For the RIASEC test my results were RSE: Realistic, Social, and Enterprising. After the presentation in class what stood out to me about these three characteristics was that for realistic it meant doer, someone practical and prefers to work with their hands and likes common sense. Social it meant helper, sociable, responsible, and someone who is concerned with the welfare of others. Enterprising it meant someone who is persuasive, someone who enjoys achievement and having an influence. To me those were the descriptions that stood out the most for each category and what persuade me to pick those characteristics when it came to a career. My career exploration process at this point in my life has been concluded in my opinion. Overall when I reach my goal is to become a cardiovascular surgeon. I learned during class discussion that I want to become a cardiovascular surgeon because I get to open people up which to me is crazy but intriguing at the same time because I love to learn how the body functions and how it looks and why not focus on the body part that essentially keeps us alive, the heart. I also want to become a cardiovascular surgeon because it means that I can save lives and help people although I do know that i can’t potentially save every life, I wanna know and use my ability to make peoples lives a little better especially since I have grandparents that suffer from heart conditions and I know how much they’re doctors and surgeons do help them live their life’s a little easier as they get older. Finally I also want to become a cardiovascular surgeon because I’m a control freak, I love having control and power and being a cardiovascular surgeon or any surgeon overall gives you the control and power over someones life which can be scary to some but it’s exciting to me. According to the O*net website the careers for me based on my RIASEC code are working on the food industry, bus driver, ambulance driver, transportation, lifeguard, and manicurist. None of those careers are in line with what I want to do with my life but I have had experience working in the food industry and as a lifeguard. Which makes me think that when I was doing the RIASEC test I was probably thinking about my experiences in the work field and not what I look forward to in the work field since I haven’t had much experience with working at a hospital. Although I do have experience with the life a doctor lives because a majority of my family members are doctors and nurses one is even a neuro surgeon. The results of the careers based on my RIASEC results don’t change my plans though academically. My major at Ohio State is Biology and I don’t think I’m going to be changing it anytime soon or at all hopefully. So far I’ve liked all the classes I’ve been taking for my major except for gen eds especially when it comes to history and literature because to me they’re boring subjects an I don’t enjoy learning about them. I have thought of changing my major from biology to chemistry but since I’m pre-med either way the curriculum is almost the same and biology helps me out more because there’s a lot more anatomy classes that I can take and would count toward my degree. Anatomy classes are also my favorite because you learn about different parts of the body and sometimes it’s also hands on which can include dissections of body parts which is so exciting. So far I’ve had the pleasure to dissect frogs, worms, sharks, kidneys, eyeballs, lungs, and my absolute favorite a heart. The heart dissection I did was one of the last dissections I have done recently and it was my favorite compared to all the other ones and that’s why I decided I would like to become a cardiovascular surgeon. Although my decision on which type of surgery I want to specialize can change anytime especially through residency I think I will probably stick to cardiovascular. I can say that I picked my career too based on my interest and not on the income but thankfully the income of a surgeon is not too shabby which helps motivate me a little towards my goal but I also know working in the medical field you have to make sacrifices socially because of the long and unknown hours of work. My steps from now on is just on succeeding in getting my degree in Biology and on becoming a competitive candidate for medical school.