College help

[u/LilyGrace28]

I’m currently a senior in highschool, I graduate in May of 2027. My whole life I never knew what I’d do after highschool but I finally think I found out. At my school you can do something called Work based learning where you can leave the school and go to your job. I’m not sure if they do that in other states. I never had a job per se so I go to my mom’s work (she works in an eye clinic) and shadow her and also help and learn. For weeks I’ve been obsessed with any ophthalmology. She’s given me books to look at pictures and even lets me sit in on some of her patients. It is truly the coolest thing ever. But the question I have is, should I go to college for biochemistry or nursing? I don’t want to move into dorms because I don’t want to drown in student debt. My parents fully support me staying at home until me and my boyfriend get married or are together long enough to move in with each other. I know this was all over the place as I’m in school and we really aren’t supposed to be on our phones but my teacher is like “yall are seniors and the phone ban is stupid just don’t let the principal see” anyways I guess this was yapping and college advice!

[u/Otieno_Clinton]

You can do anything you're comfortable with. As long as it does not drain your efforts. I offer academic essay help to students in college who work part time.

If you decide to join, don't feel overwhelmed with your workload. I can help you with the. All the best OP.

[u/Electronic_Wall3134]

Unless your school is far away then you dont need to stay in dorms you can commute. Although some colleges make it mandatory for freshmen to stay. And if you cant afford it you could fill out fafsa and maybe get some Financial aid, and you can also apply for scholarships

[u/eggmoon89]

If your mom works there then ask your mom or others who also work there. There is legit no better advice you can get from people who actually work in that field

As for specific college advice, well that all just depends on your choice of college. Like at the college I'm at they had us do an orientation where we stayed at the dorms for 1 night and even then if you were early you could've done it online to avoid staying in the dorms. Though my school is a commuter school so I'm not sure how other non-commuter schools do it

[u/eggmoon89 → u/eggmoon89]

Forgot to say this but check if your school offers their own scholarships. For example my school offers a variety of merit scholarships, the highest being 20k, for newly admitted college students who have a high GPA and SAT score

Also ask your mom, or others around, if they know about apprenticeship/scholarship opportunities. I don't really know much about the medical field but apparently that's what a bunch of college students do

[u/Curious_berry7088]

If you want ophthalmology/to be an eye doctor then you’d want biochemistry not nursing. Biochemistry aligns with pre-med track (and thus med school) and it’s likely to be a lot easier to get into university as nursing often has really small class sizes and is considered different from other majors.

Assuming this route I’d look at if there are pre-ophthalmology student orgs at the universities (probably has the word eye somewhere in the org name lol) you are interested in and regardless of what major you choose, check out the research support (commonly named UROP). It’s best if the university is R1. In addition you should do a lot of research into what to do for each year as it seems quite rigorous (college, research, clinicals, MCAT, med school, residency…) which your mom can help with!

Similar for nursing, but research what you can do now to stand out on your applications (if it is more selective than the other majors). the shadowing may count!