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Location: Back Creek Valley!!! | Anyone have some advise for my daughter. She is a sophomore and they are pushing her to pick out her career. Well who knows what they want to do in the 10th grade. All she really knows is she wants to run barrels!! OK so living in the east coast no such luck. Whats some of your kids wanting to study, what kind of colleges have rodeo teams? She likes to stay busy, not one to set at a desk all day. Sure she would love to be on a horse all day however she will need to support that hobby. Being a vet doesn't really excite her. I think the too much schooling gets in the way. I have even thought of sending her after graduation to a working cattle ranch to get some experience. See where life takes here.
I just thought maybe you all had some ideas. Career choices, schools with rodeo teams, cattle ranches
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| University of Findlay:
Have a strong equestrian team/program:
http://www.findlay.edu/sciences/equestrianstudies/
Murray State University:
http://www.murraystate.edu/Academics/CollegesDepartments/HutsonSchoolOfAgriculture/studentorganizations/equestrianteam.aspx
Ohio University:
http://ohiouniversityhuntseat.weebly.com/
Ohio State (Department of Animal Sciences): (Also have a strong equine program)
http://ansci.osu.edu/home
These are all links to their equestrian teams, most also offer degrees in equestrian studies OR other studies, and then the choice to join the equestrian team as an extracurricular activity. |
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Location: Buckeye State | I go to Ohio State and I think we have a great program. There are a ton of clubs to join and there are some amazing staff members. It's also nice because the program is smaller and set away from Main Campus so you get to know people in your classes. Overall, the longer you go to OSU the smaller the campus gets haha. Although.. I stay as far away as I can from the horse program here.
I have a friend who goes to Findlay and absolutely loves the equestrian team. :]
Edited by agriff 2013-12-04 9:22 PM
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Location: Phoenix | Honestly, speaking from experience, I would send her to a university for her first two years amd let her do the "college experience" and if she finds a career path she likes, have her keep going. If she doesn't know, give her two or three years to work amd figure it out and then make a pact that she enrolls in school again within 3 years.
I wanted to drop out so much in college because I had no idea what I wanted to do, or be. (Still don't!). So here I am, 5 credits short, 2 years out of college and now I *think* I know what I SORT of want to do and I think I'm ready to finish.
It's never too early to do job shadows or internships. I wish I had thought more about that. |
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Location: Midwest | Don't get an equine science degree....not much of a career path most of the time. I know several people with this degree, and they are not working in the horse industry or they are unemployed. LOL
Not saying it never works out, but you can ride under someone and not have the student loans from colleges. The best career horse people out there often don't have degrees...they have talent and experience.
I'd let her do general studies if she chooses to go to college... find a degree with careers that let her make enough money to support the horse habit. Having a career in the horse industry can be difficult, and many don't "make it". Realistically I would want something to fall back on if I was in her shoes. |
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Location: Texas | My advice: have her job shadow people.
No one knows what they want to do in 10th grade, let alone in college. It's just a bunch of vague ideas.
I really wish I could have spent time watching people in the career ideas I had during high school and college. There are way more options out there than we realize.
If I had to do it over again, I would have done speech therapy. Super high demand for speech therapists, AWESOME pay, and really high job satisfaction.
Edited by aggiejudger 2013-12-05 8:41 AM
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Location: ND | unless you have a definite actual paying professional career path in mind, university is a waste of time....... don't overlook technical schools though as they typically have more to offer in terms of earning potential and job stability than university educations......
higher education is always there and more and more can be done online...... |
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