Too many med school discussion recently. Now a similar topic.

[Anonymous]

My HS senior DD talked about going to med school, law school and business school after college even before she gets into college. I have no experience with any of them. Please info us, of the 3 professional schools, which one may have the most rewarding life that when at her 60s, she won't regret for her choice of career.

[Anonymous]

Everyone who has a rewarding life and one of those jobs will chime in. People who hate theirs will chime in. Your student has to explore the careers themselves and decide what they think is rewarding.

Of immediate family and close friends who are genuinely happy and find their careers rewarding, to the point that some of them talk about their amazing jobs nonstop when we get together:
we have two lawyers, two doctors, a teacher, an ivy college professor, a phd engineer who works in tech research for the government, an engineer who later went back for MBA and started then sold a tech company and is currently starting another company.

[Anonymous]

Law. Saw too much movies about Court. A Few Good Men. Old but not obsolete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS senior DD talked about going to med school, law school and business school after college even before she gets into college. I have no experience with any of them. Please info us, of the 3 professional schools, which one may have the most rewarding life that when at her 60s, she won't regret for her choice of career.

Depends on personality. A sociopath obviously will not find medicine rewarding but a law career may be heaven.

[Anonymous]

I hated my law career and was adamant about telling my kids to do anything but law and was advising their friends to find something else to do instead. Then, at age 45 I finally made equity partner at my firm, my pay doubled and workload got cut down by a third and life is amazing. So, now at 48, I have no regrets, but not everyone wants to be miserable for 20 years of their career.

[Anonymous]

Your DD is putting the cart before the horse, and so are you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My HS senior DD talked about going to med school, law school and business school after college even before she gets into college. I have no experience with any of them. Please info us, of the 3 professional schools, which one may have the most rewarding life that when at her 60s, she won't regret for her choice of career.

Depends on personality. A sociopath obviously will not find medicine rewarding but a law career may be heaven.

Lol

[Anonymous]

Being married to an attorney I would try to dissuade my kids from the law. Heard similar sentiments from doctors. Depending on the business and interests of the student that could be a way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS senior DD talked about going to med school, law school and business school after college even before she gets into college. I have no experience with any of them. Please info us, of the 3 professional schools, which one may have the most rewarding life that when at her 60s, she won't regret for her choice of career.

Not sure how we're supposed to answer this question. Outside of choosing any of these tracks, so much has a factor in people's lives. Health, family, success in undergrad, ability to persevere, happiness, etc.

For example, she chooses Business and hops on a hot trend or joins a company that sounds great, but goes under 5 years into her career - and you shouldn't go to Business School right after undergrad. I know so many lawyers that would tell you not to be a lawyer. Med school is a grind, but for some people it's a purpose, not a profession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being married to an attorney I would try to dissuade my kids from the law. Heard similar sentiments from doctors. Depending on the business and interests of the student that could be a way to go.

One of my mother’s cousins started his career as a lawyer and switched to becoming a doctor in his late 30s. Another cousin started as a doctor and switched to law in his 40s.

I picked engineering and so did all my kids. 😂

[Anonymous]

These are three completely different beasts. Although, many law students also complete an MBA. So it would make the most sense to get through college and see if there is any interest in a particular direction. The issue though is that for med school there are pre-requisites or at least a path to follow and she may have to decide as a freshman that is what she wants to do.

[Anonymous]

Medicine is the most flexibile in terms of work options - you can make $200k working 20 hours per week locums.

[Anonymous]

Get a job with the federal government. Everyone is so happy there 😛. Come on, OP. Don’t you think this decision is different for everyone?

[Anonymous]

I decided to go to medical school in late 20s. My husband was already a lawyer so I get both perspectives. What I like about medicine (after suffering through residency when I truly hated my life)- is the flexibility as a mom. I chose to make less (but still six figures) and work part time so I’m able to essentially be like a stay at home mom some days. I have a good self care routine as a result. I don’t think you can be part time as a lawyer. I also like that I will always have a job. I can throw a stone and I’ll have a job so if anything happens I can easily go back to full time and make even 2x more than I do now. I think law can be a good field too but it’s more susceptible to the economy. I think on net I’d probably recommend medicine to my daughters and really support them through the grueling process. But wouldn’t be mad if they picked law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS senior DD talked about going to med school, law school and business school after college even before she gets into college. I have no experience with any of them. Please info us, of the 3 professional schools, which one may have the most rewarding life that when at her 60s, she won't regret for her choice of career.

No one can predict future.