I dont know what I want to be a doctor or a lawyer. They are both high paying jobs, but I want to know which one pays more.
2007-02-13 08:56:59 · 5 answers · asked by Pietro C 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
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Are you just wanting the job for the money?? If so, you wont get very far. But I asked myself the same question however....
are you better at Math/Science or English/History??
The MCAT judges how good you are with math and Science and should be taken if you want to become a doctor.
The BAR is taken by law students and involves alot more english and history skills.
I decided that I've done alot better in my math and science classes, so I'm a pre-med major right now =]
2007-02-13 09:06:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mj 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm an attorney and I will tell you that pay is not a reason to be either a lawyer or a doctor. Both are very high stress jobs that require intense schooling and monetary satisfaction is not the ultimate ends. I would advise you to figure out what you would like to do if money were not the ultimate goal and use that as your starting point for your career search.
I think generally, doctors earn more, but the profession also requires more schooling. For information on attorney salaries see http://www.nalp.org/content/index.php?pid=147. In 2005, the median salary for first-year associates ranged from $67,500 in firms of 2-25 attorneys to $125,000 in firms of more than 500 lawyers, with a first-year median for all participating firms of $100,000.
2007-02-13 09:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by Katt_in_the_Hat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can make lots of money doing a lot of different things. You should also consider what you are good at, what you like, what kind of people you like to be around (if you like people at all), and how long you'll have to be in school to be educated for a particular job.
If you are good at science, you may be able to make it through all the biology and chemistry required to become a doctor. Lawyers have to be excellent readers and writers.
Some doctors and lawyers make a lot, others don't make that much more that people with a simple college degree. It depends on how talented you are and what you decide to do with your degree. But neither of them has very much of a life outside work. You might consider the lifestyle you'd be choosing to lead.
2007-02-13 09:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by lizzgeorge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This kind of concerns me. I know that I wouldn't want a doctor that wasn't sure that's what he wanted to do and only did it for the money. Do you not feel a pull towards either one just because the work part of it interests you? Not to mention it will take years after schooling to make any profit, because you will owe sooooo much for student loans etc.
2007-02-13 09:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by Angel D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both professions require more than 4 years of college, high payin job means nothin, it matter if ur interest in that field.
2007-02-13 09:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋