what do you plan to be after high school?

[Steve.Young]

I've known since high school that I had a flair for the social types of majors.
A lot of my teachers told me I had a flair for sales and marketing, since I knew how to raise money like no one else could. I knew how to sell things to people who didn't even want to buy, and I knew how to push all the right buttons to get what I wanted.

My personality has always been very outgoing, so once I got to college, it was a no-brainer on which field I would be in.

Seriously, look at what type of personality you are. If you aren't medically inclined (I.E. you can't stand the sight of blood) you might wanna pick something else. These days, it's not really even the degree that determines your career, it's the fact you have a degree and can do the work. They often train you for the job, you just have to be smart enough. I know plenty of people who are engineers who are now doing Business marketing or something like that.

Knowing what you wanna do early is good, but often not necessary. Many people change their majors at least once in their college life.

A little hint on applying to colleges though. CHOOSE A MAJOR THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD CHOOSE TO GET INTO A GOOD SCHOOL. DO YOUR GE's and then CHANGE MAJORS TO WHAT YOU WANT. Seriously, I got rejected from several UC's cause I wanted to do a Biology/Science major. I learned my lesson and got accepted to the other ones that I didn't put down a popular major. heh.

[Yuu]

Seriously, look at what type of personality you are. If you aren't medically inclined (I.E. you can't stand the sight of blood) you might wanna pick something else. These days, it's not really even the degree that determines your career, it's the fact you have a degree and can do the work. They often train you for the job, you just have to be smart enough. I know plenty of people who are engineers who are now doing Business marketing or something like that.

Knowing what you wanna do early is good, but often not necessary. Many people change their majors at least once in their college life.

A little hint on applying to colleges though. CHOOSE A MAJOR THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD CHOOSE TO GET INTO A GOOD SCHOOL. DO YOUR GE's and then CHANGE MAJORS TO WHAT YOU WANT. Seriously, I got rejected from several UC's cause I wanted to do a Biology/Science major. I learned my lesson and got accepted to the other ones that I didn't put down a popular major. heh.

Yea, I'm always concerned that I may eventually change my major, but I do have many reasons for going into law. Plus, there are many different paths within that one major. Everyone tells me that law is 'boring' but in the end I know it will be worth it so I'm sticking with it.

Heh that is one way I am glad for crap like CSI. because of it's popularity everyone is going into forensics and criminal justice. So there is a lot of room and money for those who want to go into law.

[soakrates`]

I'm by no means against going after an art major, but you need to have what it takes to become successful. If you don't, expect to work really hard to become better, make connections, and hope for good luck. Most failed art majors that I've seen were missing at least one of those, and some fail despite their hard work because they lack the talent, and ability to do well or appeal to marketed trends. After that, it's either working unrelated jobs to bring in the dough, or having very humble lifestyles doing whatever they can with their degree. Looking upon it, it makes one quite cynical about studying art. If one really wants to make it, they keep going at it and work towards their goal. The rest just give up.

If anything, I'm keeping music a hobby-- as long as I never have to pay for Ableton, fullprice. =P

Well, I can't speak for other types of art (graphic design, illustration, animation, etc.), but when it comes to music, even the really talented ones need those three things to be successful in the business, especially the latter two. There are far too many extremely talented, hard-working musicians out there who've been wasting away in obscurity for years, mostly because there's not a big enough market for the music they play (which in a lot of ways is a side-effect of the way the industry is set up). Exceptions do exist, but they're few and far between.

Moreover, there are more than a few successful people who struggle to play their own music live without a ton of studio wizardry. There's a whole host of other stuff that I could go into, but we'd be veering way off-topic, heh.

I just happen to be lucky enough to be related to a professional musician who's pretty well-connected, so I figure I may as well use the resource while I can.

Good on ya for pursuing music in some capacity, though. Even if it's just a hobby, it's good to have around in case you hear something in your head that you wanna put to paper. I'm more of a FL Studio guy, but I hear Ableton is pretty awesome.

[SOawesomeness]

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I want to be a college kid. :0000
Scandalous, I know.

[Yuu]

 Monday was the first day of my law class. There is no doubt in my mind that this is what I want to do. According to my instructor, I'm defiantly 'cut out' for it.
Also I have A LOT of fun in that class. I doubt many people can say that, so I suppose it's a good sign.

[GirlfromIpanema]

Yea, I'm always concerned that I may eventually change my major, but I do have many reasons for going into law. Plus, there are many different paths within that one major. Everyone tells me that law is 'boring' but in the end I know it will be worth it so I'm sticking with it.

Heh that is one way I am glad for crap like CSI. because of it's popularity everyone is going into forensics and criminal justice. So there is a lot of room and money for those who want to go into law.

Change your major?  I wasn't aware that schools started offering "law" majors.   ???  The major was "legal studies" when I was an undergrad, and WSJ recently indicated that this trend hadn't changed either.  Either way, it's an entirely different animal from law school, so you're being rather misleading when you say "go into law."  Forensic scientists usually have science degrees from what I understand.  And most of the so-called "lots of money" in law is made by lawyers.  Lawyers and judges are required to go to law school.  Very few of them even took any legal studies classes in undergrad.  (Most lawyers were poli sci majors.) 

[Yuu]

Yea, I'm always concerned that I may eventually change my major, but I do have many reasons for going into law. Plus, there are many different paths within that one major. Everyone tells me that law is 'boring' but in the end I know it will be worth it so I'm sticking with it.

Heh that is one way I am glad for crap like CSI. because of it's popularity everyone is going into forensics and criminal justice. So there is a lot of room and money for those who want to go into law.

Change your major?  I wasn't aware that schools started offering "law" majors.   ???  The major was "legal studies" when I was an undergrad, and WSJ recently indicated that this trend hadn't changed either.  Either way, it's an entirely different animal from law school, so you're being rather misleading when you say "go into law."  Forensic scientists usually have science degrees from what I understand.  And most of the so-called "lots of money" in law is made by lawyers.  Lawyers and judges are required to go to law school.  Very few of them even took any legal studies classes in undergrad.  (Most lawyers were poli sci majors.) 

The specific major is called " law societies and justice'. It's offered at the university of WA.

I don't know whom your quoting with 'lots of money' but I was referring to scholarships. Since it is not a popular major there are plenty  available.

Anyway, I'm very happy to say that there is no question in my mind I am sticking with it. I think I have accomplished what moist never do and found what it is I really want to in life.
I don't find my classes boring at all. I actually feel like I'm learning something of value,  ( a first) I even turned down a full-time position for part time because I WANT to spend more studying. My instructor even told me that she believes s I'm 'in the right place.'

It is pretty brutal though. My instructor normally teaches at the UW and is only  teaching at my school for something to do during summer break. She states that shes 'sees no reason to 'dumb it down for us' She crams a lot of information into an hour and ten minutes, and I really don't mind. I like the challenge.