Science ● Agriculture, Athletic Training 4- Year College Food and Natural Resources ● Science, Technology, Second Choice Careers: Pathways to this Career: (Military, Engineering (Backup Plan) Apprenticeship, Technical School, and 2-Year College, 4-Year College) mathematics Zoologist and Wildlife Biologist 4-Year College
My Top Military My Top My Top My Top My Top 4-Year If I started a
Careers: Apprenticeship Technical 2-Year College Careers: Business: Careers: School School Careers: Careers:
Refer to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook for information
Career Name Pathway Education/ Salary Benefits Disadvantages
Degree Required
Physical 4- Year College Doctoral or $85,400 ● Want to ● Very
Therapist professional help people competitive degree ● Very ● Need to rewarding maintain a ● Work with high GPA people from ● Doctoral all ages degree is difficult and demanding Athletic Trainer 4- Year College Bachelor’s $45,630 ● Work with ● Not the Degree sports highest players paying job ● Get to ● May not be watch them the most play interesting ● Rewarding to help them continue what they love
Zoologist and 4- Year College Bachelor’s $60,520 ● Study ● Demand
Wildlife Biologist Degree animals may be and other limited by wildlife budgetary ● Get to work constraints indoors and ● Write outdoors research ● Find ways papers or to help and reports to save animal explain populations findings
Part III: Choosing a School (if Military, look for an ROTC program)
Majors that will lead to my Career: Other Majors I’m Interested in:
● Physical Therapy ● Athletic Trainer
Top 5 Schools: Location: Tuition: Benefits: Disadvantages: Added to
Naviance? Y/N
Quinnipiac Connecticut $61,910 ● Beautif ● Very Expensive Y
University ul Campu s, Great field hockey team, has PT
Ithaca College New York $40,658 ● Nice ● Not a very Y
campus good field ● like the hockey team location ● gets very cold ● has PT
James Madison Virginia $42,144 ● Nice ● Commuter Y
University campus school ● good ● Very field difficult to hockey get in team ● has PT Stockton New Jersey $37,234 ● Not the ● Very close to Y University most home expensi ● Commuter ve School ● good ● Very difficult to field get in hockey team
Scranton Pennsylvania $61,028 ● Good ● Expensive Y
University field hockey team
Part IV: Your Career Plan
The career I’m most interested in is Physical Therapy. I want to pursue this career because I love to help people. I’ve been to physical therapy a number of times due to injuries from sports so I know what it feels like to want to get back to doing what I love. I want to be the person that helps other people recover from their injuries or illnesses so they can continue doing what they love. To pursue this career, I will have to attend a 4-year university. To prepare for this career and career path, I will have to study anatomy, biology, physiology and physics while I’m still in high school.
Part V: Backup Plan
If my plan to go to a 4-year college and study Physical Therapy does not work out because my parents are unable to pay for school, it’s more difficult than I thought and fail, or I need to take care of a family member after they become ill, I will most likely start my own business of being a personal trainer. To start, I would sign up for cheap online classes for nutrition and training and so my own research. Then I would put up flyers around town in the local food stores or anywhere else with a pin board. During this time, while I’m studying to become a personal trainer, I would work a temporary job to make some money.