I am unsure which career path to take. Being a ME allows me to work for the medical field in designing and developing devices which can positively impact people’s lives. As for a Pharmacist, I can assist patients with their well-being. I am not sure about the job prospects of a ME, but I know for a pharmacy, it’s not the best.
Engineering has a very low unemployment rate relative to other disciplines.
However, I’m not sure how you expect anyone else to answer this for you without considerably more information about your interests, goals, strengths/weaknesses, etc. You might as well ask, “Should I buy a Toyota Prius or a Ford F150?” They’re both fine vehicles, but which one to get depends on many factors, like what you intend to use them for. If you want good gas mileage and the ability to park on small city streets, you’ll probably want the Prius. If you need to transport furniture and haul a trailer, you’ll want to go with the F150.
If you have the skill and interest for engineering, I’d suggest that track. My career is in engineering and I love the challenge of design and the joy of creating new devices. Your studies will be difficult but rewarding (intellectually as well as $.)
I know and respect pharmacists, but I frankly feel that their job is monotonous. If you really want to assist patients with their well being, then I’d think studying therapy, nursing, or medicine is a more direct way.
@AuraObscura Well, I am interested in anything in the STEM field, I do love mathematics and chemistry. My goal is to have a career that involves in making in impact and helping people around the world. Thus, is why I chose engineering or pharmacy.
Pick a program and read through the course descriptions for the required classes and electives you’d be taking.
That’s how I decided I didn’t want to do an MBA and would rather do an MS. The classes for an MBA sounded horribly boring and uninteresting to me whereas I actually felt excited to hypothetically take the MS classes.
@PharmacyStudent That’s a good start; an interest in math and chemistry lend themselves more to engineering than pharmacy. However, having gone through a similar dilemma myself, I’m going to have to ask you to push harder and dig a little deeper. A career that “involves making an impact” and “helping people” is so vague as to be completely meaningless. This can describe literally almost any career. At the risk of getting a little too philosophical: search yourself and dig deeper. You need to be a lot more specific. What drives you and why does it drive you? You’ve mentioned what interests you (math and chemistry), but why does it interest you?
^Yes. There are lots of ways that you can help people. Most jobs can be interpreted that way at least to some extent.
When you think about your potential careers, think not only of impact but what you want your day to day life to look like. How do you like to work? In an office, or no? Moving around all day or sitting at a computer? Interacting with people most of the day? Solving hard problems, or mostly communicating with people? A little of both? Basically, you need to discover what tasks and responsibilities you like and what you don’t like.
The only real way to do this is to get experience, so you can’t answer this question in the abstract sense. You need to do internships and/or part-time jobs so you can see what you enjoy and see what you don’t enjoy.
That’s a completely subjective judgment. I’m sure there are a lot of pharmacists who think their job is satisfying and brings them great content; I’m also sure there are a lot of people who think mechanical engineering looks monotonous and boring from the outside. There are also lots of different ways to be a pharmacist.