#1 - MA is accounting, CPA, accountant
#2 - business/finance, valuations
#3 - exercise science, DPT program (currently), physical therapist
#4 - business/finance?, actuary (rising junior)
#5 - business, no clue, (rising sophomore)
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It is interesting that your rising junior is going into actuarial science. We don’t hear that a lot on CC. And I haven’t seen many young people doing this.
But a lot of business kids in the family. I suspect the younger ones draw inspiration from the older ones?
For whatever reason, it is somewhat obscure on these forums, even though its preparation (including statistics, math, finance, economics) overlaps a lot with that of quant finance that is so popular on these forums.
But maybe making a good pay level working at an insurance company is not as exciting as skimming off some of the billions of dollars passing through Wall Street. Most of the pay levels listed in the linked page would still qualify the actuary’s kids for college financial aid, so they would likely be considered “low income” or “below middle class” on these forums.
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I thought the profession was well paid if you were employed by an insurance company. And I don’t think quant finance is very popular here — we didn’t have anyone mention quant finance so far on this thread.
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Depends on your definition of “well paid”. A kid who grew up in a (self-described “middle class”) family with income too high for college financial aid and is aiming for a $150k+ entry-level job may not see $59-89k entry-level actuarial pay to be that attractive.
D1 Chemical Engineering/Chemical Engineer (Reliability Engineer for a Chemical company to be precise)
D2 Dance Major-Biology minor/ Physical Therapist (She knew in the beginning she wanted to be a Physical Therapist. What you major in is irrelevant so long as you complete and do well in both your overall degree and your prerequisite courses)
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D: Public Policy/Economics - in Grad school now/Health Economics Policy - has a job lined up if the timeline works out.
S: CS/CS/possibly MS or MBA down the road
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The health professions are very hazy in my head. A lot of them seem to have certifications. A relative volunteered 2500 hours to go into PA school, but finally gave up. I am perpetually confused. I would appreciate if someone ran a thread and explained these professions, what they require, pay, wlb etc.
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This is the first CS kid we have seen in a while (counting myself out), and CC seems to be full of them. I am puzzled.
PA requires patient contact hours, the number depends on the program. My D got into 7 accelerated DNP programs (turned them down) and none of them required any hours at all.
The field she is entering (GC) requires shadowing hours, interview hours, and an understanding of the field from both a counseling, ethics, and genetics perspective.
I am a SLP and although I personally believe it is important to shadow, when I looked at programs this was not a requirement. It is a requirement for PT and OT.
It seems these professions provide a W/L balance.
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What is DNP and what is SLP?
D: Double major – Business and Art. Started in Advertising and is now a UX designer
S: Dual degree – Aerospace Engineering and Music Performance. Masters and doctorate in Music. Full time, tenure track Music professor
D: Bio major in 5 year PA program. Family Practice and Sports Med PA
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She started pre med focused. She went to an open curriculum LAC, so doing both was easy to fit in all classes.
Sorry- Direct entry nurse practitioner (for non nursing majors) and speech language pathologist.
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Very interesting mix
Son:
BSCS → MSCS
currently Sr. Machine Learning Engineer
Daughter:
Currently pursuing BSBME
Long term- Med school
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What is the value add of the MSCS over the BSCS?
S is a math major, currently planning to get a PhD in math to be a math professor
D is in high school and doesn’t know yet
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While be interesting on your son - if he does indeed follow that path. I wonder how many start and then actually finish - vs. going the employment route.
How far along in school is he? Is he working with his current profs for a stellar grad school recommendation or grad school path they recommend?
He was offered a position prior to graduating with BS, but he was involved in some research he wanted to complete so it made sense to complete the research and get MS. The company went ahead and hired him while allowing him to finish MS.
He is in a research group made up of only MS and PhD.
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