What do you study?

[NFallin]

Spanish in undergrad, then I went to law school. I was already fluent in spoken and written Spanish when I started college, so I knew that would be the easiest way to get a good G.P.A. and get into law school. There was no need to try to make a hero of myself.

GENIUS! Did you get into a solid law school?

 

[Merenguero]

Spanish in undergrad, then I went to law school. I was already fluent in spoken and written Spanish when I started college, so I knew that would be the easiest way to get a good G.P.A. and get into law school. There was no need to try to make a hero of myself.

GENIUS! Did you get into a solid law school?

I got into a solid law school, but got rejected by several third and fourth tier law schools. It was bizarre. It didn't really matter where I went. I'd be doing the same thing right now regardless of whether I had gone to Harvard or to some non-accredited law school.

 

[Ensam]

Low tier schools will reject applicants they feel are over qualified so that they can juice their acceptance ratio.

 

[Walderschmidt]

International Studies (I now realize is not worth as much as I thought, but a little late to change the game) and German. If I have time I will also study Russian.

 

[Merenguero]

Low tier schools will reject applicants they feel are over qualified so that they can juice their acceptance ratio.

Also, they had a system, at least back then, which required your application file to be complete before it could even be seen by any law schools. They needed college transcripts, LSAT scores, and multiple recommendations from professors. I had one professor who was extremely slow in submitting his recommendation, which in addition to some other factors, delayed my application process. Meanwhile, spots were filling up at some of the law schools and they were increasingly selective about who they were accepting at that point. Bear in mind that this was in 1998 and 1999 and since then, it has become much more difficult to gain acceptance to law school.

 

[Wreckingball]

Finished a masters in Biomedical engineering, am now studying german. If I don't get a job soon... i have no idea what am I gonna do. Perhaps start my own thing

I've been curious about bio-medical engineering, on the surface it seems like a interesting industry where you can make a ton of cash (obviously anything in medicine is money), but it seems like there wouldn't be a whole lot of job opportunities around - which your post seems to confirm.

Indeed. avoid it like the plague if unless you want to do research. All openings are for seniors/personnel with phd.
I failed to do my research properly before applying to this degree. Mechanical/Electrical engineering is the way to go ad then, if you're really interested in medtech, do a one year post graduation.
It is interesting, but so is philosophy...

 

[void]

Finished a masters in Biomedical engineering, am now studying german. If I don't get a job soon... i have no idea what am I gonna do. Perhaps start my own thing

I've been curious about bio-medical engineering, on the surface it seems like a interesting industry where you can make a ton of cash (obviously anything in medicine is money), but it seems like there wouldn't be a whole lot of job opportunities around - which your post seems to confirm.

Indeed. avoid it like the plague if unless you want to do research. All openings are for seniors/personnel with phd.
I failed to do my research properly before applying to this degree. Mechanical/Electrical engineering is the way to go ad then, if you're really interested in medtech, do a one year post graduation.
It is interesting, but so is philosophy...

the market for complex medical devices, especially implants is still relatively small compared to other industries. i dont know if we will progress to ghost in the shell/deus ex body modifications in the next 50 years. is DARPA interested in artifical limbs for soldiers?

 

[LowerCaseG]

In law school right now doing really well GPA wise. About half way through.

 

[Merenguero]

In law school right now doing really well GPA wise. About half way through.

Your Restraining Order knowledge is unparalleled. I'm saying that and people consider my knowledge on the subject to be unparalleled. You may very well have a future in that area. I'm not joking.

 

[LowerCaseG]

Thanks Merenguero, I hope so, I have been saying to myself one of the positives about my experience should be a career defending restraining orders, hopefully I can turn it into a positive.

 

[Merenguero]

Thanks Merenguero, I hope so, I have been saying to myself one of the positives about my experience should be a career defending restraining orders, hopefully I can turn it into a positive.

Over the last ten years, I've probably defended over 500 of them and prosecuted over 100 of them. Multiply those numbers by $1,000-$2,500 per case and I am pretty sure you can at least make a partial living in that area.

 

[Engineering Bandicoot]

Electronics Engineering, I've delayed school for a short time to work on starting my own repair business. Repairing electronics isn't very hard to do........

 

[Ensam]

For the STEM types I'd highly recommend getting into automation. If you're more math/computer skilled then focus on doing the software side of things, if you're more of an EE/ME focus on the hardware. It's where the world is going, might as well join it.

 

[the chef]

was undeclared for the first year of undergrad. had a few experiences in a hospital that year and eventually decided to go the pre-med route. declared major as biochemistry by my sophomore year. worked my ass off and eventually got into med school.

can't say i regret anything, although i do admit that i put in some serious hours and can have some stressful weeks.

 

[kosko]

Studying Civil Development Policy .. errr .. ummm .. basically Social Engineering in its most blunt form but that's to creepy to put on a business card so they call it that instead.

 

[Art Pimp]

B.A. English and working on M.F.A. in Creative Writing.

 

[NFallin]

B.A. English and working on M.F.A. in Creative Writing.

I'm curious about your aspirations. Novelist?

 

[UnW]

Finished undergrad in 2011, I did Bachelor of Commerce.
Majored in Accounting and Marketing.
Now work in Accounting.

 

[Frontenac]

Ph.D. nearly completed. Did it more as a personal undertaking than something that could give me a big paycheck. Not a good reason to start it, but almost done though.

 

[Ensam]

Yeah, definitely don't do a PhD for the money. I did it for status and personal satisfaction, which I think are as good of reasons as any. What's your field (broadly speaking)?