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Old 02-03-2010, 04:48 AM
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Question I could desperatley use some advice :(

Hi could really use some help im pretty desperate right now and ijust wish i could get hit by a bus.

So heres my story:
I did 2 years (2007-2009) a biology program at a university got into a medical program at a good school and transferred (Sept- Dec 2009). While at the actual "practical hands on med school" i decided i really hated the career and about working in mediciine. I hated culturing swabs and growing spores. All my life i wanted to be a doctor and what not but i think i actually didnt process that actuality of it instead i just htought about the "fame" of it. It wasnt til i went to this "med" school i finally realized that. So now im out of that school. I was desperate to find out what i wanted to do in life. So i dec. to apply for a business admin prog. for this may won know yet if i got in b/c just sent my application off 2 days ago but im prtty sure ill get in. Its a 3yr with co-op so real work experience. I think i wud like to do a designation of chartered accountant.

So anyways now im nervous im making this huge life change. My brother whose been doing his commerce is saying its hard and ill neer make it. Now i justhad this huge blow out fight with my dad who up until this day has had no interest in my education or career. He tells me im wasting my time as wel and i wasted the past 3 yrs almost i told him also how crap job oppurtunities are. Like there were ppl in my program with their bachelors that told me the only job they cud get was full time at the gap or a 10$ research job. and i dont want to end up like a 26 year old trying to do a 3 yr program to be a nuc med technologist or something. I want to make REALLY GOOD money and advnac. I know in labs theres zero to nil chance of moving up as everything depends on ur education. and i dont want to spend 10years trying to do a phD in insects or something stupid.

So now im extrmely distraught my dad says "For LADIES a lab job is good accoutning is for men" im like well labs i wud only make like 60000 a year and as an accountant i wud START at 50 and keep going up depending on how hard i work. he doesnt care he tells me im stupid and again wasting my time. I could really really use some advice. I seriously feel like dieing. I feel like a failure even though im trying so hard.

By the way im 21 and female. I could really use ur views. Someone seperate from the situation. I know its going to be a big change but i used ot be good at accounting and i know if i work hard i cud get it. Everyons tearing me apart with "its hard, u cant do it, stick to science"

Help please
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