<p>I'm going to be a high school senior next year and was contemplating some options for choosing a major and college.</p>
<p>I've basically narrowed it down to two passions:
Finance (at mccombs, olin, or wharton)
Chemistry (so that I can go on to med or pharm)</p>
<p>But, considering the fact that the world is changing so quickly these days, and especially technology, do you think it's a smart investment to go into med school? For med, it just seems so intimidating to look 10+ years down the road, with 100Ks of debt and loans, wondering if my other passion may have been the more "stable" choice, finance. To me, neither of them seem very stable at all.</p>
<p>Nothing is stable, and no degree will guarantee you anything. </p>
<p>That said, chemistry in and of itself is great for many jobs. There’s no need to go to med school if you don’t want to. And chemistry is probably more stable than finance.</p>
<p>1)money
you dont make the sound amount of money as a doctor does
but starting is like 65-75K in OC
2)youre under somebody else - you are dependent on a doctor
3)the person wants to focus since PA’s move around from cardiology to surgury to etc; doctors are limited to what theygot their degree in</p>
<p>lots of things
bbut yeah when i found out about set hours and flexibility, im reconsidering med school aslo</p>
<p>Chemistry is a pretty solid major for keeping your options open. You could go to Grad school to get a Masters in Chem. Engineering; You could get a PhD and steer your career towards chemical research and/or teaching; You could work as a researcher for a while, get an MBA, then go into business or work in consulting; Or you could pursue medical school. It’s a very versatile major.</p>
<p>I hope your grades and scores are at the very top. If you are only interested in studying finance at these three places then it’s good you have an alternative. They are very difficult to get into.</p>
<p>I can assure you that 10 years from now everyone will still have finite lifespans that they wish to prolong and everyone will have irregular concentrations of intense spending for housing, education, and medical care expenses that need to be spread somehow over their income-producing years. So, although the tools and technologies of the trades and their organizing principles structures will change continuously, medicine and finance will both still offer great long-term career opportunities.</p>
<p>College is not trade school- count on anything you learn of a specific vocational nature becoming obsolete within 10 years of graduation. What you should cultivate carefully are the analytical and communication skills that allow you to cope with constant change.</p>
<p>I’d probably rank it like this in terms of difficulty</p>
<p>engineering
cs = premed</p>
<p>Do whatever is more interesting. If you want to be a doctor for reasons other than making money, then I would think that premed would be most interesting.</p>
<p>Either way, whatever subject you pursue, you better be passionate about it.</p>
<p>Hmm… Let your heart decide… The bottom line is to make money to pay the bills and to feed the family. Regardless of whatever subject you choose, if you have the drive and passionate for the subject, you will rise to the senior levels automatically and can become leader among peers (yes, very lofty goal of course), but you will be making good money in each profession. </p>
<p>Just whichever you are most passionate about (it takes time, which is why college exists… I changed from Art history, Chemical Biomolecular Engineering, Computer Science, Biophysics, Biology, Applied Math, Business, Finance, to Public health (premed)…</p>