jl514
My name isn't elmo ><
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I just graduated from the University of Miami with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
My resume is pretty run-of-the-mill as I held a job for about 6 years at a local grocery store. Besides that, I've interned at a very large health care facility in my area, and studied abroad at one of the top 40 universities in the world. Beyond that, I've got nothing.
I guess the problem is that I don't have much direction. I wouldn't mind going into healthcare, and I also have an interest in business/finance. However, I am not particularly interested in becoming a doctor, a teacher, or a researcher -- the three main career paths with a Biology degree.
I do however have some interests. Unfortunately I don't see them translating into a job. I've always wanted to spend a year and learn massage, and another year learning culinary. These are two skills I'd really like to have, but just for me (and my future family) -- neither is something I'd like to do as a job. I enjoy traveling and seeing new parts of the world, something I didn't realize until I got back from Australia. I am a very decent poker player, but I have no desire to try to play poker for a living.
I was considering joining the peace corps or teach for america to travel a little and see new places while helping people and boosting my resume. I have toyed with the idea of saving ~$10,000 and going on an extended trip to Europe or the like.
I am also considering getting my act together and taking the real MCAT (I did pretty well on a live practice MCAT without studying) and pursuing a career in radiology, the only medical career that has ever interested me, but that is a long road and I don't want to commit half-heartedly.
I've also toyed with the idea of going back to school to be an air-traffic controller, as the job has been described as 'playing a video game for hours, only you can not lose.' I like video games, and I hate losing!
I apologize if this is tl;dr -- I just wanted to get a little advice/guidance/information, and to do so I had to give a quick (ha!) background.
So any radiologists, air traffic controllers, peace corps vets with any info, please chime in. Everyone else chime in too!
My resume is pretty run-of-the-mill as I held a job for about 6 years at a local grocery store. Besides that, I've interned at a very large health care facility in my area, and studied abroad at one of the top 40 universities in the world. Beyond that, I've got nothing.
I guess the problem is that I don't have much direction. I wouldn't mind going into healthcare, and I also have an interest in business/finance. However, I am not particularly interested in becoming a doctor, a teacher, or a researcher -- the three main career paths with a Biology degree.
I do however have some interests. Unfortunately I don't see them translating into a job. I've always wanted to spend a year and learn massage, and another year learning culinary. These are two skills I'd really like to have, but just for me (and my future family) -- neither is something I'd like to do as a job. I enjoy traveling and seeing new parts of the world, something I didn't realize until I got back from Australia. I am a very decent poker player, but I have no desire to try to play poker for a living.
I was considering joining the peace corps or teach for america to travel a little and see new places while helping people and boosting my resume. I have toyed with the idea of saving ~$10,000 and going on an extended trip to Europe or the like.
I am also considering getting my act together and taking the real MCAT (I did pretty well on a live practice MCAT without studying) and pursuing a career in radiology, the only medical career that has ever interested me, but that is a long road and I don't want to commit half-heartedly.
I've also toyed with the idea of going back to school to be an air-traffic controller, as the job has been described as 'playing a video game for hours, only you can not lose.' I like video games, and I hate losing!
I apologize if this is tl;dr -- I just wanted to get a little advice/guidance/information, and to do so I had to give a quick (ha!) background.
So any radiologists, air traffic controllers, peace corps vets with any info, please chime in. Everyone else chime in too!
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