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Biology/Genetics vs Law?

I love both, I just can't decide... About me: - I hate sitting all day - I love arguing and am very good at it (although some people can get annoyed at how argumentative I am) - I had a 110% in my biology class (my favorite part being genetics) - I'm good at math, but I absolutely HATE IT - When I took the career assessment test in high school, it told me I should be a Genetics Counselor... but I don't even know anything about being a genetics counselor... and is there anything else I can pursue in the genetics area besides becoming a counselor? - I feel if I become a lawyer I can: 1) Grow further and maybe work for the government in the Supreme Court and 2) Do more good for the United States than if I just researched genetics Please give me your advice! Thank you! P.S. If you have any advice on going into either subject, please feel free to advise! =]

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1. If you prefer the job of a lawyer, then choose it. It doesn't matter what other people think you should do. If you think that by being a lawyer, you would benefit more people and grow further than being a biologist, do it. As a biologist, you would be doing research all day in a lab. However, as a lawyer, you would be doing reading research every day for hundreds and thousands of pages a week. You usually shouldn't choose your career based on high school. I thought I wanted to be one thing when I graduated high school, but I ended up changing my major in university. What I suggest is taking biology and law (e.g., political science) courses in first year university and then deciding after first year. Or you can just do a double-major.