Hey everyone! Hope all is well with everyone :]
Lately, I have been facing a mental challenge when it comes to what I want to pursue in my career. The past few years I wanted to graduate John Jay and make my way into law school to become a prosecutor in New York City. However, as I discover and am more exposed to the field of Criminal Justice, my mind keeps shifting and I feel more confused everyday.
I have come across several different fields of study. One of them is criminology (study of criminal behavior), which would lead me into a career with the FBI. I love sociology and psychology and criminology is made up most of these type of classes. I love analzying people and understanding why people do what they do. Another field is addiction studies (study of people's addictions), which would then lead me into medical school. I would become a doctor and help individuals who are trying to break their drug and alcohol abuse. I love to help people and understand what drives them to rely on alcohol and drugs.
I know that I have only started at John Jay and its hard to tell now where I will be 5-10 years from now, but I feel that its essential for all of us to start exploring different sub-fields and specialization, so we have an idea of what is open for us. So, my mission now is to talk to professors in these fields and start exploring, if this is really for me.
But, as my mom always says "time will only tell us what we are meant to do".
Until next time :)
(Sorry for the very short post, but this thought has been on my mind for awhile now.)
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Hi Farah,
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you have at least narrowed your interests down to a certain area. Consider yourself lucky! If you already know the field you want to work in, that is half the battle. It seems like you just need to figure out what you want to do within that field.
You should take a thorough look through the John Jay Undergraduate Bulletin. Your idea is a good one - you could reach out to the professors who specialize in your areas of interest (ie, who teaches a substance abuse class, or who teaches a theory of criminal behavior class?); ask them about their careers or their research, what do they like/dislike about their work. Many people will be glad to tell you about what they do. I have to say, from what you wrote it sounds like your interests are heading in the Forensic Psychology direction, but maybe I'm just biased because that was my major. :)
Good luck in your search!