What job is for me? What should I major in?
I am currently in high school and as college is quickly approaching, I am considering all majors to go into. I am a bright student and let me tell you briefly about my academics:
4.7 GPA (about)
“Gifted Program” (GIEP)
250+ Community service hours per year (Trying for 300+)
Advanced placement courses.
In the top one percent of my grade.
Personality, hobbies:
Tennis player, USTA 3.5 rating, hope to be 4.0 when I graduate.
Like to help people.
Nothing in the medicine field, I hate blood and the human body, etc.
Best in my math class, took 11th grade math courses in 9th grade.
Outstanding leadership skills, etc.
My gifted teacher thinks I should major in Public Policy at Cornell and then get an MBA at Wharton Acadamy (School) of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and go into Corporate Real Estate Development.
I’m not sure if that’s what I’m into though.
I’m really artsy but I don’t want to be an artist (I’m not that good), like arcitecture, job MUST require traveling to different cities, etc, salary about $100k starting, nearing $150k-$200k at peak.
I do not know about maybe some type of international relations manager? I also like politics, not really law but I’m really good on the mock trial team and on the HS Speech League (forensics).
So does anyone have any suggestions for me?
Thanks, and If you have any ?s, I’ll try to post additional details for you all.
Thank you and have a great evening!
-Ethan
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You will be lucky to have any job after graduating college and if you do it will be 40k at most. You will figure out your major after a year or so of college. I hate to bust your bubble.
Finding a $100k starting salary is unrealistic; average is just under $50k. You might want to lower your standards on that one.
You’ll find the highest starting salaries in any Engineering field. Starting salaries range between $50k and $80k. Since you’re good at math, that could certainly be an option for you.
Architecture will also give you lots of math and physics, along with elements of design. You may not get a great starting salary with this though.
The closest you’re going to get with only a bachelors is as an engineering consultant. You will travel and be paid pretty well, but you will also not make 100k at an entry-level position after a four-year degree. Beyond that there are too many permutations when you include all the possible routes through grad and professional school