/fit/ career thread

Aerospace engineering

Cat walker

>>42783084
Nutrition/Dietetics

>>42783084
Nuclear engineer

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>waiter

>>42783084
Too much studying to work out, barring a morning run or never talking to someone outside of class/research/clinical experience again
>>42783228
Shit pay, business not always availiable
>>42783235
90% of you end up as PE teachers
>>42783238
>what is radiation

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Junior year studying finance. Any bros know what I should pursue? I dont go to a top uni so investing banking isnt really an option. Appreciate any advice

>>42783084

In school for kinesiology, trying to get good enough grades for a master's in physical therapy.

I'm a software engineer who's trying to make a movie and does modelling nixers.

Any med school bros have any tips for a premed?

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>>42783084
Everyone on fit is some STEM jerk-off, why bother asking.

Healthcare consultant

Want to switch tracks and pursue DPT / phd

Software engineer, roast me

>>42783265
>>what is radiation
???

>>42783308
Your job is dominated by monopolies and you probably will have to sell your boipussy for rent

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nursing anon here.

>>42783308
Your job is dominated by boipussi and you will have to play monopoly for rent.

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Investment banker
>still fucking depressed though

>>42783283
get all 100% in as many things as possible also volunteer and stand out in interviews wear something professional but different like a white suit with red glasses. CARS is a killer on mcat. And when you explain stuff try to talk for as long as possible by breaking the question into categories.

>>42783317
Literally every industry job.

>>42783308
Your boipussy is dominated by rent and you'll probably have to sell monopoly for a job

>>42783330
Just because she said she doesn't love you anymore?

>>42783308
Your monopoly is dominated by boipussy, and youll probably have to sell your rent for a job

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>>42783343
no
it's because there still is no she. i have high standards
also the people i work with are all normies and annoying but fuck it gotta make money i guess

>>42783308
boipussy

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>>42783084
High school seniorfag here, I legitimately don't know what I want to study. I've been debating either going to medicine, or engineering. I ultimately want to feel that I'm making a difference in the work I want to do.

Software development. I travel around the US fixing pajeet code

>med school
>oh boy I sure love DEBT

>>42783418
medicine
>short term change to a single person who listens to your advise
engineering
>long term change but no one knows who the fuck you are

>>42783084
You don't have a career, you're in university.

If you're actually doing a pre-med course, it's a fucking terrible choice by the way. Med schools don't give a shit what your degree is as long as your marks are good enough, and if you don't get into actual medicine or change your mind later on, you've just wasted a heap of money on a degree that gives you no real qualifications.

Do a degree that gets you some clinical experience.

Any lawyer anons here?
In cc in California atm and want to transfer out to either UCI, UCSB, or UCLA as a literature or linguistics major.
I know that law school requires extensive reading and writing so I figure that these majors would both prepare me enough if I choose to go down that route.
Any advice is appreciated. pls no bully

>>42783265
>Too much studying to work out, barring a morning run or never talking to someone outside of class/research/clinical experience again

>no time for exercise
>wasting time on 4chan

lmaoing at ur life.

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>>42783084
that's pretty good, you'll get bulk money

my career is geophysicist (focusing on seismology), currently in the tail end of honours. It was hard but you can get bulk money depending on how the mining industry's going, and I really enjoy research in this field, lots of untapped potential

>>42783084
Actual doctor here. Change your major and do physical therapy or something instead. This fucking sucks and is killing my gains. I'm sort of thinking about killing myself, desu.

CPA. I work all the time for low pay! Don't do it kids.

>>42783283
Choose another career.

>>42783418
Don't do medicine.

>>42783470
>inserts entire problem verbatim in Wolfram
kek

Accounting. It's not a very fulfilling profession,

Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and study something that
actually helps people like becoming a doctor or a plastic surgeon or something. Probably not smart enough to be one tho ;_;

>>42783494
>>42783515

Not sure if medicine is really that bad or if these guys just want to keep their labor market tighter

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>>42783084
I'm going into finance, am I fucked or what?

>>42783567
medicine is cool. requires more dediation but is more rewarding than most fields

>>42783563
I was planning on accounting until i became >>42783330
I'm pretty rich (250k a year alone) at the age of 26 so hey you could always change your profession by learning a skill in your spare time

Philosophy and Russian double major eat my dick hahaha

Do i go to law school or join the military? Im a criminal justice major :( but i have a 3.9 can probably get a decent lsat

>>42783580
Quite literally more rewarding
Also an enormous pain in the dick

>>42783586
got a masters? what did you get your bachelor in?
currently last year in economics 3.75 GPA, is it feasible to go into finance after it?

>>42783567
Medicine is honestly a fucking horrible career. THe money is good, but a significant amount goes towards insurance, and the amount of time you're dedicated towards your career is insane.

People always say they want to be doctors, but don't get that being a doctor becomes your entire life, it's not like other jobs where you just go home and are done for the day. That being said, this stuff becomes obvious in med school, if you're not passionate about it, you don't get through. Also, if you're premed, you're not doing medicine. You're doing an undergrad degree that's not really that much more intense than any other.


If you love it, you'll enjoy the career, but it's a really hard field

>>42783084
Actually studying Law.

>>42783619
What country?

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>>42783084
Investor

>>42783596
law you retard
you have a 3.9 how is it a hard choice
the military is for the poor/dumb
>>42783603
finance? I had experience with a club that worked with investment banking so the connections and experience got me a great job early on
got a benz and everything but still sad

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Wannabee Live Sound Engineer, do a few gigs here and there, looking to get more.
Just applied for a part time job at McDonalds, trying to get on the late night shift where hardly anyone will be around

>>42783444
What's a good undergraduate degree for premed that's actually useful if you don't get into med school?

I work at costco, i'm 27 with no prospects and i hate my life. Lifting is the only escape i have from existential sadness.

>>42783651
Moms dead dads disabled. I commute to uni. In total our household income is probably 20k. I work part time and will be graduating with loans

Law school tuition in Canada is at least 20k and id have to move. So idk. I also hear Ontario has a shortage of articlimg positions

>>42783084
Your career is shit. I know because I'm a hair's breadth from finishing med school.

Tell me what color eyes you have and I'll spill the details.

>>42783687
No loans*

Law school seems risky

>>42783687
do it man

>>42783084
PGY1 resident in medicine. yes your career does suck

>>42783640
Brazil, unfortunately.

I just started my first semester as a CS major in some rinky dink state school in the farmlands of Pennsylvania. I think I might change to chemistry and specialize in pharmacology.
>will this school prepare me as a software engineer
and/or
>should I just switch to chem.

>>42783567
Its not bad but dont do it for the money they dont make much after the time and debt is calculated in

>>42783676
Doesnt exist

Construction oversight, mainly deskjockey, wish I was in the field more. Pays good though

>>42783727
Switch to chem unless you're some kind of cs whiz. Way too much specialized competition for you to get a decent job if you're not.

>>42783605
>but don't get that being a doctor becomes your entire life

This could be said about almost every profession. My mother is a teacher, which in theory should be easy but its a living hell. Annoying kids yelling all day mentally exhaust her. Trying to teach kids who literally doesn't give a shit and can barely read is extremely painful and tiring. Attend to countless school events, prepare exams, prepare every single shit you would never think of, give grades, talk with parents, take responsibility if something goes wrong. It's a hell for shit salary and no respect.
Being a doctor is probably the most respected thing you can do for a good salary. You can be a GP and basically prescribe painkillers in your entire life for a decent living

>>42783266
I didn't graduate from a top uni but two of our finance majors got jobs at Goldman Sachs and are getting their masters paid for, so maybe you should've tried harder. otherwise you're going to end up in insurance.

>>42783676
Any degree with a significant focus on clinical experience is useful, as assuming you've done the clinical component of the degree (which is usually honours year), you've displayed a skill that is harder to teach and insanely important.

Shit like pre-med just teaches you how to get into med school, but isn't even that great at doing it.

Honestly, pick a degree you're passionate about, and make it your life for a while. Be involved in shit on campus, volunteer as a research assistant, do other volunteer work around something that interests you. It increases your chances of not burning out, because you can dedicate a lot of time to the field without it feeling like a chore, and have a career as a backup if you change your mind or don't get in.


If you have to do a med related degree, do nursing or something. There's a good focus on operating in a clinical setting and caring for patients, something that stands you in good stead, and it's a pretty solid career on its own. I know a fair few doctors who did nursing (they specialised, so they're not just normal RN's, but can work in places like ICU or psychiatric wards) and have said it transferred well. One guy I know came from a masters degree in psych. A good degree is honestly just one you enjoy and can get good marks in, that's applicable to other careers too.


There's not a single answer to that question really, just that pre-med is a poor option.

>>42783764
It really couldn't be said about every vocation.


That being said, teachers are worked stupidly hard for the pay they get, and I agree completely they deserve more respect.

I wouldn't underestimate the stress that being a GP still comes with, either. You can lose your license for fucking up or prescribing irresponsibly, if it's a long term thing.

>Network consultant
Spend half my time sitting on my ass starting at a PC and the other half wining and dining customer. Bad for gains.

>>42783084
Med student here. Not american though.

>>42783605
I'm currently in the middle of my course, and I've been considering going through the Steps (which are much alike local Brazilian residency steps). I'm already reviewing pathoma, DIT etc. However, every time I get some input on how residents lives are like, I see lots of bad rap like your post... How time-demanding and bureaucratic it is... Is this what MD life is like in USA? Sounds kind of bad, especially the insurance deal...

On the other hand, at least it encourages me a bit more on keep learning german well.

>>42783605
>if you're not passionate about it, you don't get through

Probably about 1/3 people that graduated in my med school class wouldn't go through with it again if we could go back in time. They all graduated and were able make it through, they're just unhappy now and burdened with too much debt to get off of this ride.

>>42783567
It really sucks. Particularly inpatient medicine. It's filled with non-doctor cunts that have never actually practiced medicine that come up with GREAT IDEAS to improve care. Most of them don't improve care, and are just another fucking checkbox on your never ending checklist of bullshit to do before you can actually see and treat your fucking patients. Non-doctors have ruined medicine and made it an insufferable field to work in. Doctors let them do it though.

In an Applied Experimental Psychology M.A. program right now. The more I think about it, I'd like to work with animals.

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Physics

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>>42783266
boy go for investment banking
I went to a city college but because i interned and had actual experience with stocks i beat all the "Chads" at ivy schools

>>42783803
Lift while you sit there

>>42783800
Dont listen to this idiot the classes you would have to take for premed are still required regardless of degree and are around 60 credits at least so if you major in something else you will end up having to take 180-200 credit hours which is just impossible if you want to graduate on time and aren't a literal genius

>>42783084
Debating if I want to be a petroleum engineer or not

>>42783686
is there any hope, only thing i care about is fitness anymore. Please advise me wise /fit/izens

>>42783084
didn't know premed was a career

>>42783843
>basing your degree on a fuel that will be gone in ~2years tops
Wew lad

>>42783866
>>~2 years tops
No fucking way oil is going to be gone in 2 years

>>42783843
>>42783866
A friend of mine is a petroleum engineer and he makes money hand over fist, that being said he bitched constantly about how stressful and hard the schooling was for it.

>>42783808
> I see lots of bad rap like your post... How time-demanding and bureaucratic it is... Is this what MD life is like in USA? Sounds kind of bad, especially the insurance deal...

I'm not US personally, so I can't say for sure, but from my understand it's pretty much the same deal.

Medicine is insanely time consuming. The vast majority of your life will be doing things related to the field for a fair while (it settles down a bit once you're in your career, but it's still hard, particularly if you're in a hospital).

Insurance sucks for doctors pretty much wherever you are I think.

>>42783816
True, after med school is a whole different matter. I just noticed that a huge amount of the people in the first year of my class, weren't there after that.

I get it's hard to say if you're passionate about it until you're in it (or passionate enough rather), but it's stupid to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a pre-med degree, only to find out that you hate med school, and then have no real other options.

>>42783839
The classes you take for premed are undergrad degrees, you're not working in your graduate school. Once you get into med school, you'll do the same courses as everyone else.


Keep trying to defend your shitty choice in degrees though buddy.

>>42783878
Lad there's no way you know that for sure

>>42783800

>It really couldn't be said about every vocation

It depends on how you're looking at it. Every profession that involves other people needs responsibility. And there are countless jobs where youre expected to work at home/off-hours and you have to constantly train yourself if you want to keep your job (for example programming)

>You can lose your license for fucking up or prescribing irresponsibly, if it's a long term thing.

Yeah, that's a risk. Don't know how insurance and the law can cover mistakes, guess it also depends on countries. It's hard to fuck up that much as a GP though when it comes to prescribing meds.

I'm currently 3rd year med student, we can agree that teaching sucks at least

>>42783839
I think the main difference between pre-med and med is the volume. I wouldn't say the actual stuff is harder to understand

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Blue collar guy, functional strength is not a meme.

>>42783893
You are dumbest fuck i swear

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Indie game developer
Gym every morning, game development all day til bed
Not too shabby
Except for the crippling loneliness

>>42783904
In the subway i see guys who decorate their hardhat. do you know people who do it?

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>>42783822
I have a bachelors in physics and I am currently trying to find a job before loans are due.

TFW my part time IT job at school makes me more qualified for jobs than a bachelors in physics ever will, and if I even want to do anything in physics I most likely need a masters or a PhD

>>42783902
Thats not what I'm talking about in undergrade you would still have to take those classes regardless or the other degree you get so getting a degree in somethung other than bio or chem is going to make it extremely challenging there is no degree called "pre-med"

>>42783930
The city frowns on that faggotry.

>>42783893
>I just noticed that a huge amount of the people in the first year of my class, weren't there after that

That's extremely unusual for a US MD program. If you went Caribbean or DO, then that's where you fucked up.

>>42783514
>what do you call someone who drops out of med school?
>a dentist
>what do you call someone who can't pass the actuarial exams?
>a CPA

>>42783893
I fucking loved seeing all the girls who joined premed because of greys anatomy realize it was actual work and not a fictional tv show. you can't be a lazy dumbass if you want to get to med school, so don't waste your time.

>>42783948
Some schools do have "pre-professional" degrees now, that are basically biology degrees with shit like medical ethics and whatnot added on.

>>42783902
>Every profession that involves other people needs responsibility.

Definitely, no arguments there, it's just that the consequences are way worse for being irresponsible in medicine than say teaching. You're also held way more responsible than pretty much any other health provider.

>It's hard to fuck up that much as a GP though when it comes to prescribing meds.

Might be different in US, but in my country prescribing medications is pretty heavily controlled. A doctor who constantly throws out painkillers to everyone is likely to get investigated for it, and if he's being stupid about it, can lose his license or ability to prescribe them.

>>42783920
Wow you sure got me.

>>42783954
Not US, I did say that in my post. There's a significant amount of people who go into med for money or because it's so hyped up by everywhere, and then get in, find out that it's an insane amount of work and drop out.

>>42783084
Training to be an auto mechanic, hoping to move to boat mechanic one day

>>42783893
>>42783954
>I just noticed that a huge amount of the people in the first year of my class, weren't there after that.

That's literally every single major on the Earth from art to applied math. Some people are not sure whether they truly want to do this in their entire life. Stop looking this hard for things that can make you feel superior holy shit

>>42783899
Mate oil is used in
>plastics
>majority of cars
>gasoline
>asphalt
>almost all synthetic materials
>lotions and creams
Theres no way it would be gone that fast without a miracle, or a devastation on the economy

>>42783994
How insecure are you? My whole point is just that it's stupid to rely on medicine as your only choice, because it's a fucking hard degree that isn't for everyone.

That doesn't make people who do it better or worse, I'm literally only trying to tell people that it's important to make sure you have backup options without having to repeat four years of study, because you don't need to do pre-med to get into med school.


Stop being so insecure about your degree.

PA student checking in.

Shorter school less insurance bullshit decent pay. Cucked by doctors but w/e I get more time to live my life chase tail and get gains. Less than 3 years school and still feeling good about helping peeps. Not bad not bad

>>42783893
>I'm not US personally, so I can't say for sure, but from my understand it's pretty much the same deal.
Here in Brazil (afaik, in Germany is somewhat similar), you may have a smooth sailing life if you specialize in Clinical Pathology or Radiology (all settled before >35y old). As for clinicians, it's not that hard to settle oneself as a private practitioner of Dermatology, Rheumatology, Ophtalmology, and couple other specialties (maybe FM). The really bad ones, in terms of time-and-effort-demanding are the branches of surgery, especially orthop, plastical and cardio. At least, that's the impression I get from my professors and the internships I made...

chemist
at least if i go on gear i can check if it's pure

>>42784019
You're the one that is trying to feel superior for not changing his mind and now you try to call me insecure?
I don't care about pre-med, there is no pre-med in my country, we just need advanced biology and chem classes and good enough score on the exam.
You're just coming off as a try-hard know it all while stating the absolute obvious (medschool is hard, no shit lad)

>>42783676
Nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics.

>>42783084

Unless you commit to med school, you're fucked. It's completely useless otherwise. Btw it's insanely competitive to get into. You need superb marks, extracurricular involvement, and references out your ass.

>>42784037
That's fair, and yeah, once you're actually a fully qualified doctor who's settled into his career it does cool down a bit.

Even in those fields though I think it's worth saying the potential consequences for a fuckup are quite high, higher than most other fields.

The stress levels it results in are quite high.

>>42784073
I'm not saying I'm superior at all though? I even outright said the opposite.

You're putting words into my mouth and pretending I'm attacking you, it's just silly.


I'll repeat myself. Literally all I'm saying is that pre-med degrees are way, way too much risk to take. They aren't necessary to get into med, and if you change your mind later on, or don't get into med, you're left massively in debt with no real career options.

They're not worth it compared to other degrees.

>>42783308

you male vagin will have to pay the rent

programmer.

some days it's not too bad but most days I wish I were a park ranger or something

>>42783308
Before you accept a job offer, look at the rent. Don't take the highest offer, because you'll be living paycheck to paycheck, AND AMONG NIGGERS. Take a good middle ground offer in a middle ground company for low pay, then work up so when you move to a better company you have enough in salary to not have to live in section 8 (which will cost you 1300 a month minimum, but will be free for the minorities because of rent law). Protip, if you gain the experience, companies will begin paying your rent for you.

>>42783961
More like can't get into high finance. Would never want to be an actuary.

>>42783892
I know a dude that had a 2.5 in highschool who also got his first DWI in college then continued to drink and drive up to an accident he fled. Not a smart dude. Got a 2 year petroleum engineering degree, made 50k for a year, started making 80k a year.
Not a bad field, but I wouldn't hedge my bets on the oilfield. At that rate, though, you can afford a new degree when it crashes if you don't get nigga rich about it

>>42784321
Why no actuary? It's one of my backup degree plane

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How many of you guys work in an office? Whats your job there and do you feel like pic related?

>>42784891
There's like no job openings theres only like 20k actuaries in the country its barely a viable option

Any freshly graduated NEETS here? Finished a degree in April in IT and have basically been NEEt ever since besides working a day or two a week in retail. I'm mid 20's so it's pretty pathetic feeling.

>>42783567
It could be worse. Every doctor I know shacks up with a trophy wife upon from med school

physical therapist

>>42784036
I couldn't be a PA because I'd always be living in a physicians shadow

>>42783727
Bloom or IUP

>>42783272
second year PT student near Chicago here.

if you lads have any questions lemme know

Education so far is 12 years of advanced rotation grammar school, major in bio science, minor in counseling psych and specializing in cardiopulmonary PT

Have worked the following jobs since age 13:
Cemetery Landscaper
Television and Electronics Salesman
Restaurant/Gas Station Ceiling Cleaner (yes, really)
Made 55$ doing stand up comedy
Parks and Recreation Workman
Restaurant Delivery
Restaurant Management
Moving Warehouse worker
Professional Mover
Commercial gym Personal Trainer
Online Personal trainer
Athletics department Manager at a Uni


any questions lemme know

>>42785016
Got an Econ degree in May and I've been a NEET since. Next week I have an interview at a place where several of my friends work, so hopefully I can break out of this life. I coasted through college without any clue of what I should've been doing, now I'm paying for it with my lack of experience.

>>42785317
You and me both my man, I tried for internships and probably applied to 100 + places and got 2 interviews but didn't land either. Now with lack of experience I'm completely fucked when looking for a job.

I'm studying electrical engineering, got a year left.

just finished my bachelors degree, history with a focus on medieval Europe, wrote my senior project on tournaments and jousts.

Work two part time jobs that pay 15 an hour and living with my folks, so I'm staying afloat. Right now I'm not entirely sure about what I want to do
>taking a state trooper exam and two city police officer exams
>tellers test
>friend wants me to do this high end coding bootcamp with him

I just want money so I can go back to school and afford swords and armor and shiet. A professor I was close with is looking into getting me a job at a big university by my house. Probably some bum fucking job but after a year I can attend classes there for free and it's really good for what I want to do.

Any other academics?

>>42785389
>history with a focus on medieval Europe

Can I have a venti iced coffee?

>>42783308
Pajeets and Changs are gonna dominate and fuck your boipussy

I'm in community college for forestry right now, I'm surprised how few trade fags are on /fit/

>>42785389
Got offered a PhD end of last year with scholarships, I ended up turning it down and moving. My honours research was really specific and I didn't ever really care about it. Moved to a certain city for a girl so I just took the first project I could. I ended up wanting to neck myself most days from either the mind-numbingly boring shit I was doing or the girl who well... Man, the things I would change... currently NEET, fun times.

>>42785615
A lot of people on /fit/ are still in high school, these threads have a lot of people larping as different degrees.

>>42785514
Been there done that, worst job I've ever had. In senior care and theater maintenance right now. Senior care admin is a lucrative and possible for me at the moment but the job is depressing, good people going too soon and shitty children warehousing their parents.

>>42785646
Hang on bro, we'll make it. What was your degree in?

>>42785679
Thanks bro. Ecology. The research part was 95% stats/analysis though, that is easy enough but looking at the same dataset and one species for a year can suck haha.

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WHAT THE FUCK /FIT/

Is networking the real and only way to get a great job?

I've seen dumb people who graduated with a BA in communications, or some BS major end up getting really nice comfy office jobs at big companies. Theres no way a company would hire someone with a shit degree, unless that person kissed a lot of ass, right?

I drive tractor trailers for UPS.

I think about all the people that have slaved away and indebted themselvs in student loans and they make 1/2 to 2/3's the amount of money that I do, when I just coasted through nearly my entire twenties with a part time job, just to land a job making six figures.

Life is not fair.

>>42783084
Microbiology/Pre-pharmacy

>biochemistry/premed
you have to deal with diseased patients directly

Construction Management with a focus in Land Development.
I spend most of my time hunting quails as "networking"

>>42783322
cute

>>42785748
Sounds boring af. The readings I had to do were pretty fulfilling, except for Chess which made me want to give up the whole project.

>>42783084
your career is shit because it is a long, long road to becoming MD, and once you get there, BAM. Malpractice insurance and unreasonable hours.

Bioengineering/ currently working at a DNA sequencing company

>>42783335
>tfw waiting for interviews
>513 mcat, 3.97 gpa
Applied to 26, 3 rejections, 1 interview. Not sure how to feel

>>42783418
Go into computer science. Seriously. It is so easy and you will make good money for the work. Medical school and residency you will work your ass off. You will be studying and working as much a first year IB on Wall Street for 11 years. Is that what you want?

>Premed Crusher
>Biochemistry major
>Applied to medical schools, interview invites already
>Senior year and freaking the fuck out
I have literally no idea what I am doing. I pigeonholed myself into medical school at this point with this meme degree. It's fucked up that I can get in by barely trying, kinda wishing I was stupid so I didn't get this far. Almost hoping I get rejected everywhere so I can become an Anesthesiologist Assistant and just fuck around and make six figures.

I fell for the Math major meme and now all my coworkers are jackoffs who never even went to college and I get payed $10/hr.

Shit sucks. Nobody will hire me because I have no real skills.

>>42785821
Is it easier to get scores like 95% up at American tertiary education? Barely anyone gets above like 85% in Aus (as in, in classes of 600+, you'll get like a handful of people with that), and our med schools really just expect you to be above 85% average across the board to get in.

You see a fair amount of people talking about 3.8 or 3.9 GPA's in America, surely there's a discrepancy there?

>>42785847
I should clarify, our med schools care more about your GAMSAT results than your WAM (GPA equivalent at most uni's).

>>42783322
studying nursing here any tips? enjoying it?
Other nursing bros?

>>42785847
American Universities vary incredibly wide in terms of scoring. I go to a public state university. I barely study and can still pull off high grades. Some private schools (northeast liberal arts schools) are a lot more strict on grading and will often have lower GPA's. The MCAT is the true equalizer.

>>42785799
Aye. History would be a good way to go in academia, do it. I fell for the meme of not understanding that there is actually careers for things like that. Apart from it being a cult. The fuck is a Chess?

>>42785845
You aren't looking hard enough

>>42785879
Been trying for two years. I get so many interviews. "Oh, impressive, good GPA, etc etc"

Plenty of them have told me they narrowed it down to two final candidates, but decided to go with the other guy. But they'll "keep my resume handy"

>>42785926
Anything quick/cheap you can do at a graduate level? "Graduated 2 years ago" is probably alarm bells on a resume

>>42785877
Makes sense, I always found it bizarre how you get so many people talking about how you need to be getting a GPA of like 3.6 to be considered even a half decent student, whereas that would be well above what you need to get into honours here from my understanding, and honours only takes like 40 or so people from each year for each topic.

I think our med schools are similar in that as long as your marks are okay (they actually care more about the trend of your marks, if you get a credit/65% first year, then a distinction/75% second year and then a HD/85% last year, that's more important than your overall average.

GAMSAT and your interviews are the things they give a shit about mainly though, marks are just to show that you cope well in longer term learning environments I think.


Thanks for trying to explain anon.

>>42785945
What do you mean by that?

I've been working as a Quality Control Tech at this company for the past two years, but again it's pretty poor pay.

I'm literally open to any job that pays more than $15. I think part of the reason that I'm not having success is they all want to ask me what I want to do in the future, and it's hard not to tell them that I really don't know, I'm basically open for anything as long as it pays me slightly better.

>>42785970
>I'm basically open for anything as long as it pays me slightly better.

Oil rig?

>>42783563
Really? I left science to enter accounting because the money and lifestyle was shit. Work at a big four now. Finish at 4pm each day, tonnes of perks, spend a good portion of my time talking shit with clients / going out for coffees and lunches...it's more about being a salesman. Money started kinda crappy, but approx 30% pay rises each year changed that pretty quick - will be on millions once I make partner in about 5-8 years as I got hustle...clients love me. But I'm using the business skills I learn to get a bunch of businesses going, so I could well be 100% self-employed by then.

Accounting is a shit job if you're meek. If you're a go-getter like myself, it's gotta be one of the greatest jobs out there. It's what you make of it.

>evolutionary and ecology major

planning on being a wildlife biologist or something along those lines, maybe entomology specifically.
3rd year, finally meeting people studying the same thing as me, not all the premed fags in the general bio classes, and they all help in the labs.
so I email EVERY professor/faculty in the department offering my services, get like 3 replies "sorry we are full"... idk what i'm doing goddammit and i can't dl more than 2.5 plates

>>42785981
Depends how much and if I actually have what they want.

Where do you suggest I look for something like that?

>>42785981
What does oxidation/reduction chemistry have to do with that?

Sofware engineering / web dev

There is a really high demand for developers in my country so the money is great. The hours have always been flexible as long as I join the project meetings. Plus I have been working from home for the last 2 years, which is comfy af. No social pressure and no time lost during the day in commute. I still have the option to go to the office if I ever want to tho

>>42786038
Oh and also gym costs nothing for me because of medical insurance from the company

Anybody know any details about dentistry?

>>42785878
The game

>>42785615
I'm going to be studying forestry this year but I'm a little iffy about it. How do you like it?

>>42786060
be an orthodontist in a rich area and make $$$ for a 9-5 job

English major/biology minor from a top 15 school.
Probably going to teach English abroad and then come back and go into a trade. I wanna be an arborist.
Almost have a novel to publish though hope that just makes me big enough bucks with enough advance for me to go live in the middle of nowhere and write in a comfy first cabin with some chickens and a big home gym.

>>42786060
A pretty good job if you can get in, it's pretty damn competitive though. Good money, and way less stressful than other similar fields.


That being said they kill themselves a lot for some reason, so who knows.

>>42785998
Timing and be one of those fags that talks to them in person around class

>>42786060
It really fucks ya back up from leaning over people all day according to this dentist chick I met. She only works a few days a week because of it. Money is OK, but realistically, you won't ever earn big dollars.

>>42783470
Quality kek

Medical doctor, internal medicine.

I have no life. Only work.

>>42786060
Depends on where you're from. I live in northern europe and mu gf's mom is a dentist with her own small private practice. I haven't asked the details about how much she makes, but she can afford to pay for her home, support 3 kids and travel 4-6 times/year. Plus she is her own boss, so decides when and how much vacation to take

>>42784155
Where are you living? In SF it's more like 1800 min to not live with minorities.

>>42786444
how bad loan$

Not saying my exact major, because that basically says which school I go to (it's a very rare major), but basically: Data Science, with a splash of Neuroscience

Comfy as fuck degree, 100k starting with zero memes, and one of the most interesting CS fields today

>>42786888
wow machine learning, what a hard guess

IT Consultant

>>42787127
I don't think it would be machine learning though, because that's not that uncommon of a major from my understanding.

Any half decent uni offers a major or post grad course in that.

Optician, roast me

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>being a wagecuck

>>42786888
I'm also doing an MSc in the big data meme, after physics undergrad and a year in investment banking

Biochemist Premed, undergrad was suffering, hopefully med will be fun

Why the fuck should I care about proteomic analysis

>>42786150
That's why you're meant to maintain correct back form

>>42785968
Got my gamsat next week desu. We're all gonna make it.

>>42787637
>taking pride in being a useless piece of shit

I am an artist. Character/Creatures/Concept Art mostly. Currently freelance, working on my portfolio so I can apply to some game devs overseas. Gonna go for the Blizzard Internship application this year and see how it goes.

>>42786888
>>42787730

I'm the math major guy, been thinking about data science, but it scares me to add on to my student loans right now.

What schools do you think might be good? There's so many options, and they're all called slightly different things (Data science, data analytics, machine learning etc). I've got no official programming experience outside of some 101 classes, and my statistics is limited, I just have the math/physics majors.

Is it worth to just go into the fullblown $60k master's degree and hope for a six-figure payoff? Or is there a less risky master's option in the field?

>>42785149
Kutztown ;_;

>>42783308
Your profession is hampered by big corporations and you're high likely to whore out for anal as one of the best options just to pay the due housing expenses

>>42783456
3L anon here, I was history and Spanish major, meaning I'm good at reading and words too, and it hardly did jack shit for me for law school.
The bigger thing is just being disciplined and knowing how to study for long periods of time.
Law school work is different from undergrad because you're not tested periodically and the professor doesn't check up on you, so it's entirely on you to know your shit and get your ass in gear.
Also California is the toughest state to pass the Bar, so good luck with that

>>42783687
Military then law school then jag. Your school will be paid for and if you're not a dummy you're almost guaranteed a iob

Petroleum engineer

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>Cell Bio Undergrad Major, Pharmacology Minor
>Fell for the premed meme but rescued myself this year
>Am doing research in cancer cell migration
>dunno what to do for masters: Pharma with Bioinformatics Specialization, or a pure Bioinformatics degree

Tryna teach myself Python/C/R over the next year, but i have 1-2 reference letters (research prof, and maybe lecture prof if I can buddy up to one of them). Most schools require 3. What do?

>>42783265
you just shit on someone for walking cats
how insecure do you have to be to do that

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Highschool cunt here
>Doing early college
>Hs diploma & Associates
Thinking of doing business what advice does /fit have?

>>42785870
Reconsider your life

>>42786771

Only about $50k, education is free in my country. Only had to take a loan for living expenses. I make about $100k before taxes, so I don't really care about the loan.

>>42783308
Something something Monopoly: The Fast Dealing Property Trading Game something something boipussy.

>>42783084
No that sounds like fun, I don't know whether to apply for finance or law school this spring, I already put off deciding for a year

>>42791211
>highschool cunt here
you could have just used your pic related and everyone would have understood.

>>42783084

>calling yourself premed

you sound like a faggot

4th year US med student here

Premeds are a shit

>>42783084
Criminal Justice, nah premed is super cool, I hope you do very well on your studies!

Government economist.

Sorting out #Brexit

>>42783084
because that's not a career dumbass, its a major

Currently a CNA part time trying to get hired on by a police department, but getting in is nowhere near as straightforward as I thought :(

>>42792400

good luck with that

I work for a nonprofit analyzing and developing energy policy.

BS in Biology/Physics

Wanted to go to med school, but realized it wasn't my dream. Shit sucks.

No jobs around for my degree

Currently pulling ~$100k as a bouncer (I shit you not)

Just took Police exam for my city, hopefully I'll get a callback

any LEbros here?

Junior studying exercise and sports science on the pre med track. It's pretty cool - professors are great and classes are interesting. I've got 3 med school pre reqs left then the MCAT in the spring. Sometimes I consider PA school instead. My sister is a PA for an orthopedic surgeon, makes a shit load of money, and seems to like it. But the surgeon is probably on the autism spectrum and is a dick sometimes.

I know that medical schools don't give a shit about what degree you choose, but why do pre med kids pick ridiculously hard majors, double majors, etc., then complain about the workload?
A lot of them think I'm retarded for choosing exercise and sports science.

Dentist.
Career is essentially a specialization from the get go, amazing hours and pay, ideal job for any fitizens since you are the boss and it's very autonomous so autism has no effect, problem is it's boring as tits i'm going to do Medical school for next year since I can do Med school in 3 years rather than 5 or 6.

Medicine is great, i'f i could go back in time I would give it a go. General Surg, internal med, critical care, IR seem good.

Get an EMT-B over the summer, teach cpr, ER tech; something to get experience. Im a rapid reponse/ critical care nurse, so we work with a ton of interns that literally cannot pull lidocaine up into a syringe - and then are expected to drop a central line. Some are great kids, stunningly intelligent and somehow adapt from zero to a real working Dr. in no time. Just learn how to talk to pts like a normal person, drive a bed, pull up meds, be safe and your attendings will teach a ton of shit.

>>42794180
Because a lot of people do premed and want to go into medicine for the boasting status. So they pick ridiculously hard shit with no real purpose to doing it bar inflating their own egos.

Complaining about how much work it is also just a way of stroking ego for a lot of people.

There's a reason people who describe themselves as premed students are considered to be so fucking annoying by pretty much everyone, including actual doctors.

Honestly, your career projection is shit because statistically in all likelihood you won't get into med school and you'll be stuck with a degree that is essentially valueless.

Every year we graduate a bunch of biomeds who aren't accepted and now can't get jobs, they typically are forced to do another degree and incur more debt to get a job.

It's why I really don't approve of these 'premed' degrees, they're essentially cash farms for universities to prey on unsuspecting teens who don't yet fully grasp the statistics behind becoming a doctor.

It's the ol: look to your left, look to your right, only the guy across the room will become a doctor at the end of the day.

I did biochem undergrad and got into a top 20 med school. I love it but I've basically become 100% dedicated to the path. That said it depends on the school. All the docs here really respectful and guide the med students, so its really exciting to head into clinic even if it absorbs your whole life.

>>42783283
Yeah, med school is like a hooker with a 14-inch strapon. It looks fund enticing from afar until you realize that's going in your ass.

Any teachers here?

Just finished my first year and about to begin my second. I don't understand why this profession gets so much stick. Pays well in my country and as long as you have authority and not show weakness the kids are great. I'm hoping to apply for head of department next year. Long holidays are a bonus.

Only downside is the 18 year olds in gym sports gear that I'm not allowed to pound. I'm only 24 so age difference is tiny.

I was never any good at math, science or business, so this really is my best shot and desu, it's nice to not be a poorfag anymore.

>>42783283
Get a leadership position in a medically focused extracurricular. Two if you can.

If you want to go to a research school, do research. If you want to go into primary care, get patient care hours, like a lot.

Study your ass of for the MCAT - it's more important than they'll tell you.

Really find med schools that fit your resume, and your goals. I did much better applying to those schools than ones that I liked but didn't have the creds for.

Buckle in and get serious, it isn't easy but once you're in the club it's a hell of a ride.

lastly don't be a sperg, they hate that shit.

>>42794707
This. Pre-med is a useless degree that just exploits kids who are smart but don't really understand the system, or that being the smartest in their high school class doesn't actually mean shit at uni.

Universities should really just give a list of related degrees that can give you a good idea if you even will enjoy working in clinical settings.

Is it bad that I'm 33 and don't know what to do with my life?

>Bio degree in 2010
>No job in field
>$110k in savings
>single

Should I go back to school? What could I study that will get me a stable career? Am I fucked?

>>42794930
Not at all, it's pretty normal I think. Being a mature aged student isn't unusual at all these days.

And what are you passionate about? Get a degree in something you love working in, and put your all into it, you'll find work.

Heaps of people who complain that they can't get a job in x or y field have just barely passed the course with no extracurriculars or anything, and get passed over as a result.

Network engineer

Career is good, my life is shit

Landscape gardener. I mostly get contracted for vanity projects for towns but I've done work for a couple celebrities too.

>>42794951
I don't know, really...

I've always been made to believe that the only good career was Medicine, because literally everyone in my family is a physician or studying to be one.

Did 4 years of undergrad, depressed af because I had no passion for it. Managed to graduate with a 3.3 GPA, applied for two cycles without a single interview. Couldn't find a job related to my field, so did whatever jobs I can find.

I've been so busy just paying bills, saving, and working, that I've never stopped to learn what I want from life.

>>42783418
Learn a trade, even if you don't stay in it you can always fall back on it, and of course it will help pay for higher education.

>>42795030
The attitude around medicine is fucking stupid, it's a good career if you're passionate about it, but if you're not it'll just make you miserable, the workload is intense, and it doesn't cool down for a long time.

What are you passionate about? Is there a subject you want to learn, or might be interested in? Go take an intro class to it, see if you do actually like it.

You're 23, that's still young as fuck, and even if you did medicine, you'd still be in school now.


A good career is one you love doing.

>>42794668
I work in a research lab, and one of the girls I work with is a double major in comp sci and biochemistry and minor in neuroscience. She's an absolutely brilliant person but has 0 social skills whatsoever. What's the point of being a doctor if you can't even hold a conversation?

>>42794017
Bachelor of Science with Kinesiology thought about doing med school but chose not to
Currently working as a police officer

>>42795073
I doubt she'll get in as a result of that honestly, med schools do put a fair bit of emphasis on the interview process, because a huge part of being a good caretaker is having good social skills.

If she can't even ahold a conversation, they're unlikely to want her interacting with patients (though I guess a research school might be different).

Don't stress about the other students who're interested in medicine. The vast majority of them won't get in, and won't even want to get in in a few years, because people change their minds over time. A huge amount of premeds are obnoxious, don't give them any thought.

>>42795077
How is life being on the job? do you like it? Would you recommend it to a STEMfag like myself?

I'm applying to a bunch of departments around me.

>>42795058
Well I do like Math and Physics, but don't know what I could do with it.

I have an interest in engineering, but it seems like it's hard to find a job in that field too these days.

>>42783084

I just received a B.S. in environmental engineering. What should I do next?

>>42795174
Loads of jobs in that my dude, go take some courses, see if it's where your passion is.


Engineering is one of those degrees I was talking about. There's jobs if you stand out somehow, you need to do more than just pass the course and doing no extracurriculars.

>>42795309
Would any of these career choices discriminate against a 33yo candidate?

>>42795344
I doubt it, it's not a field particularly impacted by age.

Just make sure you do stand out somehow.

>>42783084
Do you actually want to practice medicine? If so, go nuts.

>Finance/Comp sci
I work as a process owner(CIS) for a bank handling settlements/clearing.

>wtf do you actually do
I go through really old programs and make sure we're using them effectively, and how we can improve/maintain them.

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construction. never tell your foreman/coworkers that you go to the gym, 90% of them think it's gay but all of them have back/knee/shoulder problems.
>heh, you goin to the gym tonight after all this work anon?
>whatsa matter, not strong enough for this line of work?
>look at me, carrying all this without ever going to no gym

>>42783266
Well, the problem is that degrees are inflated across the board. I work for an investment bank and went to a really shitty university.

>How get job?
Aggressively pursue hiring managers, get experience, or go to a consultancy/contracting firm.

The biggest issue investment banks/"higher" corporate have for junior talent is that the jobs are mind numbing and pay well.

>What?
People they hire right out of college in NYC make about 80ish a year, pay off whatever immediate debt they think is prudent, and then immediately leave for a job that is actually enjoyable to some degree. Likewise, since most people under the age of 30 aren't married, they aren't chained to their positions like they once were.

So, yeah. Contracting companies are becoming a bigger player because they can force people to stay around. Otherwise talent just learn proprietary systems and then leave with all the information they learned.

Undergrad chemistry, PhD biophysics, now employed as a software developer.

Thought I was gonna be a professor but fuck academia, glad I'm out

>>42795364
>CIS
CSI.
Phone tells me I'm cis scum tho.

No cops?

Come on, there's got to be one here.

>>42792200
Brazil?

>>42795398
Can a math major get in on this, or does it have to be finance specifically?

Electrical Engineer

I'm currently a chem student. No idea what I want to do with it, but I am considering going the biochem route since I've gained interest in nootropics/supplements/nutrition.

>>42785756

Major doesn't matter that much (with the exception of fields like engineering). GPA, networking and especially work experience are far more important

>oh boy its another college freshmen thread

>>42795734
Honestly? It doesn't really matter that much. Finance is something that you can really pick up quickly since there are so many people active in it.

>Here is what your role is.
>Know these terms and how they relate to whatever it is you do.

It's really the biggest catch 22; since there are so many people with degrees in the pool, they don't actually trust your degree for the most part. It's just there as a filter. Having a four year degree is a requirement, and they'll ask in a polite way that it isn't bullshit.

For instance, I work with a guy who now does COBOL maintenance who has a bachelor's in physics.

>I want to be an analyst!
Well, that's really the thing, analysts are a lot more forward facing, so they tend to actually be in finance. You can bypass it, but it's harder to do so than to simply be

>I want to work corporate for a big company.

>>42795899
And what a shocker, everyone's premed or in only the top level STEM subjects and is a genius.

We've never had this thread before.

>>42795952
To be fair though, that's just because of what the thread is. It's like CBT's are people fishing for complements.

>>42795919
attention freshmen: you are not engineers or doctors until your pay stub says "engineer" or "doctor"

>>42795899
>>42795952
>it's another "every poster on /fit/ is either pre-med, in med school, an engineer, doctor, or computer programmer" thread

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>>42783084
Physics major

>>42792270
this

>>42795964
You're right to some degree, but there's clearly a lot of kids who just want to be those things claiming that they are.

Also, unless your course is actually called pre-med, you're not fucking premed, you're just doing whatever your degree is called. Wanting to do medicine doesn't make you premed.

And actually being premed doesn't mean anything, you're doing an undergrad course the same as almost everyone else at the uni.

>>42783084
Consultant

>>42796014
>tfw start browsing /fit/ in college
>keep browsing /fit/ throughout med school
>now a resident and I'm still shit posting
>the other residents think I'm just taking a big shit, but I'm really in the bathroom browsing 4chan and calling people faggots and posting in sip threads

Feels pretty autistic, desu.

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wow no carpenter brahs here..?

>>42796378
I used to think carpentry was things like making tables and cabinets, but that was because bcit offers a carpentry program and a carpentry/framing program. After looking into carpentry at a local college, I found out that carpentry is all framing. I'm interested in getting into it.

>>42783084
Welding

>>42796436
Anyone else from BCIT in here?

The gym at the Burnaby Campus is pretty trash

>>42785989
what was your bachelor and any advice for second year accounting student??

>>42783084
I'm in med school

Your career is underrated. You've got a lot of good coming your way if you hang in there. I'm talking 4 day work week for 300k by the time you're 30 if you start MS1 at 22.

It's crucially important that you get into a good medical school. People are gonna try to tell you they don't matter- they do.

Don't go DO.

You wanna go to as academic and high ranked school as you can. One of the top 40 NIH funded schools would be gud, you'd like to be up that list.

At that point it's P/P (you remediate if you fail and they don't report it to residencies) and you can get into an in-house residency in a major academic hospital in your sleep.

So-
Get above a 510 on the MCAT
Get above a 3.7
Volunteer for at least a year in a hospital (med/surg usually takes premed volunteers)

Shadow a specialist and a PCP for more than 40 hours each, get a letter from the one that likes you msot

DO research, go to at least one national conference with it

and finally shadow or do service in a medically related way for an underserved population.

Also start a few service clubs or something.

you got this.

>>42783084
Why can't premed nerds ever shut the fuck up about being premed?

>>42797155

95% will "discover" PT or PA school by the time they apply.

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I'm an aviation mechanic in the Marine Corps. I like it, but I kinda want to switch to MP or CBRN specialist with my next enlistment.

>>42797155
No you don't understand anon, doing some basic science shit is so much more complex if they stick the word "medicine" in their somehow.

Plus I mean, they want to be doctors, so that means they pretty much already are, right?

>>42783596
Law school is over saturated. The lawyer field even more so. Go officer and get skills in a useful field.

>>42783651
>calls other people dumb
>recommends law school in 2017

>>42783283
volunteer alot. really makes you stand out. push primary care in your application.

>>42797308
Any tips for volunteering in Aus? I already work with lifeline and a local mental health clinic, but don't think hospitals or doctors take volunteer assistants that aren't properly qualified.

>>42797261
This, people say STEM majors circle jerk, but most science majors I've met don't ram their major down your throats besides fucking premeds.

>>42797155
>>42797261
>>42797397
>was in exercise science program in college
>a lot of people in it were "pre-med" (i.e. same degree just working towards medical school)
>constantly talked about being pre-med
>talked about how hard their classes were because they were pre-med so they took hard ones
>talked about how they didn't have much free time because they are pre-med so they are always studying, in clubs, volunteering for med school, etc
>talked about how hard studying for the MCAT is because they are pre-med

it's nice to see pre-meds are insufferable no matter where you go

>>42797308
I needed to do some labor on the Red Cross of my city because the court ordered me to. It was pretty shitty and I am off voluntary work for life now.

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>>42783084
Trying to get a position as a substitute teacher now, want to try and figure out which grade I'd like to teach. Probably going to aim for elementary. I'd like to be a positive male role model, if nothing else.

>>42783084
Prop Trading

Literally better than Banking because I only work 50-60 hours a week and culture is great - everyone is reasonably autistic. Best part is I basically failed college (top 5 US school tho) kept a B+ avg and basically grinded my way into trading with good math ability.

My dream wife is a doctor - maybe if you become a trap ill marry you

>>42783651
>>42783586
Are you an associate or have you become a vp?

>>42797397
My uni is the same, we have an actual premed course, and the students who take it are just fucking obnoxious. It's just a whole bunch of entry level science courses (one of the third year subjects is an intro to neuroscience, which is a first year minor for psychological science), yet they just jerk themselves off over how hard they're working.

I've just not seen anything like it in any other degree, it's insane.

>>42797420
Yep, seems to be pretty universal honestly.
I don't understand what it is about that degree in particular (or that interest if there's not a premed course) that makes people be so fucking annoying.

>>42797487
it isnt just premeds though, anyone with a focus on a difficult major or career path that smart people go into are pretty full of themselves

i think maybe premeds are just more annoying than, say, engineers, computer science, etc is because premeds tend to be on the more normal side while engineers and the like are aspies who arent bringing attention to themsrlvs

>>42797499
True, there's definitely a lot of kids in other courses that do it, and I think everyone likes to be thought of as smart, but it seems to be particularly premed kids.

There's this attitude they have like they're already that, or are somehow smarter or more qualified as a result of it, instead of just being people doing science the same as everyone else in their class, just potentially putting more time in.

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>lose motivation for medical career
>hate it now with a passion
>have to skip a semester for full time job to pay off bills.
>Start getting interest for I.T
>dont know where to start
Any one here knows how to get into I.T career? College?

>>42783456
Law is saturated right now; too many candidates fighting for too few positions. And AI is poised to disrupt the marketplace. On the upside some faculties have 75% female enrollment. If you don't mind being assdeep in hardworking hyper motivated career-driven women with high standards who make you feel like a brainlet it'll be awesome.

Best time to go into law would have been the 1970s; the old guys who got in back then said it was glorious; bill what you want, three hour lunches, old school Mad Men style professional culture. That all changed by the 1990s; too much competition, the hours started getting brutal, and now the marketplace is supersaturated and even the rockstar candidates have to struggle to find good positions.

>>42783596
A military career as an officer makes decent sense; get into a military academy, stay in for the pension.

>>42783687
I'd go Forces.

Did law, borrowed to do it, succeeded, paid loans off on time. It's gonna be harder to do that today. The fact that I'm here getting into shape because I had a fucking heart attack in early forties should tell you something.

>>42795397

How's it like working with juvenile 40 and 50 year olds? That's the feeling I get from people working in manual lines of work. When I was in the army, some of the seniors there were really immature. Those lines of work seem to never let you really grow up.

>>42795579
They're all hanging out in /a/ cathing pedophiles. There's no use being here, being gay isn't illegal anymore. Except in Saudi Arabia.

>>42785998
Honestly keep searching mane, I emailed nearly everyone in the Entomology department in my college and only got one offer for an interview. It's all about persistence.

>>42796980
>volunteer for a year in a hospital

I'm not OP, I'm the exercise science dude, but how crucial is it to volunteer at a hospital? I volunteer at a breast cancer exercise research facility through my major and teach music at the children's hospital and around impoverished areas outside my uni.
The actual volunteering at the hospital here is just working at the gift shop or something and not actual patient interaction, usually.
Also, how much does a research position matter, in general? My mentor/former physiology professor was on the admissions committee for our medical school before leaving for a couple years to do research and said it looks great, at least to our school.

>>42800360
Dunno if this is similar to volunteering but I'm a dental graduate student and got offered 4/4 choices even though I did badly in ukcat, I attribute it to me doing a full year job as hospital junior doctor in maxillofacial surgery. So I would say it must play a big role.

Lots of medfags here today, let me join in.
Med student 6 months from MD, plan is to specialise in urology.

To clarify a lot of jobs can be pretty easy and not very demanding in terms of weekly hours as an MD, (not English so maybe I'm using some wrong titles) like general physician, insurance physician, company physician, nursery physician.

If you want to do any surgical field you not only need to put in insane hours but you also need to be the among the best to even be considered for specialisation. it takes serious dedication for life. But ultimately if it makes you happy to go to these extremes in can be a really fulfilling career.

>>42794875
So what do you teach

>>42799417
Do a college or university study in an IT field that you find interesting. You can also find lots of basic info online to see whether you really like it or if you're just gonna lose motivation and quit again.

Weekends I work at a distribution center. I use the money I make here to pay for my bare necessities.

Weekdays I'm an investor. I started investing when I turned 18 and have had 15% or better growth for the past 5 years. The past few weeks have been incredible in regards to cryptocurrencies. As of right now there's a lot of fear mongering with China but I am hugely optimistic for what 2018 brings.

Overall I live a very low stress life and am grateful for the position I am in.

Any other investors here?

>>42783470
w2c chad pants

>>42799417
It depends, that's a really big category. Also depends a lot on what you need to survive.

Did you get your 4 year degree?

Electrical apprentice here. I really want to go back to school and do accounting or finance. I already have about 63 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.4. It's only that low due to me being a retarded alcoholic in my sophomore year. I still need to earn ~78 credits to get a BA. How fucked am I? Is it possible to bump the GPA up to 3.0 towards the end? Working in the trades has really ignited a new motivation to study hard.

CNC machinist and currently majoring in mechanical engineering.

I just like making things.

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>>42801847
>BTC
>China

>>42802438
2.4? Holy shit that's low. But ya you could hit 3.0 as long as you get mostly A's and absolutely nothing below a B (which is fucking easy). If you can't even make a B average then college is a waste of your time and money.

>>42783686
Learn a trade, obviously.

>>42802894

I believe it's possible. I had a 3.4 after my first year, before I began drinking myself stupid. As of right now, I am studying the subjects I plan on taking this spring in my spare time.

>>42802894
This sort of shit is bizarre. Why are American colleges so easy to get 90%+ in compared to most other places in the world?

Any physical therapy anons here?
How is it?

>>42804071
i tried it. Basically what you learn in school is 90% bullshit. A large group of PTs doesnt follow science and still practice bullshit in their clinic. And think it works because they dont have a clue about the placebo effect, or regression to the mean(basically a lot of injuries gets better wether its treated or not)
Those who are good knows how strenth training works, keeps up with the studies comming out and dont do a bunch of passive treatments/modalities

And the amount of bullshit workshops to learn certain modalities is astounding.

>>42783084
if you're not doing dermatology or dental then you're an idiot. No fucking way would I be a general practitioner.
t. anesthesiologist

>>42783322
hell yea, I did med school, anesthesiology, have almost a million in loans, CRNA fags do 7 years while working and make 600k a year. fuck me.

>>42783084
just got my B.S. in biomedical sciences, currently getting my M.S. in biotech

currently TAing several microbiology labs, i love seeing these premed fags absolutely shit the bed when practicing aseptic technique and streak plating

>>42783283
this isn't a meme answer: actually want to do it.

i see so many premeds pretend that they want to do med school and then realize that they're just not cut out for it and that they've been mislead by their parents or some shit to go for it when they're clearly not right for it

>>42805069
Fucking this. This is by far the most important part of medicine.

So many people just want to be doctors and make lots of money, but that's not the same thing. Unless you've got something driving you, reconsider whether spending so much time and money on a career is worth it.

>>42783084
protip: you don't have a career

you are a student

>>42804071
yo

i work both inpatient and outpatient. my outpatient clinic is in a smaller city in the country, so we get a lot of injured high school ball players. very strength-training oriented. it's sort of weird going from treating major strokes to teaching 20 year olds how to clean.

but yeah, like that other anon said, there are a ton of shitty clinicians out there. literally all you have to do is google rehab protocol, keep your manual skills in check and you will get results.

>>42788755
honestly, after 4 years of not really meeting my professors, i just manned up and went to their office hours and asked them in person for a letter of rec

mind you, i chose the ones where i got A's in two of their classes. hell one of them told me he knew me because i outperformed everyone on one of the tests in molec bio, and i never even talked to him before then

>>42797182
>CBRN
don't do it. Look at the army, and realize that if all those fuckers are hopeless, so will be you when you choose it. Those "certs" are fucking worthless, and don't translate to anything.

At least as an MP you get to be a total chode smoker and have something lined up when your contract ends


Go infantry you cuckold

>>42805618
>infantry

Fuck that, it's a young mans game. It breaks your body down over time.

>>42802064
No, didnt get a degree. Idk, someone said just get an entry level it job and work up from there 'but sounds iffy.