text: college professor? i'm a sophomore in high school and i have begun to consider my career options. here are the careers that i am currently interested in: surgeon and history or english lit college professor. which one would be the most realistic to pursue? which one is more beneficial? what about employment? which career would i be able to withstand the longest? please share your opinoins on these career choices and also which college would be the best to apply to to pursue a career in either one? let me know what you think! are you really good at math and science? thats one thing that you would need to consider if you want to be a surgeon as well as the cost of med school and the years you have to commit to actually reach that goal.  for the college professor - my son is wanting to teach college level history.  we've talked it over and he's giving serious consideration to getting his bs in history education so he can teach on a high school level so he can pay for his own education on the graduate level. you can be working faster if you pursue that course, do you ba in english ed and then be teaching at a high school level while you finish the requirements to teach at the college level.  pursuing a medical degree, you won't be working in the field for several years, so you have to give that a consideration as well.