help me pick a career please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've actually been thinking about this for a long time but I still can't make up my mind. Pre-Med and a doctor or international diplomacy and work at the UN or economics/finance on wall street or something?
here's my weigh in:</p>

<p>Doctors get the prestige, big bucks, and being regarded as "heroes" to humanity, and I'd feel good doing it but it's at least 10 years of schooling, long hours, hard classes(ORGANIC CHEMISTRY!!!), malpractice suits, cut-throat med school admissions, and I'm not sure I'd have the drive after all this. </p>

<p>Diplomacy/internation relations has always interested me, you get to travel, make a difference on a larger scale, a lot of different oppurtunities, long hours but not as much as medicine, and I'd feel secure and happy too. But, I've also heard there's a lot of competition, not so hot pay, and I'm unfamiliar with the different career paths you can take.</p>

<p>In economics I'm hoping to work on wall street and great pay but I'm really unfamiliar with the career paths, it's very competitive and idk, but it might get boring after a while and I've never like the whole "cubicle/office" environment- i'm more of an outside person.</p>

<p>Anyway, when I chose colleges I didn't focus too much on careers since I'm still so indecisive but I've been accepted at Brown, Georgetown, Emory, Rice, Notre Dame, Wesleyan, Vassar, Williams and Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Can anyone give me their opinion or help me out on what career or direction to go? thanks!</p>

<p>(I also posted this in the grad school section)</p>

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<p>This is why you go to college--to figure this stuff out. Those are all good schools, so go to the place where you'll be the happiest, and you'll have 4 great years to decide.</p>

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<p>Were you accepted into Georgetown SFS? If you were, go there. :)</p>

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<p>Well, this might sound corny but, you have to differ between your want for money and what you truly want. Plus my dad always told me to go to school and explore one of your careers, if you discover that you dont want to do that anymore simply transfer out. There is no rush in seeking a job that you'll be truly happy with. Me for ex. I'm torn between going into buisness or being a veterinarian, however I've chosen to go to school wanting to be a vet. but if i dont like it anymore ill simply transefer. Good Luck</p>

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<p>Have you considered public health? It pays well (epidemiology was listed as a "hot career"), and it has the medical focus without the tedious training. It can involve a considerable amount of travel if that's what you want. Emory would be a good choice for it. </p>

<p>Maxell, can't you take business classes too? Starting a veterinary clinic can be an excellent small business, especially in rural areas where demand is high.</p>

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<p>maxell, that's exactly my problem. to be honest with ya i've always found international relations really really interesting but with doctors i'm a sucker for people asking you what you do and you go "im a doctor" and they goo "oooohh!!!!!" haha :D. but then again economics and wall street probably pays the best these days and I'm almost certain i won't go into it. </p>

<p>what college would be the best out of those which offers good all around for all my "areas"?</p>

<p>thanks for the idea kemet, sounds interesting ill look into it.</p>

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<p>brown.. no core curriculum, you can take as many classes outside of your intended majors as you want.</p>

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<p>this is a no brainer. </p>

<p>Brown and its fantastic open curriculum.</p>