CarefromKumar

We are in a season of admissions wherein Tenth Standard students want to decide which subjects they should take – whether MPCB ( Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology) or Pure Science group or Commerce or Accountancy or Computer Science.

Similarly those who have chosen any of the groups and have cleared their Twelfth Standard are also in a dilemma whether their ward should become an Engineer or a Doctor or pursue any other course.

When it comes to perceptions the race is between Engineer and Doctor. Every parent or most of the parents wish their wards should become an Engineer or a Doctor.

Question, is whether it is good enough for their ward to pursue the above two courses , whether it is aligned with their strengths, whether they feel comfortable taking up these courses.

Let me share some interesting statistics first – there are 25 Lakhs engineers graduating every Year in India. We also read in Newspapers that even in some of the IITs, students have not been able to get placement ( inspite of all their hardwork for several years for getting an admission ) .

I also read an article which says that there were few Engineering colleges part of Anna University wherein not even 1 candidate has cleared the Engineering exams and several Engineering colleges where pass % is less than 50 %.

Similarly in the case of Medicine, every one wants to pursue MBBS and only MBBS . One of the parents gave me a feedback that if at all your ward wants to pursue MBBS , you should be clear that one has to dedicate at least next 15 years in their pursuit for M.D or MS and other degrees like DNB etc. Also it involves lot of hard work as well.

Now coming back to the first question, how can a student who hates Mathematics take up Engineering ? . Similarly why should a student who finds it difficult to see blood in a lab test or who does not want to continuously learn, take up Medicine

Suggestion is before your wards decide their course please do an exercise to find out what makes them feel happy.

If some one enjoys Maths & Physics , has a problem solving mind set, looking for alternate options, possibly Engineering is a good option, provided he had enjoyed his labs .

If some one hates Maths, please do not push them to take up Engineering.

If some one likes studying about anatomy, willing to spend more than 15 years and ready to keep upgrading himself then he can consider Medicine.

If some one enjoys analysis, willing to spend long hours in analyzing data, talks with data, then they may consider taking Economics.

While many feel that ” Economics” will not give you good salaries or placement opportunities, reality is ” Economists” are one of the highest paid professions. They can become Investment Bankers which is one of the highest paid professions. Do you know that there are colleges charging more than 2 Lakhs per annum to study Economics and students get a starting salary of even 17 Lakhs.

One of my school mates used to run away from Maths classes, but came from an Art family. He enjoyed drawing and paintings and took up Pure Science group and later Botany and today is a reputed Botany professor.

There is also a perception that Commerce is taken up only by weak students. In reality, Commerce helps you to score high marks in Twelth and after doing if you do CA you have immense opportunities. In most of the organizations, Chief Financial Officers have a CA Background and they are the no.2 in the organization next to CEO.

We hope this provides basic career guidance for students

We will discuss further what attractive options are there beyond MBBS in Medicine in the next blog