Mrs. Karkut
AP Literature
10 December 2015
Naviance Compare and Contrast Essay In all reality, few things move faster than a million miles per hour, but, for a student approaching the end of high school, life seems to accelerate even past that. The daunting challenge presented by the “real world” is one that every young person will encounter; in facing it, they make decisions that will shape the rest of their lives whether for better or for worse. Choosing a career or a field that pikes interest is one of the most important facets of a successful and happy future, family and general medical practice and Law are two careers that I have researched and found to be most consistent with my personality and passions, through my research …show more content…
The employment outlook for the field of medicine presents hundreds upon thousands of different jobs that each require a specialized skillset and education. According to recent research cited on Naviance, the health care field is the largest growing industry in all of the United States employing greater than 10 million workers and offering around 200 different careers to choose from. The employment outlook is very positively trending upwards with even higher projections for the near future. According to Naviance, the five most important skills for this field consist of Critical thinking, Active listening, Judgement and decision making, reading comprehension, and writing. According to my personality tests and strengths explorer taken on Naviance, these are areas in which I excel in and correspond with. When encountering situations in both school and the general world where I have been required to apply these skills, I have predominantly found success. The five most important abilities cited by Naviance for this field, include, problem sensitivity, oral expression, oral comprehension, written comprehension, and, inductive reasoning. In addition to being a beneficial field knowledge, and intelligence wise; the occupation of general and family practice is a …show more content…
In order to practice, one must have obtained both an undergraduate four-year degree often in a type of science, and a doctoral degree from a certified medical school. In addition to this extensive education, a profession in the medical field requires a certification from either the state or a National organization that grants the ability to practice medicine. Of the many colleges that offer a major in medical sciences, I would select John Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland. I would select John Hopkins because of its reputation and history of constantly remaining at the top of the line for medical schools. John Hopkins University’s reputation is likely connected to the fact that they require a substantial amount of achievement and academic merit in high school. According to statistics in compliance with John Hopkins University’s’ acceptance rate, an average GPA of 3.8 along with an average SAT score of 2090 and 4 years of a Foreign language, a Science, an English, a History, and a Math satisfied the requirements for the 18.13% of students admitted out of 21,336 total freshman applicants. According to my Roadtrip Nation Leader, Jim Yong Kim, studying the field of medicine was the best thing he could have done with his life as it gave him a