Hackmaster1 on 24/8/2005 at 03:19
ok..
So far i have completed 2.25 years of college/uni (.25 being this yrs summer school session). It was fun and intersting my first year.
Not so fun and rather shitty my second year. And good my .25 stuck in school most of the summer with no job.
So going into my third year, I still have no idea what I am going to do the rest of my pathetic little life. :tsktsk:
I've gone through 6 different fields of study. Non of which i found interesting, just for the fact that my psychology major can get me out of school in two more years, rather than be stuck here for the rest of my life wondering what I am going to do.
Recently i've been trying to decide whether to go into medicne and sell my life to the books and long nights of studying. But then again... is it really worth it to go through all that trouble and come out in the end with gray hairs? I don't know?
Then i think about going into pharmacy, while it is rather interesting, I definently hate chemistry because it sucsk and its a pain in the aass.
THen i was thnking about going into nursing, but then ..again.. that adds another 3-4 years to my undergrad studies like pharmacy and pre-med do. Which I do not want to do...but im not sure about that decision. Thus that's why im sticking with psychology coz it is somewhat interesting but I doubt if Im ever going to get a decent paying job with this degree despite knowing thatI will have to go to graduate school to completely finish my degree.
Point being im lost. Don't have a clue what Im gonna do? Maybe I should drop school and whither away as a college drop out? Or ... join the navy and have them pay for my school? or...leave school and study to be a paramedic?
or ... finish my degree in psychology..then go to another school and study medicine ...get my degree in medicine/schience ...then go to more school to become an MD ...and get residency at some hospital ..... and live life and travel ..and die happily alone. . :erg:
To put it in perspective, im not much of an over achiever, nor do I like to do challenges. I just take them as I am confronted with them. Though maybe becoming a doctor could be a challenge I shouldn't take on face to face.?
I have no idea what Im doing. :(
Gabriel on 24/8/2005 at 03:24
Study philosophy. Then you'll at least feel like you're doing something meaningful with your life.
Then flounder helplessly with your practically useless new degree until you determine that you either:
A) Want to help people and become a teacher. And make little money.
or
B) Want to "help" people and go into law. And make lots of money.
Note: This post is not guaranteed to be even remotely helpful, and may cause irritable bowel syndrome. Use as directed.
Gray on 24/8/2005 at 03:26
No.
Don't drop out. It will colour the rest of your life.
It doesn't really matter in what subject you choose to study; once you're a grown-up all that crap is out the window anyway. It only determines you first job(s). No man in the history of men ever has worked in the field they studied in(1). Get a degree in whatever you can, and let your life take you wherever it leads. Ten years from now, you'll be working in a field that wasn't even invented when I was typing this.
(1) This, of course, is a big fat lie. It may be slightly true, for some definitions of truth.
aguywhoplaysthief on 24/8/2005 at 03:27
Why don't you list the six fields that you did try, in addition to the ones that you considered? Then we could make suggestions that you haven't thought of.
Also, you drip with self-confidence.
Hackmaster1 on 24/8/2005 at 04:23
Computer Science (hated programing and coding)
Applied Visual Arts (painting sculpting blah blah blah)
Graphic Design (shit heads, they rejected me coz they hated me art)
Business Administration (everyone and their freakin mom does this, and its boring)
Chemistry (i'd rather blow my brains out than study this)
History (boring and not what I expected when I studied German history)
[list=7Pre-pharmacy (not too good at the maths nor the sciences but might consider going back to it but most likely not)
oh and psychology which i am currently at right now...
apperently .. i cant count. instead of 6 i have 7 ish
Gray on 24/8/2005 at 04:31
If I was you, I'd opt for either CompSci or History, but I'm not you.....
Pick the lesser evil, and be confident that in your future life you'll never encounter this boring crap again. You know how people in lame sitcoms always say they never found a use for trigonometry? Well, the same applies to all that crap you hate. Learn it, take the exams, then forget about it.
If you choose to study chemistry, chances are you'll end up a buddhist guru. If you study programming, chances are you'll end up writing the most definitive article ever on all religions ever invented.
You'll never work with what you think.
Hackmaster1 on 24/8/2005 at 04:37
Quote Posted by Gray
If I was you, I'd opt for either CompSci or History, but I'm not you.....
You'll never work with what you think.
and that's what im somewhat fearful and uncertain about.
Gray on 24/8/2005 at 04:41
Don't worry about it. Everything always tend to work itself out.
Again, don't worry. You'll do just fine.
Renegen on 24/8/2005 at 04:47
How did you get into business administration? A real BBA is quite valuable, and well, it's a bit seperated from other degrees in University.
For my part I studied Physics & Chemistry and found out that I hated either. I was lucky to of had a economics class and I liked that and now I'm studying in economics. Still fun, it could lead to a business job or maybe a bank job and I love to help people. (well to a degree, lol.)
That's a pretty wide array of classes that you got there, you're all medically inclined right now, you also did some Computer Science, Sciences, Art & Business. You know honestly, when I heard some recruiter talking about the pharmacist's job(because they're in demand it seems) it seemed quite interesting, and I do NOT want to work in a Hospital. So maybe you will also find a difference between these jobs.
Doc_Brown on 24/8/2005 at 04:51
As a former (
http://oregonstate.edu/) Beaver myself (and because I've been mulling over the issue myself), let me throw out this particular musing:
The way I see it, there are two ways to live your life. The first way, the way most of our culture is geared towards thinking and the one you're talking about right now, is the career path. The basic premise is that the most important thing you do is your career, that the biggest impact you'll have on the world is through whatever pursuit you dedicate yourself to mastering. There's nothing inherently wrong with this path, mind you--it's the one I myself am following--but my point is it's not the only way.
The second path, the one that may bear consideration on your part, is to impact the world through
others. The idea is to find a job that pays the bills, something you may enjoy but in the very least can tolerate. Then instead of aspiring to great deeds at the office, focus on impacting the lives of those around you. I'm not even trying to pawn off some sappy volunteerism schtick here; just be a good friend/boyfriend/husband/father. Work is work, but there's nothing to say you can't enjoy the rest of your life and yet still not feel that you've wasted it.
I'm just picking up the vibe that you think you need to "do something" with your life, and that this depends on your career choice. All I'm saying is that's not inherently true.
P.S. Regardless of what you do, I'd still get my degree if I were you. It'll help you land a job, whatever you choose.
