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Help with University/Career Planning (Canada)?
I am currently 15, but planning ahead for my future, I plan to go to either Carleton or University of Ottawa for Political Science, then attend University of Toronto for a degree in Law. I hope to be around 25 when I am finished school. Law, and politics has always interested me but it has been a life long dream for me to become a police officer as well. If I could be a politician, lawyer and cop, my life would be perfect. My plan is not to take the Bar Exam right away but then have it ready in case I want a career change. Here are my questions do you think this is a waste if all i am going to do is be a police officer without yet doing the Bar Exam? I have a strange feeling thats exactly what my parents will say. Also feel free to comment on my school choices. I live in South Western Ontario, upper middle to upper class and am working on becoming fluent in French, I have an 80% to 85% average.
Public Comments
- Hmm.. I think its cool that you're thinking about not taking the exam right away but have it ready in case you want it later on. However, if you want a law degree primarily, then I think that you should get the whole thing if you're going to go through all the years of schooling. Becoming a police officer requires going to a police college thing etc, and if that's been your dream then go for that first. If you still wanted the law degree, then you may even be able to get it while you work as a cop (or vice versa)? I guess it really depends on what, out of the three choices you have, career interests you the most and which one do you see yourself as being happy and successful in. Go for the one that appeals to you the most first, or one that will provide you with the most career opportunities and see how you like the program. If you don't like the one you've chosen, then you can always switch to another. (Thats what I ended up doing. Aside from being a published writer I had my heart set on becoming a psychiatrist ror psychologist. After a year of university I decided that I wanted something that would allow me to get a job sooner and give me more career opportunities in a variety of areas. So I plan on switching to nursing (psychiatrics preferably.) You won't know which of the choices you'll like until you try them out. : ) good luck
