u/anqelette

Thinking about Landscape Architecture as a future career in nz

Hi, I know this has been asked about a lot already in this thread but I wanted some personal advice about this. Seems like most of the people answering the queries are based in the US, but I’m a year 11 in New Zealand with two more years of secondary school left. Potentially thinking about pursuing Landscape architecture, with medicine as my plan B. (My subject choices for next year are Design and Visual Communication, English, Statistics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics) I don’t particularly have a deep passion for this field/ haven’t explored through it enough to know how much I like it but my thought process was that I thought I could enjoy it in my everyday life because it mixes practicality with creativity (more stable than becoming an artist which is my actual passion). I’m having a hard time deciding which career plan I should actually go forward with. I’m not really good at sciences and slightly above barely tolerate them but I think I could do it if I just sucked it up and try harder. I see the possibility of being miserable in the future if I do choose medicine. I understand that medicine is the better option in terms of the job market and money, but is it worth it to pursue landscape architecture and maybe live a more soulful life where I feel more fulfilment or should I suck it up and just go for objective stability in medicine?

Sorry if this is a stupid post, I’m not really sure.

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u/anqelette — 6 days ago