What should I go to College for?

[Duddy]

I need to know what would make the most cash and what would be more secure.

I'm starting at a Jr. College for my Basic courses (because it's cheaper) and afterwords, I have no idea what to do.

Please offer some opinions.

 

[Duddy]

Bump for my future.

 

[Fenixgoon]

engineering, but that's one of the hardest degrees to earn.

moreover, find out where your interests truly lie.. doing a job you hate just for the $$ gives little satisfaction in the long run

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
engineering, but that's one of the hardest degrees to earn.

moreover, find out where your interests truly lie.. doing a job you hate just for the $$ gives little satisfaction in the long run

Agreed, play to your strengths.

 

[Duddy]

I'm really good at convincing people to buy a product. That's why I'm thinking Marketing/Marketing Managment.

Is anyone here in Marketing?

 

[envy me]

anything BUT I.T. unless you know someone you would be screwed. I would recommend a mainframe course as they pay very well. But stay away from any Windows bullsh!t courses as they are completely worthless.

 

[Ready]

sex, what else?

 

[Siddhartha]

Chemical Engineer
Nursing
Medical doctor
Chemistry
MBA, investment banking

 

[RU482]

engineering, cause it's all going to India

 

[RU482]

Environmental engineering...the exception

 

[Gatos]

Pharmacy.....Money is great....40 hrs a week....have the opportunity to go into marketing/sales with a pharmaceutical company...However, the degree is a lot harder than engineering

 

[TallBill]

beer, sex, and debt!

 

[habib89]

business.. lots of money.. lots of jobs.. very little work in and out of college.. and you get all the chicks.. i went the engineering route, and although i'm very happy, it's not easy to find a job

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: Duddy
I'm really good at convincing people to buy a product. That's why I'm thinking Marketing/Marketing Managment.

Is anyone here in Marketing?

Marketing is much more than that. For what you're describing, you are looking for a sales floor job and no formal education is really needed.

 

[timosyy]

Originally posted by: habib89
business.. lots of money.. lots of jobs.. very little work in and out of college.. and you get all the chicks.. i went the engineering route, and although i'm very happy, it's not easy to find a job

Truth. Heck, where I go business majors dont even have class on fridays.

<-- Engineer.

 

[saahmed]

Pre-medicine to become a proctologist. lol.

But seriously if you want to go into business or any good high-paying career I dont think junior college is the best route. It may be cheaper but it really doesnt offer a great education (at most places at least).

BTW. I am biomedical engineering and pre-med. Only a freshman though.

 

[Duddy]

Another reason I'm going to the Jr. College here is because I can stay with my dad. Also, my GPA was only 2.8 when I graduated High School. So Jr. College was my ONLY choice.

 

[fireandicefuel]

I'm a marketing major starting my core marketing classes in the spring

 

[Eeezee]

Nursing if you want to make a lot of money and have near-pemanent job security. I know of many hospitals that will pay for your schooling + room/board if you work part-time for them (for an additional wage even) or if you sign a contract to work for them for a few years after you get your degree. The demand for nursing majors is very high, and there's not much interest in the degree so that demand is here to stay.

I would not recommend Engineering in any field. The chances of actually using your degree are fairly slim nowadays. I know some electrical engineers that are forced to work IT for below average wages or other menial jobs because there just isn't much out there. BTW, I would not recommend IT work.

Another good field is Optical Sciences. It requires that you learn a lot of math, but the demand is incredible and you can get a job pretty much anywhere for a high starting salary. The work is rewarding though, as you'll probably be on the frontier of research and development.

It's probably a good idea to get those general education courses out of the way, look for a good unviersity while you work on that.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Gatos
Pharmacy.....Money is great....40 hrs a week....have the opportunity to go into marketing/sales with a pharmaceutical company...However, the degree is a lot harder than engineering

Nahhh. Pharmacy as a degree is not TOO hard. It's a lot easier to get into pharmacy school than dentistry school. And plus just like all the PREMED people out there, they take EASY@$$ courses with the exception of o-chem and all that fun stuff, but they get to take baby math classes and jokingly easy physics classes while I'm here stuck doing my engineering physics and slaving over problems...

Pharmacy on the other hand is a dying major. The whole online pill thing is gonna start killing off the jobs, but on the other hand they still need TONS of pharmacists at the new biotech companies. You don't HAVE to be working at Longs/Walgreens to be a pharmacist...

Engineering FTW!

It's the one degree that gets you respect. Business? Pathetic. Shallow people...

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Nursing if you want to make a lot of money and have near-pemanent job security. I know of many hospitals that will pay for your schooling + room/board if you work part-time for them (for an additional wage even) or if you sign a contract to work for them for a few years after you get your degree. The demand for nursing majors is very high, and there's not much interest in the degree so that demand is here to stay.

I would not recommend Engineering in any field. The chances of actually using your degree are fairly slim nowadays. I know some electrical engineers that are forced to work IT for below average wages or other menial jobs because there just isn't much out there. BTW, I would not recommend IT work.

Another good field is Optical Sciences. It requires that you learn a lot of math, but the demand is incredible and you can get a job pretty much anywhere for a high starting salary. The work is rewarding though, as you'll probably be on the frontier of research and development.

It's probably a good idea to get those general education courses out of the way, look for a good unviersity while you work on that.

the government can't outsource classified work. engineering in the US will always exist as far as the DOD is concerned. both my brothers are employed by the DOD - 1 directly trough the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the other through a government contractor

 

[Mo0o]

Medicine for the rewards

ibanking for the money