</p>
<p>@smltk1505h
It seems a shame that academic inflation has cause most undergrad degrees in majors that are not STEM to be, essentially, useless in the job market. </p>
<p>What is your major? What do you want to do after college?</p>
<p>Exactly? Haha, I haven’t the slightest clue.
As cliché as it sounds I just want to live a relatively happy life with a fulfilling career. If the heavens opened up while I’m at uni and I can get my foot in the door, I would try to do something in music after college, just to be involved in that world through some facet. </p>
<p>Other than that, I’ve considered working at Yosemite National Park or Big Sur the year after graduation or trying to scrounge up money to travel. </p>
<p>@Anthroflo - If you can continue that GPA at the UC system you can get tons of grants and scholarships which will allow you much freedom in life :)</p>
<p>Also have you looked into the Education Abroad Program at the UC’s?</p>
<p>A few of my friends have done it and said it was the best experience of their lives and a few didn’t go and have regretted it ever since.</p>
<p>Your mentality towards your future work is really inspiring @Matt4200 (:</p>
<p>I hope that all the good vibes you are trying to send into the world go back to you.</p>
<p>The person I was talking to was discussing more than just law, she was talking about in careers like teaching, psychiatry, etc… Either way, it doesn’t apply to me much. I was just curious.</p>
<p>I have looked into the Education Abroad Program and the opportunities UCs offer for studying abroad, it is actually a heavy factor in my decision because I would really love to study abroad!!</p>
<p>Well, if you are ready to not laugh at me:</p>
<p>→ Dreams: To have a career as a musician that records, distributes, and performs original work that I can live off of. When I tell people I want to be a musician most people think I want fame but I just want to be successful enough where my original music can be my full time job. I’d love to be a songwriter for other acts as well. </p>
<p>→ Goals: Well, aside from the music I’d love to continually learn about anything and everything I can. I want to travel to every corner of the earth. I want to live off the grid for three months. And I would like to eventually own a semi-off the grid home that gets most of its energy from renewable energy sources and have my own legit stocked garden that I would get most of my produce from.</p>
<p>The things I love most in this life are music, travel, writing, nature, books, and learning. If I can find some way to actively incorporate those elements into my everyday life I think I might be okay.</p>
<p>Learning is a beautiful thing, I hope that your future allows you to continue on the beautiful mind opening path that is education.</p>
<p>Haha, I don’t know if I will ever actually become an anthropologist.
I think the most I hope to get out of my degree is that when I travel to other countries I can be there with an open mind, and that I won’t be totally disrespectful to the local people/culture. </p>
<p>Nice @socaltransfer14!
I think it would be rad to help animals in need, sadly I’m allergic to cats so I think that is pretty diminishing in that type of career :p</p>
<p>I had a really bad life from 7-18 and if you read my post with my transfer essay you know that. The world needs more people who are willing to be humble and willing to help others, because every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. And sometimes people fall down, if just one person offers to help them back up I think that makes a major impact.</p>
<p>I hope you do the EAP when you go and make the most out of it!</p>
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<p>That’s a good dream, and definitely achievable, my Uncle grew up dirt poor and never went to college but he knew more than anything that he wanted to produce music and he worked his ass off for years and finally he became successful, he produced a number 1 album in 2000 and has produced many more top artists and continues still to this day and he loves it.</p>
<p>If it brings you joy do it, this life is relatively short, and people on their death beds only regret the things they did not do, you’ll scarcely here someone say that they regret the things that they did do. So have fun and I’m
Sure the money will come especially with your outlook and skills :)</p>
<p>My future plans?
I look at things not in terms of career, but in terms of what I want to accomplish by the time I die. The career should just be the vehicle to carry out what you want to do in my opinion.</p>
<p>I want to help the world as a whole, and inspire others to do so.</p>
<p>I feel there are so many aspects of our existence which we now hold our fingers over the big red “Do Not Push” button that will end it all. I have a son so I fear for the future because of that and most certainly want to do my part in straightening things out. That’s why I chose my Political Science degree, I felt it would give me a very in depth understanding of how to make changes, how changes have been made before, and how to halt changes that threaten our future. I also want to inspire the younger generations, my siblings, my son, and everyone else’s for that matter, to think free. I want to help them think bigger than their situation, think bigger than what they are told can’t happen, and think free from restrictions. </p>
<p>Yeah… That’s basically my future plans on what I want to do. But how exactly I am going to do it…not so sure yet. Haha. I kind of set large goals, but I figure since we our doing a bit of soul searching here I would share.</p>
<p>I sometimes do get discourage though that I have no idea how to create this change. There are many choices for me, but I’m not sure where to start. I try not to get down on myself though, and @Anthroflo you shouldn’t either. Look at it as a challenge. Challenge yourself to carve out a path that you enjoy every moment of.</p>
<p>I am completely humbled and inspired by the openness and passion that both of you have displayed!</p>
<p>@Matt4200, the ripple effect that you leave in this world will make probably make a bigger difference than you will ever realize. The fact that you want to dedicate yourself to be of service to others is a wonderful thing. I can only hope that you and people like you are able to experience a joy that reflects the joy you have helped instill in the life of others.</p>
<p>Your uncles story was inspiring thank you for sharing with me (:</p>
<p>Your last words of advise resonated with me deeply.
I often wonder what factors hold me back from pursuing things I feel will make me happy. Unfortunately fear seems to be a consistent factor. Fear of my dreams becoming a failed reality, fear that I am not good enough to be who I want to be, the list continues on and on… I hope that I can take your words and make them an integral part of my day to day life because life is too damn short to live trapped by fear.</p>
<p>@TheUnderdog1
Your entire goal and outlook on life really floored me.
Please continue on in your pursuit of making the world a better place!
And please do not dwell on discouragement, I know that you are capable of doing wonderful things because you appear to be doing all of this for a noble reason. Best of luck to you (:</p>
<p>AnthroFlo, agreed with you regarding the majors. It’s just the reality of the situation now. I have a few engineering major friends and believe me, I get a lot of fun poked at me for being a polisci major. All in good fun, I guess. maybe not when things don’t go according to plan after graduation lol. Not lol actually.</p>
<p>Hoping to become a US Navy officer/naval aviator (official term for pilot in the US Navy) after graduation. The running joke is “polisci to fly”. Guess we will see how that turns out. I don’t like talking about myself very much so that’s enough.</p>
<p>Music sounds like a field that a person with an unrelated degree could get in into. Maybe when you transfer you can find some sort of music club, where you’ll find your lifelong call? lol. You’ve got some nice, specific goals that you seem to want to achieve. Do you play any instruments?</p>
<p>Breaking into the music industry can be tough from what I heard… there’s tons of aspiring musicians here in LA. Regardless of whether or not you make it into a career or not, does the idea of pursuing music as a serious hobby work with you? I’ve relegated my dream career since I was a kid to exactly that because the industry is terrible to get into. But at least for me, I have a chance (military pilot) before I forget about it as a career and pursue it as a hobby. I don’t know, part of me worries that if you make something you love as a job, it’ll end up losing its appeal slowly. But that’s just me. </p>
<p>You said that you love learning. You have a 4.0 GPA, which is pretty damn impressive. If you can keep your GPA high after you transfer, I’m sure you’ll be able to get into some great grad school programs if you decide that as an option. Maybe you’ll end up getting a nice, high-paying job in something from your graduate degree and pursue your life passions on the side as a hobby? </p>
<p>Ah this must be the regulars thread. Well the future is entirely frightening, but we are all moving on to much grander horizons. so far ive been accepted to UCSB AND UCSD, poli sci/international relations. I’m very involved in the mechanisms that make the world what it is. In the end I just want to not dissapoint/betray what I see for myself. I’m excited for the future, but I feel im on the cusp of potentially making grand mistakes. I dont know anyone going through this with me but you guys, so thanks for the lovely company. </p>
<p>I’m also an Anthro major but I’ll never enter the field. My plan is to go to LS and it’s NYC biglaw or bust. I don’t find future prospects depressing but they’re risky when considering the total COA. </p>
<p>If all else fails I’ll go back to announcing baseball games haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, sadly enough most of my goals are “unrealistic,” but I still hold them.
Well my strengths (in order from best to worst) are song writing, singing, then guitar/keyboards.
Granted, I never caught on too much with the guitar or keyboard so it is hardly something I can consider.</p>
<p>The music industry is incredibly difficult to break into, especially with all of the changes that A&R has undergone since the internet boom and how record deals and companies are now structured. The competition is fierce and sometimes lady luck needs to be on your side for this kind of thing. It really is a gamble as a career. You need a really good lawyer to help you when the time comes to make a deal or else you can get burned pretty badly. Though I’m not sure how often that happens at indie labels, but it is a frequent business at the top 5 labels (and their subsidiaries).</p>
<p>I don’t know where life will take me, maybe grad school, maybe not. My mind is open at the moment, though there are certainly places I know I want to go in life. </p>
<p>And whatever your dream career is, the one that you had since it was a kid, I really hope that the doors open for you so it can become a reality. Hopefully there is something you can do to make that dream a reality.</p>