<p>Not impressed.</p>
<p>@ Orbit196- OBVIOUSLY wishing for money won’t make me rich. Your response makes it seem like I’m some kind of unintelligent freak. Well, I’m only asking this question because I’m indecisive of which path to take. Not knowing what I want to do with my life but knowing that I want to be rich isn’t delusional at all. I have certain ideas of what I want to do, but it’s singling them down and pursuing just one of them that I’m having a hard time doing. Get off your high horse and shut up.</p>
<p>@ThisMortalSoil- I think you are using your individual case as a standard for other people or something. I KNOW that I’d be much happier if my parents made more money than they currently do. It’s not like i’m poor or anything, but I have a lot of friends who’s parents make more money than mine, and when I see them vacationing in europe and eating at amazing restaurants, I can’t help but wish I had enough money to do that because when it all comes down to it, that’s what I find fun. I want to travel the world and live in a beautiful apartment in New York City because that’s what I like and that’s what would bring me happiness and satisfaction. It’s not the actual paper money that would make me happy, it’s what it would allow me to do with my life. Everyone is different and I don’t think you can tell people that money won’t make them happy.</p>
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Most “psychotherapists” are not psychiatrists, and many psychiatrists don’t do much therapy. It simply doesn’t pay for their medical training.</p>
<p>That one may prescribe medication and the other one can’t may be the key difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist from a patient perspective. From a provider perspective, the key difference is training.</p>
<p>You can become a licensed therapist by getting a 1.5-year MSW, working under supervision for 2 years and then taking a state licensing exam. You’ll be a licensed clinical social worker in less than 4 years total, and with minimal tuition payments. (That’s the most common credential among counseling providers in private practice.)</p>
<p>If you want to become a psychiatrist, you’d first go to medical school for 4 years. Then you’d complete a 3-4 year residency where you might get paid minimum wage, followed by a 1-2 year fellowship (not well-compensated either) if you want to specialize. Did you know that medical school is much more expensive than college? Public medical schools charge in-state students up to $40,000 for tuition per year - just tuition, not even including room and board. Private and out-of-state tuition can exceed $60,000 a year. </p>
<p>If your primary objective is counseling, that’s quite an investment to make just for the privilege of being able to prescribe medications. Most counseling providers opt for the cheaper training and refer their clients to a psychiatrist for medication management.</p>
<p>I’d say that if you’re unsure, then talk to advisers in the departments you’re interested in, or go to the career center. Chances are they’ll be very helpful and should be able to help you narrow down your options.</p>
<p>Also, don’t tell people to get off their “high horse” and “shut up.” You ask for advice, people will give their respective opinions. Plus, when you say explicitly that you want to be really rich, there will be people who will see that as a sign of arrogance or whatever. Point is, take advice and don’t get all upset if people say something you might not like to hear.</p>
<p>Just expression an opinion. Don’t need to freaking out man… freaking out doesn’t make you a boss. It’s very easy to skip over what I post with the scroll bar on your right; you know that. There is no hate here from my part; it’s all respect so I don’t know why you’re upset. </p>
<p>I know the reason you are indecisive… you want to know the answer to “which major will allow me to be the richest in the future?” Just telling you as a bottom line: stop thinking about money, and start thinking about hard work in whatever major that you have the most interest in. I think you need a change of priorities. I won’t post anymore; I hope you’re elated.</p>
<p>@Orbit196- Forget I even asked this question. What you “know” about my indecisiveness isn’t actually the case. Goodbye.</p>
<p>There are legal ways to make serious money. You can own a business. You can be a salesperson for a high-ticket service or product that offers nice commissions. You can do something highly technical.</p>
<p>You might end up with a career that you’ve never heard of or one that hasn’t been invented yet. You might end up with several careers, sometimes wildly different.</p>
<p>The journey can be as interesting and as much fun as the destination. There’s a terrific book called What Color Is Your Parachute? that can help you to think about what you like and do well. Your library should have a copy.</p>
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Are you heading off to Rutgers in a week? Or are you [already</a> there and have a crazy lesbian heroin-addict roommate who has gone missing.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1382823-roommate-problems-need-help-asap.html]already”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1382823-roommate-problems-need-help-asap.html) Both can’t be true.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope that thread was just a joke in extremely poor taste (I assumed it was a ■■■■■).</p>
<p>Think of the careers that would always be in high demand. For example:</p>
<p>Anything to with healthcare (even psychology)
Anything that has to do with the law
Anything that has to do with computers (it’s 2012, lol)
(and/or research to find more possibilities)</p>
<p>It’s pretty much up to your process of elimination.
I had the same problem and have changed my mind plenty of times.
The thing is, you have to be realistic, money isn’t everything, but like you said, money does make things much easier.
Choose a career that will do great always (for example: not real estate, lol) and also make sure it’s a career you see yourself being the happiest in.
Good luck!</p>
<p>I’ve heard a lot of bad things about the job market for Psychology majors.</p>