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boho_girl · 04-02-2008, 01:57 PM

I am an international student who's having difficult time deciding my major, let alone a career.
High school senior rejected by 4, waitlisted by 2 schools in US and have to think of majors and careers ASAP.

uggh... bad planning...

Anyways, as nobody around me is really helpful with any tips (or has any clue about these kinds of things), I'd REALLY appreciate your advice and help. Thanks tons!

My possible college major interests inclue Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology or Visual Arts (love photography, graphics, movie making etc)
However, I am afraid my chances of employment after studying pure sciences will just narrow down to teaching or research (research centers employ only a few people each year, so here goes that option, too)

I have finally started to seriously think about my possible careers and I want to have a dynamic creative job that makes me travel a lot around and live on different parts of the world, work in an international atmosphere, and that it engages my mind. I know it's very vague, but this is all I've got so far. I enjoy working with (capable) people, I am fluent in three languages and if I wanted to, I could obtain fluency in two more.
Yet, I have no clue what that kind of job would be!
All the occupation that I could think of that would have what I wanted are:

freelance international correspondent for newspapers
- a job that makes living quite hard if the right connections aren't made.
travel journalist (photography/articles/television)
- seems like a wonderful dream job. Yet, it seems as though a person has to have something accomplished before they could host such a show (... or be the creative mind of it???). This way, I'd have a steady job at a certain firm and I'd be paid to job to travel! How does anyone ever land this kind of job?!
a manager of a bigger firm
- sure, but dealing with business administration and economics seems dry to me

please convince me I'm wrong.
successful model (?!)
- hahahaha
a stewardess/pilot
- if I had to choose out of two, I'd rather be a pilot. But how do you become one? What does it take?
peace worker in a foreign country
- seems really cool, but most of them are on volunteer bases
a diplomat
- involves having a political affiliation to a certain party and politics in my country is in quite a messy shape so I don't really want to enter that. Though, this business would really make me travel and live on many different places. Knowledge in languages would greatly help, and I think I am good at them. What would I have to study if I wanted to be a diplomat or an ambassador?

Or, if I chose to study visual arts instead, I could be a graphic designer, then go abroad after finishing my studies. However, problem is that there are only 2 such academies that offer it, and they accept around 10 students each year

Rarely anyone gets in on their first try.

If anyone has any more idea of possible careers please do tell.

Thanks!

04-02-2008, 01:57 PM	#1
boho_girl Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 431	Suggest a career, please? I am an international student who's having difficult time deciding my major, let alone a career. High school senior rejected by 4, waitlisted by 2 schools in US and have to think of majors and careers ASAP. uggh... bad planning... Anyways, as nobody around me is really helpful with any tips (or has any clue about these kinds of things), I'd REALLY appreciate your advice and help. Thanks tons! My possible college major interests inclue Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology or Visual Arts (love photography, graphics, movie making etc) However, I am afraid my chances of employment after studying pure sciences will just narrow down to teaching or research (research centers employ only a few people each year, so here goes that option, too) I have finally started to seriously think about my possible careers and I want to have a dynamic creative job that makes me travel a lot around and live on different parts of the world, work in an international atmosphere, and that it engages my mind. I know it's very vague, but this is all I've got so far. I enjoy working with (capable) people, I am fluent in three languages and if I wanted to, I could obtain fluency in two more. Yet, I have no clue what that kind of job would be! All the occupation that I could think of that would have what I wanted are: freelance international correspondent for newspapers - a job that makes living quite hard if the right connections aren't made. travel journalist (photography/articles/television) - seems like a wonderful dream job. Yet, it seems as though a person has to have something accomplished before they could host such a show (... or be the creative mind of it???). This way, I'd have a steady job at a certain firm and I'd be paid to job to travel! How does anyone ever land this kind of job?! a manager of a bigger firm - sure, but dealing with business administration and economics seems dry to me please convince me I'm wrong. successful model (?!) - hahahaha a stewardess/pilot - if I had to choose out of two, I'd rather be a pilot. But how do you become one? What does it take? peace worker in a foreign country - seems really cool, but most of them are on volunteer bases a diplomat - involves having a political affiliation to a certain party and politics in my country is in quite a messy shape so I don't really want to enter that. Though, this business would really make me travel and live on many different places. Knowledge in languages would greatly help, and I think I am good at them. What would I have to study if I wanted to be a diplomat or an ambassador? Or, if I chose to study visual arts instead, I could be a graphic designer, then go abroad after finishing my studies. However, problem is that there are only 2 such academies that offer it, and they accept around 10 students each year Rarely anyone gets in on their first try. If anyone has any more idea of possible careers please do tell. Thanks!