<p>for some reason I’ve always had an odd fascination with brains, how they work, etc…luckily there’s a field of study for that! My goal would definately be to get a Phd and do research.
My parents are afraid I will give into my writer/history buff interests for a career(aka working at mcdonalds to get by) instead of my somewhat frail interest in science-related subjects (much better paying).</p>
<p>pssh the typical ccer is smart enough to go into higher level academia and therefore do whatever they want imo</p>
<p>It would be awesome to be a professor or ground-breaking research scientist. I would also like to work in a museum or be a writer. And my greatest dream of all? Open a chocolate factory like Willa Wonka…complete with edible fixtures!</p>
<p>What do you guys wanna be in terms of career?</p>
<p>^I really hope I can someday be a physics/math professor and researcher. I also sort of want to be a pianist…</p>
<p>(Sort of like chocobok, I always thought it would be cool to run a bakery 
Not sure what my parents would say to that though)</p>
<p>I think that will be my retirement plan, around when I’m 40, I sink some of my savings into starting a chocolate factory/frozen yogurt shop/bakery…I’ll end up weighing more than a whale though.</p>
<p>I’d love to sit around and write novels and scripts all day, personally. And travel all around the world. My parents would be horrified, though, so this interest in science is quite handy. ;p</p>
<p>It’s so funny how when you’re little, being “smart” is fun, but when you get older, it means expectations…expectations that you don’t necessarily want to meet…at least for me.</p>
<p>Running a bakery would be awesome. Now I want a brownie.</p>
<p>i want to be a diplomat. a UN ambassador. ahhh
also i want to be a world renowned dressage rider. love horses. almost as much as i love brownies which i am actually eating at the moment. goodcall rachael.</p>
<p>I’m not really sure what I want to do career wise yet. Maybe a professor/researcher but maybe into international relations or something…who knows…:p</p>
<p>How do you get one of those jobs on the travel channel as a host, like samantha brown or anthony bourdain? I would LOVE that! Imagine getting paid to travel and sample food.</p>
<p>@ boinkk : you lucky dog. All we have is granola. :s</p>
<p>Yeah, another part of me loves law and peace/conflict resolution studies and social activism. It’s all a mystery.</p>
<p>[Cross-posted]: haha, a travel channel job would be awesome. Another way to gain a couple hundred lbs though…</p>
<p>How do you become an admissions officer for a top college. That is one job that I think I would love.</p>
<p>^working for the food network could be fun too :p</p>
<p>Haha we have chocolate chip cookies. But brownies > chocolate chip cookies</p>
<p>@mulberrypie
that is genius. ultimate control. what qualifications are required? book loving, theater going, bowtie wearing intellectual? sweet i almost qualify. dont fulfill the bowtie one which sucks because i absolutely love bowties. sucks to be a girl</p>
<p>^No, I’m completely serious. If possible, I would definitely become an adcom. Like, no kidding. I just don’t know what to do to get there, lol.</p>
<p>yeahhhh 2011!!!
I just joined CC a couple days ago after lurking for a week or so, and I am STUNNED by all of you overachievers.</p>
<p>I had a great year for grades freshmen year (4.20) but this year has been awful for so many reasons, so my gpa is going to drop A LOT.</p>
<p>Next year I’m not taking any AP’s, but hopefully I will senior year.</p>
<p>@livesforsummer: yay welcome! CC is sort of infamous for overachievers. Our thread has a couple lol. </p>
<p>With your gpa, if it’s something your counselor could write about, then you really should make sure to mention it to them.</p>
<p>Thanks cbisascam!</p>
<p>There’s a whole other interesting part to this though because… my guidance counselor and I don’t exactly get along very well.</p>
<p>I’ve been struggling in math all year long, and in september I asked if I could switch down, and she told me that “students at my school don’t switch classes” (Which is an obvious lie because my mother had already switched me into that class before school started) And that’s only ONE of the unfriendly encounters I’ve had with her during the past two years…</p>
<p>You would think I would be able to switch counselors, but because it’s alphabetical, my attempts so far have failed.</p>
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Get an advanced degree and then get a part-time job as one of those committee reviewers and build up I guess.</p>
<p>what are everybody’s summer plans?</p>
<p>nothing much, science internship (??), maybe an online class</p>