Any life advice for a high school senior?

Posted by qhrjk 4 years ago to Ask the Gulch
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I haven't been on this site in a while, but I was wondering what advice you all have for someone my age! I will (hopefully) be going to college next year as a physics major.

Thanks!

Edit: I appreciate all the amazing advice shared with me! I've been reading every single comment over and thought I might as well include some of the colleges I am applying to in case anyone has any information regarding them. Plus, it would be great if there are any alumni here. I'm applying to the University of Chicago (my dream school), the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois at UC, Case Western Reserve, Northwestern, GeorgiaTech, Rutgers, Rice, Johns Hopkins, and Wooster College.

Again, thank you all.


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  • Posted by VetteGuy 4 years ago
    I concur with BobCat. I worked for an engineering company for 33 years. In that time I only know of one physics major that we hired. While he worked there, he went back to school to get an engineering degree, because the pay scale was better, for essentially the same work.But without an engineering degree, he was unable to 'sign off' on work projects. Whatever you decide, good luck to you!
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  • Posted by $ BobCat 4 years ago
    Long time ago, I graduated with a degree in physics. I wasn’t interested in teaching nor doing research in a lab somewhere .... so I went back to school and studied engineering. That is the profession I worked in for many many years. My advice... get a degree in one of the engineering fields instead. You will be more suited for employment. And you will become more self reliant. Just my two cents worth.
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