which professional/graduate education would you choose?

[celeron_266]

since i am going through this right now...i wonder what are other people's preferences...

(feel free to suggest additional choices)

 

[VT]

Are you talking about the school or the concentration or?

 

[Omnis]

You should've made this a checkbox poll instead of a single-answer one. Most of the choices require graduate school, anyway.

Medical PhD here.

 

[celeron_266]

You should've made this a checkbox poll instead of a single-answer one. Most of the choices require graduate school, anyway.

Medical PhD here.

hmm...i dont know about this...at least in canada...all of the professional schools listed only need a bachelor's degree (or even 2-3 years of undergrad) in order to be eligible to apply

 

[Omnis]

Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Optometry

All of these, as a profession, require a doctorate in the field. If you merely work with a dentist, you're not practicing dentistry, and etc.

 

[dbartucci]

How can you have such a wide variety of options you're thinking of? If you're not sure whether you want be a dentist, pharmacist or lawyer how are the opinions of strangers who don't know you at all going to help you decide which career path you should follow.

Also, you should note that you'll need certain degrees for certain careers. To do well on the MCATs you'll need science courses and it wouldn't hurt to have a degree in life-science or pre-med. If you want to be a teacher you need to make sure you have enough credits in a few areas that you can use them as teachable subjects at whichever level you're thinking of.

While they say 2-3 years of undergrad, you'd have to have high marks, kill the standarized test and rock the interview to get in without atleast a BA and for most a BAH.

Also, I should point out that a law degree and MD are both considered undergraduate degrees, not graduate ones, but that's not really important as graduate degrees in these fields are really only useful if you plan to teach at a university or research.

 

[TheCracker]

I'd say Bounty Hunter.

 

[Touring Mars]

If I could have my time again, I'd probably go into Finance... after having done the academic thing to death, I'd think long and hard about recommending it to many people.... an enjoyable job maybe, but the financial sacrifice to go through college to Ph.D level is something well worth bearing in mind

I'd say Bounty Hunter.

So you like coconut, then? 💡

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Be a Horse Hoof Trimmer! (Not sure of the actual name, but thats what I call them)

When the guy came to do my miniature donkey, I was talking to him and basically calculated in my head how much the guy makes in a day. At $100-250 a horse (depends on what method he uses) with the ability to do 20-25 horses a day, he's making some serious money.

 

[TheCracker]

When the guy came to do my miniature donkey, I was talking to him and basically calculated in my head how much the guy makes in a day. At $100-250 a horse (depends on what method he uses) with the ability to do 20-25 horses a day, he's making some serious money.

What! - is the guy a donkey gigalo?

 

[celeron_266]

Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Optometry

All of these, as a profession, require a doctorate in the field. If you merely work with a dentist, you're not practicing dentistry, and etc.

i guess you are talking about MD, DVM, DMD (DDS), PharmD, and DO respectively....those (except PharmD) are actually considered undergraduate programs in canada...with pharmacy...you wont even get a PharmD after pharmacy school....instead you will get a B.Sc (pharm) degree..then you can be licensed to be a pharmacist....to get a PharmD degree you need 2 extra years of postgraduate training and practicum

 

[celeron_266]

How can you have such a wide variety of options you're thinking of? If you're not sure whether you want be a dentist, pharmacist or lawyer how are the opinions of strangers who don't know you at all going to help you decide which career path you should follow.

well i am just interested in other people's preferences...this will have NO EFFECT AT ALL to my decision after i graduate from my program....my current choices are dentistry, pharmacy, PhD, or MD....(umm..maybe teaching)

Also, you should note that you'll need certain degrees for certain careers. To do well on the MCATs you'll need science courses and it wouldn't hurt to have a degree in life-science or pre-med. If you want to be a teacher you need to make sure you have enough credits in a few areas that you can use them as teachable subjects at whichever level you're thinking of.

well i will graduate next spring...so for sure i will get my degree before i enter one of those schools...and since i am doing a combined honours in chem and biochem...i have my teachable major already (chemistry)...i can also teach biology and math/science for junior high

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

What! - is the guy a donkey gigalo?

I wish. Then it would have been entertaining to watch!

 

[Omnis]

Damn. Looks like I need me some Canadian education! Hahaha.

Anyway, SRV, being a Farrier is backbreaking work. You're like hunched over throughout the entire day. That kind of sucks. But, I guess it's almost the equivalent of some of these computer jobs. That's some serious money if he does that stuff 5 days a week with that kind of demand. 31 thousand dollars, in fact.