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  • #31
    #14.

    Funny that pharmacist isn't on the list (unless I missed it). In past years it has been near the top. Growth prospects must be down...

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    • #32
      #75 overall

      #2 high pay
      "Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."

      - Ty Cobb

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      • #33
        I don't have a job, but Flash comes in at #1.

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        • #34
          How the hell could it possibly better to be a Physician Assistant than a Physician?

          Is it better to be a paralegal than a lawyer? Better to be the Executive Assistant than the CEO?

          In whose world?

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          • #35
            Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
            How the hell could it possibly better to be a Physician Assistant than a Physician?

            Is it better to be a paralegal than a lawyer? Better to be the Executive Assistant than the CEO?

            In whose world?
            For people who want to spend 10 fewer years in school/indentured servitude and rack up $250K-$500K less in debt.
            Everything in life is an approximation.

            http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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            • #36
              Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
              How the hell could it possibly better to be a Physician Assistant than a Physician?

              Is it better to be a paralegal than a lawyer? Better to be the Executive Assistant than the CEO?

              In whose world?
              It's because the "how many jobs are projected to be available" factor was weighed so heavily. The quality-of-life factor probably contributed to that seemingly counterintuitive result, too.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                For people who want to spend 10 fewer years in school/indentured servitude and rack up $250K-$500K less in debt.
                Even if you're at the high end of debt (the average at my school when I finished was only about 65K), you make up that difference in ~5 years versus being a PA. PA students have debt too.

                Good to know that it's better to be an actuary's assistant than an actuary. I mean, why would you want to to go through all those years of school to be fully trained in your field when you could just be the assistant to that fully-trained person?

                Just from a standpoint of career satisfaction, it doesn't seem like it would be great to be a physician assistant who always has to check with the actual physician before making any important decision. It would be like being a resident forever, and that really sucked.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                  How the hell could it possibly better to be a Physician Assistant than a Physician?

                  Is it better to be a paralegal than a lawyer? Better to be the Executive Assistant than the CEO?

                  In whose world?
                  I have to say, i don't get the love here either. I advise a lot of pre med students who ask me about this all the time and i almost always steer them towards med school. The only cases where i don't are the ones who seem really into having kids more than a career. Physicians make more money and have much more intellectually stimulating jobs. Being a PA is like signing up to do resident scut work for the rest of your life. And PA school isn't any easier to get into anymore (at least by percent admission rates).
                  At least the Big Ten went after a big-time addition in Nebraska; the Pac-10 wanted a game so badly, it added Utah
                  -Berry Trammel, 12/3/10

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                    Even if you're at the high end of debt (the average at my school when I finished was only about 65K), you make up that difference in ~5 years versus being a PA. PA students have debt too.

                    Good to know that it's better to be an actuary's assistant than an actuary. I mean, why would you want to to go through all those years of school to be fully trained in your field when you could just be the assistant to that fully-trained person?

                    Just from a standpoint of career satisfaction, it doesn't seem like it would be great to be a physician assistant who always has to check with the actual physician before making any important decision. It would be like being a resident forever, and that really sucked.
                    Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
                    I have to say, i don't get the love here either. I advise a lot of pre med students who ask me about this all the time and i almost always steer them towards med school. The only cases where i don't are the ones who seem really into having kids more than a career. Physicians make more money and have much more intellectually stimulating jobs. Being a PA is like signing up to do resident scut work for the rest of your life. And PA school isn't any easier to get into anymore (at least by percent admission rates).


                    You guys are missing the whole point of the rankings.

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                      Good to know that it's better to be an actuary's assistant than an actuary.
                      An actuary's assistant is the CFO.
                      Everything in life is an approximation.

                      http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                        An actuary's assistant is the CFO.
                        It's apparently not subtlety.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Babs View Post
                          You guys are missing the whole point of the rankings.
                          Which is?

                          It's interesing that we both have the same impression of a PAs job--being a resident for the rest of your life
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                          At least the Big Ten went after a big-time addition in Nebraska; the Pac-10 wanted a game so badly, it added Utah
                          -Berry Trammel, 12/3/10

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
                            I have to say, i don't get the love here either. I advise a lot of pre med students who ask me about this all the time and i almost always steer them towards med school. The only cases where i don't are the ones who seem really into having kids more than a career. Physicians make more money and have much more intellectually stimulating jobs. Being a PA is like signing up to do resident scut work for the rest of your life. And PA school isn't any easier to get into anymore (at least by percent admission rates).
                            Right -- to make a physician assistant job equal to a physician, you would have to pay the physician assistant MORE than the physician.

                            If I could hypothetically make about $200K more as a PA than as a physician, I would maybe start to consider working as a PA.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
                              Which is?

                              It's interesing that we both have the same impression of a PAs job--being a resident for the rest of your life.
                              http://cougaruteforum.com/showpost.p...0&postcount=36

                              They're ranking careers. It does no good to choose a career where there are no job prospects.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Babs View Post
                                http://cougaruteforum.com/showpost.p...0&postcount=36

                                They're ranking careers. It does no good to choose a career where there are no job prospects.
                                With an aging population and a huge projected shortage (at least in my field ), i still don't get it.
                                At least the Big Ten went after a big-time addition in Nebraska; the Pac-10 wanted a game so badly, it added Utah
                                -Berry Trammel, 12/3/10

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