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What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« on: November 15, 2011, 10:10:57 pm »
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I'm speaking in terms of uni courses...future careers in mind....

I AM SO CLUELESS WITH MY LIFE!!! so i turn to you guys to see what path you're taking :D
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2011, 10:34:48 pm »
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You....haven't decided yet??
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2011, 10:34:24 am »
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no! :(

i have no idea what to do...bachelor of arts? bachelor of science? randomity? i could beg on the streets :)
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2011, 11:27:52 am »
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I guess you better do some soul-searching and research now :)

B.Arts - actually no idea what people do with this -- journalism? politics?

B.Science - leads to engineering, health sciences, research (PhD), teaching, advisory (but you would need to do extra degrees in pretty much every case)

B.Comm - office job at a firm, banking, accounting etc -- usually people get internships with a company and doing a post grad is unnecessary (don't think anyone I know is going for one).

B.Engineering - self-explanatory... be an engineer! Probably work in groups at firms to design stuff, optimise stuff

And plenty more...
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2011, 03:21:09 pm »
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What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I believe the best job is one you enjoy. I'd quit a job in a heartbeat if I didn't enjoy it!

You could always take a gap year. I took a gap... six months when I graduated. Did the whole soul-searching, "is this really what I want to do with my life" thing. I highly recommend it, and it was one of the best decision I've ever made. Just make sure it's productive - either head off for a bit of eurotour or find full-time employment (or maybe do a bit of both).

Even when I started my degree, I did so with flexibility in mind. I thought, "Eh, if this isn't for me, I'll just transfer at the end of semester." Also, as my way of making sure I really wanted to study accounting, I did all the compulsory BComm first year units first, so I got to taste a bit of everything each discipline in BusEco had to offer. I imagine you can do the same with BSci and BArts. If you're trying to toss up between two very different paths (i.e. BSci and BArts), then why not start a double degree? You can always drop one of them after a semester or two if you realise one of them really isn't to your taste. Every time you realise that something isn't for you just brings you one step closer to finding your niche.

A lot of young adults just finishing their VCE feel they must make those "rest of my life" decisions right now. There isn't an ounce of truth to it. Obviously there are some "big" choices to be made now, but (unless you like... die next week) they aren't choices that can condemn you for the rest of your life if you make the "wrong" one. It's the whole "one door closes and another opens" thing. Life is life; just roll with it and enjoy it... there's a reason it doesn't come with an instruction manual.
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 03:23:05 pm »
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2011, 08:59:50 pm »
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Make some cash!

Get out there and meet new people.
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2011, 11:03:36 pm »
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Quote from: dc302 on November 16, 2011, 11:27:52 am
I guess you better do some soul-searching and research now :)

B.Arts - actually no idea what people do with this -- journalism? politics?

B.Science - leads to engineering, health sciences, research (PhD), teaching, advisory (but you would need to do extra degrees in pretty much every case)

B.Comm - office job at a firm, banking, accounting etc -- usually people get internships with a company and doing a post grad is unnecessary (don't think anyone I know is going for one).

B.Engineering - self-explanatory... be an engineer! Probably work in groups at firms to design stuff, optimise stuff

And plenty more...

B. Arts - depend on the sequence you choose and how you approach it, as well as what university. It's SUCH a finicky thing and I am completely on the side of people who are opposed to the, for lack of a better word, "stoners" in those subjects. If your course sequence makes sense (for example, if you were aiming for something relating to social work and journalism, then 'creative' writing, sociology, psychology, and so forth would make sense) and your subjects have a mixture of theory AND practise, then boom, you can go other places.

Sadly a lot of people don't.

I completely agree with the rest of these people though. Find something you enjoy, or you're passionate about, or you can imagine doing for a lot of your life. Then go for it.
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2011, 02:30:43 pm »
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awesome advice everyone....very philosophical and in depth :) i'd love to take a gap year, but alas, with asian parents...it will be a no go :D

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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2011, 02:40:59 pm »
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Aiming to do Science at Melbourne, and then major in something Chemistry related :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2011, 02:44:51 pm »
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« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2011, 02:46:33 pm »
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Quote from: Water on November 17, 2011, 02:44:51 pm
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might take you awhile. even ash is still going :S
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« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2011, 02:57:49 pm »
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That's because Ash knows nothing about pokemon. At all.
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Re: What the heck do you plan to do once you graduate??!?!
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2011, 02:59:32 pm »
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Start a tuition business :P
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