What do you want to be when you grow up?

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<p>I'm sure all of you fantasized about what you wanted to be when you "grow up," but now that you're finally getting a chance to really evaluate your potential career path, what do you want to be when you grow up?</p>

<p>I want to be somewhere in the financial services sector, whether it be investment banking, asset management, financial consultant, etc., I like having the power that managing money brings (which can be good or bad). This is drastically different from my dreams of a professional baseball player, but I've learned a lot since 1st grade! :)</p>

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<p>the editor in chief of a magazine, or a tv news editor...actually any job in the media would be nice. but i really want to be a magazine editor. 6 years on the yearbook staff has rubbed off on me i guess :p</p>

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<p>I want to be an opera singer at the Metropolitan Opera. For serious.</p>

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<p>I want to be a professor like Indiana Jones</p>

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<p>I would love to either work in sports journalism (TV, magazine or paper) OR do medical research</p>

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<p>Professor, Community Development Organizer/Liasion, Lawyer, Consultant, Researcher, Journalist</p>

<p>Fields: Government, Business, Education, Community Development, Law</p>

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<p>Lawyer or work for United Nation</p>

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<p>I want to be a bonafide philosopher .... but I'll be a professor on the side. :)</p>

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<p>A doctor in some pediatric specialty</p>

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<p>I've probably been asked that question a thousand times (exaggerating) from family and friends over the past year or so (that and where I'm going to college next year which I always have to leave unanswered since I don't know yet). </p>

<p>I used to want to be a vet, but I kind of realized that that fantasy was pretty unrealistic for me. I would be able to do the work. However, I have a huge vision disability which really wouldn't be a strong suit if I went into any type of medicine, and I really don't want to be the one having to euthanize the animals (even though I think it's needed when they're terminally ill).</p>

<p>I currently think it would be neat to be able to go into something like computer graphics or animation. I like making things look different ways as well as creating new ways to view things. I'd like to try that out in college (since I really didn't have the time to get enough exposure to it in order to see whether or not I really liked it in high school). However, if that turns out to not be my area, I also like working with the English language, and I think it would be cool to be able to work in administration for a university or something in the future. Maybe I could be the one writing the little viewbooks for prospective students in the future. Ha!</p>

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<p>a toys r us kid</p>

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<p>kudos freakish ...</p>

<p>I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us Kid!! ... or you can just go to Neverland. :) ... I wanna be a Lost Boy ... er ...Girl</p>

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<p>I want to be a theatre producer.</p>

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<p>who knows. i want to be happy.</p>

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<p>afaforce: That's prolly the best answer anybody could give. Why go into a field if you're going to be miserable in that field?</p>

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<p>"Why go into a field if you're going to be miserable in that field?"</p>

<p>Look at investment banking and ask why: tons of $$$$$$$</p>

<p>On a side note, I want to be a politician :)</p>

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<p>haha. Yeah. At least that way you'll never have to worry about going into too much debt! :)</p>

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<p>Not EVERYONE is miserable in investment banking. I, for one, love doing financial work and it would suit me quite well. Of course I wouldn't like the 100 hour work weeks, getting yelled at by an associate, or sitting around during the day doing nothing only to get handed a report at 8 at night and be up till 3 in the morning. However, I don't think ANYONE would enjoy those aspects; you have to thoroughly enjoy finance and challenging work to offset them.</p>

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<p>I want a job where I can live comfortably in Manhattan and retire early... so I'm thinking finance? I'd love to be a magazine editor like Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 too.. that would be really fun. Or a senator... one of the three</p>

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<p>Doctor in Cardiovascular surgery...A LOT OF SCHOOL BABY! lol</p>