REALITY CHECK!!!!

By: Nelson Okunlola

My Budget was $74,873
 LAWYER
Degree/Career Plan: Undergraduate Bachelor degree. Pass LSAT
Law School to earn Juris Doctor (J.D). Pass state Bar exam
Best Colleges: Yale University, Harvard University, Stanford
University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, New York
University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California-Berkely
In State: University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, Southern Mthodist
University, University of Houston, Texas A&M
Time Spent: 8 Years
Residency? No
Credits needed: Political Science. English. Environmental Law.
Bankruptcy Law.
 LAWYER
Average Salary: $114,970
Average Work hours: 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a
year
Unemployment rate: 1.2%
Degrees needed: Bachelors, Juris Doctor
Average cost of all tuitions: $200,000
 CHEMICAL ENGINEER
Degree Plan: Bachelors in Science. About 128 hours
Best Colleges: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California
Institute of Technology, University of California-Berkeley, University
of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Stanford University
In Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Texas A & University, Rice University,
University of Houston
Time Spent: 4 years
Residency? No
Credits needed: Mathematics, Physics, General Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, molecular Biology,
 CHEMICAL ENGINEER
Average Salary: $125,820
Work hours: 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year
Unemployment rate: 2.7%
Degrees needed: Bachelors
Average cost of all tuitions: about $100,000
 SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Degree Plan: Just a Bachelors Degree
Best Colleges: Carnegie Mellon University, California Institute of
Technology, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Princeton University
In texas: UT Austin, Rice University, Texas A&M, Baylor University

Time Spent: 4 years

Residency? No
Credits needed: Computer Science, Software Engineering,
Mathematics
 SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Average Salary: $95,510
Work hours: 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year
Unemployment rate: 2.5%
Degrees needed: Bachelors degree
Average cost of all tuitions: $95,000
 PHARMACIST
Degree Plan: Bachelors Degree, Pharm.D degree, Residency
Best Colleges: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University
of Minnesota, University of California-San Francisco, University of
Michigan- Ann Arbor, University of Texas-Austin
In Texas: University of Texas-Austin, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, University of
Houston, University of the Incarnate Word
Time Spent: 8 years
Residency? Yes
Credits needed: General Biology, Human Anatomy and
Physiology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Microbiology,
Physics, Mathematics
 PHARMACIST
Average Salary: $121,500
Work hours: 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year
Unemployment rate: 3%
Degrees needed: Bachelors, Pharm.D
Average cost of all tuitions: $75,000
 ORTHODONTIST
Degree Plan: Undergraduates degree, Doctoral school, Residency
Best Colleges: University of California at Los Angeles, University
of California at San Francisco, University of Michigan, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In Texas: Texas A%M, Baylor, University of Texas San Antonio, University of
Houston
Time Spent: 8 years
Residency? Yes
Credits needed: Gross Anatomy, Essentials of clinical practice,
Restorative, Periodontics, Pharmacology, Preclinical endodontic
 ORTHODONTIST
Average Salary: $196,170
Work hours: 8 Hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year
Unemployment rate: 0.3%
Degrees needed: Undergraduates degree, Doctor of Dental
Surgery (D.D.S) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.)
Average cost of all tuitions: $175,000