paramedic is an idea though the pay is not exceptional.

 

medical doctor

That's enough to get you through medical school, if your IQ is at least 135.

 

Pharmacist might also be helpful. Can make a bunch of money. Engineer might also be a good bet. Both civil and mechanical. Mechanic if you like cars.

(Read: pays well).

Nursing seems to be a choice that jumps out at me. What else is there that fits this criteria?

Ohh also nurses dont get paid that much arround here. And ESPECIALLY not for the work they do.

 

I could live forever on $200k....I would not waste it on a piece of paper.

However, if the requirement to get the money were to go to college, I would major in Chemistry or Engineering - both could be quite useful in SHTF

 

The government, people, whoever, can take away all of your money and your job. But they can NEVER take away that piece of paper.

edit: Oh ya, I have a friend who got a B.S. in Chemistry. Turns out, he cannot possibly pay for grad school. As in, it is impossible for him to spend any money on it! He's getting a free ride the whole way! That's how desperate the government and businesses are for chemistry people, they'll pay you to go to grad school.

 

I've already got a degree, but I'd use that money to pursue a Phd. There are some midwestern universities in the states that I would love to attend, but you need to be able to self fund for at least a year.

I was told that they would pay my tuition and give me a small stipend, but on a student visa I would not be allowed to work outside of the university and that they do not give jobs to 1st year Phd students. They give you one in 2nd year marking papers and teaching basic classes, so thereon in you're set.

I studied Psychology, which is why I need a Phd. The degree by itself is next to useless.

I'd go with engineering or electronics personally. They are always useful.

 

I'm sorry I can't really help you. If I could do my school years all over, I'd become a train engineer, which is 2.5 years here. It's far from nursing. It's actually very well payed here though, due to risks and odd hours.

 

RN nurses around here get about 50 bucks an hr. LPNs get about 30 and private duty nurses get about 25

 

I'd go to trade schools to learn carpentry, welding, plumbing, electrical, and automotive skills. After graduating I could work for any number of companies, and if the economy forces those companies to close, I could work for myself in my community. If there is a total collapse of civilization that last for a long time, these skills will be useful to rebuild society.

As for the $200,000...whatever had not been used for the trade schools would be used for trade tools and long term survival supplies. :

 

$200 grand? Law school with a minor in business administration.

 

medical school would be my next option.

 

I would stick to jobs that actually produce something or provide a necessary service. Nursing would be a good choice but pay isn't the best Engineering is good in a long term SHTF scenario think swiss family robinson. Agriculture would be a good option but I don't know of a lot of good paying ag jobs. Another option would be to pursue a non modern form of education such as an apprenticeship with a master wood or metal worker.

I spent six years in college and the most important thing I learned was how to solve problems. College is more of a way to prove that you can accomplish something to an employer than it is a place to learn a job or skill.

No matter what you study in college you still need to learn the skills necessary to survive a post SHTF world.

I think education and useful skills are more important than storing food/water/guns.

 

80% of college graduates in the US today, are currently unemployed. Go figure.

 

I call bull**** on this. Show me a source for this.

 

Medical Doctor

Perhaps I wasn't emphatic enough in my first reply.

If you have the drive and the intellect to get through eight years of medical school, $200,000 will get you there.

There is no post-shtf scenario that will make you more valuable than a medical doctor.

If you think that the world will collapse before eight years of your schooling have passed, I'm telling you now...

...the world has seen worse times and we are still here.

If you really have a $200,000 benefactor to finance your education, why in the hell would you consider any other occupation?

Medical school is extremely demanding and I can understand why you might not want to go that route.

 

There is no post-shtf scenario that will make you more valuable than a medical doctor.

If you think that the world will collapse before eight years of your schooling have passed, I'm telling you now...

...the world has seen worse times and we are still here.

Also, just say that something DID happen during that time, well what you learned in Medical school will still be HIGHLY usefull. The knowledge you gain will be invaluable. There are practicing doctors that have graduated that I wouldnt go to because they are incompetent. So graduation doesnt always mean everything (unless you want a liscence). But if SHTF before graduation, you still have valuable knowledge and skill.

(think about this also, in every medical graduating class, there is ALWAYS the dumbest doctor who barely made it though. He has a practice someplace with a whole lot of patients.)

Ohh! Another route you can think about is Dentist also. Not to tell people to floss and brush if SHTF but to do ectractions, fillings, RCT's etc.

 

Gunsmithing school. After that, beg a reputable and established gunsmith to let me apprentice under him or her. "No look! You don't have to pay me! I have money to live off of!".

Excess funds to be used to practice my new trade without worrying about harming someone elses firearms.

Yes, I did just work that around to get me more guns.

 

What makes you tick, what are you passionate about, what would you do without being paid?

Dont tie yourself to a rock of a career that makes you miserable and finally ill, do the thing you want to do and that makes you happy.

Try this test out, it shows you where your best suited:

http://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/uk_work/tests/career.htm


Iv never done a full degree, but I should imagine it takes dedication and discipline, to be stuck with that when your not passionate about the subject must be soul distroying.

 

I may be partial to my own degree but Mechanical engineering is a great one. You learn design as well as actually hands on machining.

 

In high school I took a job placement test to see what career choice would be the best and worst for me. The test stated that I would be best in a park ranger or game warden role and the worst in a chemistry and science. I studied computer science in college and was unable to obtain a job in that career. Every employer wanted five years of work experience, which I did not have. I ended up taking a job in a chemical production plant that makes chemicals for electroplating. It was a dirty, messy, dangerous manufacturing job and I left after two years. For a few months I was unemployed but managed to do some small electrical jobs in my neighborhood that barely managed to put food on the table and pay my bills. I did manage to find regular full time employment, but it was in a research lab performing chemistry and other science related work. Go figure. I have not even used my degree in the past several years, other than what I learned during my first two semesters, which consisted of Microsoft Office.

 

With socialized medicine coming soon, nursing, doctor, all of it is going to suffer drastic pay cuts.

 

I would say the medical field, the medical field, or possibly the medical field.

 

I've thought about this...what would I do differently if I could go back and re-do the education. My business and law pieces of paper on the wall are sure going to be pretty useless soon. What would I really do if I had the time now...study organic sustainable agriculture, with a handy dose of trade knowledge on the side, like electrical, alt. energy, mechanics. If it had any appeal to me, I'd consider medical, but some people just aren't cut out for that. Dirt, now that's appealing to me.

But, I think your problem is time. If you believe like many here do that the muck is going to be flying soon, then start with something that'll be useful quickly, since time is short. and I don't believe you have two year to waste wading though undergrad, useless, stuff right now.

Or, if you have the $$$ in your possession, park it in gold/silver for a while. If for some reason our predictions of doom don't occur, cash it in later for a tidy profit and then pay for school, with money to spare!

 

Civil engineer w/additional classes in "green" small construction and/or agriculture/animal husbandry.

 

I worked my way through engineering school 30 years ago, I highly recommend Mechanical Engineering.

If you have the money study other subjects useful when TSHTF as well (Geology, chemistry, agriculture, horticulture, gunsmithing, etc) by all means buy the text books and tools immediately. TS may Hit TF before you finnish conventional schooling, but the books and tools will remain.

I also suggest that you purchase a one ton pickup and a 5th wheel to live in while in school and to bug out in if necessary.

If it wasn't for the ObamaCare screwing up the medical profession I would agree with studying medicine.

 

College here is free, so I'd stick it in the bank !

 

Then why do I owe the student loans company £7500?

You may be able to get your fees paid, but generally it is hard to get anything beyond that which isn't a loan. I actually did better than most of my classmates and didn't even claim a loan for the first 2 years of my degree,

 

do something you enjoy, and you'll never work a day in your life.

I'd rather make $30k a year doing something I love, than make $300k and be miserable and hate waking up every day. Its great that so many people are here getting prepared for the worst, but the reality is, theres no guarantee the S will ever HTF. Don't pick a career based on that, do something you enjoy. really. if it benefits you or someone else if S does HTF, then consider it a bonus, not a determining factor.

 

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