<p>Hello everyone!
I have a question... On the Common App, it asks me what my career interest is...
I want to major in Broadcast Journalism and have my own TV show and be the host. I pretty much want to be like Ellen DeGeneres, you know... How she is funny and talks to the audience and makes the whole show fun. I don't want to be a reporter of some news show or a writer for a magazine, so what would I choose?</p>
<p>There are two options:
Actor or Entertainer
OR
Writer or Journalist</p>
<p>I would suggest you go with - Actor or Entertainer.</p>
<p>Writers and journalist would be a totally different job category, considering you career prospect and interest, as you define them.</p>
<p>how many people like Ellen are there in the US that work in this “career”? less than 10?</p>
<p>@soccerguy315 wow thanks for the great help.</p>
<p>i’m just saying you might want to have a backup plan…</p>
<p>there are fewer people like Ellen than Quarterbacks in the NFL.</p>
<p>I’m agreeing with soccerguy315. While it’s good to have ambitions and goals, you need to be realistic about how you will get there. I would suggest going in as a journalist and focusing on broadcast and telecommunications. Realize that you may have to spend many years finding news stories and doing behind-the-scenes work before you even become an anchor or get any opportunity to be on camera.</p>