Be prepared to work your ass off and fight off hundreds of people for the few jobs available - only getting a really "great" job if you graduate in the Top 15% of your class. And even if you happen to graduate in the top 15% of your class, you'd better have that Big 6 Accounting schmoozing ability. Once you've stopped patting yourself on the back and spent your "advance" on a worthless trip backpacking through Eurpoe (can we be any more cliche?) be prepared to work 70-80 hour weeks and hope to get Sunday off - that shower at the firm isn't for show. Of course this is assuming you pass the bar - If the Answer is "NO", go straight to the unemployment line "I used to be an attorney wannabee but I fuc**ed up and forgot nunc pro tunc". And if you aren't on partnership track, expect to be nudged out slowly within 5 years. Lots of coffee- no decaf. And if you don't graduate in the Top 15%, be prepared to work at some medium size firm where you work just as hard but get half the pay. And if you don't graduate in the Top 25% of your class, good luck finding a job at all unless you want to work as an assistant DA in some crappy county or as a city attorney. Or you may be lucky enough to get a job at a small insurance defense firm. HA HA HA. And if you don't graduate in the Top 40%, be prepared to be the next tough Texas Hammer and start your own ambulance chasing firm. If you're really lucky, some strippers' breasts will start to grow radioactive fungi and hope to get some really dumb jurors so you too can be a Texas legend and bid on the Pope's Ford Escort. And if you don't graduate in the Top 50%, you're a freaking nobody. If you don't graduate in the Top 50% and have a worthless liberal arts degree go straight to sociology or legal aid. Or you can bypass all of this and just marry a really good law student, find a job that has nothing to do with law but still get paid really well, live in a big house, watch lots of UT football games and retire by age 50... and have a dachshund named Sunday.
Actually, I think I might go into nursing. That would mean that I basically wasted this semester, but that's okay. I just want to get out into the job field as quickly as possible, and nursing interests me greatly. The only thing is for me to decide if I want to go straight into the job with an Associates, if I want to get a Bachelor's then go into the job, or if I wanna go in with an Associate's for a while, then go back to school. Anyone know which is best?
I started as an excercise sport science major, than to journalism than finally to restaurant and hotel management. I wasn't really sure what I want to do and I still dont really so I decided to go with this degree b/c it covers alot fields and my school has one of the best programs in the country for this. Its a very easy degree to be honest I maybe study 4 hours a month. So I defintely am living the life. I have no job, I just play poker online to get some spending money. And I rarely study. So i'm basically just having a blast. College >>>>> High school Oh ya I hope to go into sales with this. I've had some friends that have gone this route and are making a pretty good sum of money coming out of college. But I might change my mind on that too who knows
"You a pothead, Focker??" Looks like RIET is taking seriously his role as "unofficial scrooge" of the BBS.
I must apologize to all law students and liberal arts majors. My dog stole my password and signed on as me.
You should rethink this plan. If you get into teaching and want to be even half way competent, you will average way more than 8 hours a day.
A must read for all "future" lawyers. That is one degree where having the degree can mean nothing (if you finish in the bottom half) whereas most other degrees have some weight in the proper field and class placement just gives you more gravy jobs to pick from.
Very true. And if your primary motivation is because you get a summer vacation, you won't last very long. Not trying to be mean, that's just a fact.
i would get that Chem E degree. salaries have increased drastically in the past year. with all these refinery expansions and revamps, almost every company in houston is desperate for chemical engineers. its almost like the dot com boom for computer people a few years back. a few months ago, KBR was looking to higher 75 chemical engineers, and that was before they were awarded the big shell motiva refinery expansion in port arthur. they must be looking for much, much more now. if not chemical engineering, study petroleum engineering. that field has huge shortages too. starting salary for someone out of school with a BSc is $75K right now. i think chem eng starting salaries should be close to that....
even if you got a masters in education, you would still need to go through the teacher certification program, which is 2 semsters. add that to all the classes you must take before entering the program and its closer to 2 years. getting teacher certification takes about as much time/effort as just getting a masters degree. i wish i had gotten my masters in history rather than doing teacher certification/student teaching. and that summer break isnt much when you are working 12 hour days the other 9 months of the year and having to attend teacher workshops during the summer. "early exit hour" is students only. you will be at school till 5 everyday if your lucky. DONT TEACH!!!
Well, I wouldn't go that far. I would say don't teach unless you're truly passionate about teaching. I think it's a calling. I believe you can get your certification while you teach under the emergency certification plan. You teach during the day and go to class at night. But at least you can have money coming in the door while you're in school getting certified.
