“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
This infamous, exciting, terrifying, important yet absolutely futile question has followed each person since they developed the cognitive ability to answer it. In this article, I asked a random half of the graduating class to answer this question, as seriously—or unseriously—as they saw fit.
Question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Answer(s):
Anthony Achkar
“My serious answer is doctor, and in a dream world I’d be a tennis player”
Ariel Alejo
“A lawyer”
Danna Alvarez
“A lawyer, specifically Elle Woods”
Kylie An
“I want to work in a graphic design firm and ideally one day open my own”
Jenny Arizaga
“The dream is to do something in architecture around New York, and do freelance art on the side”
Selinam Ayifli
“A lawyer”
Nicolette Atakhanian
“A nurse”
Taleen Atakhanian
“A data scientist”
Adi Bendet
“A cinematographer”
Ash Berger
“I want to be a clinical psychiatrist”
Shaelee Campbell
“I want to be a lawyer”
Ben Cardoza
“Happy”
Tommy Blumenfled
“An entrepreneur of a tech company”
Omer Chai
“Goated”
Amit Charash
“I want to be a plastic surgeon”
Sunwoo Choi
“I want to be a movie director”
Stella Cho
“I want to be a nurse, but later on I would want to open a small bakery”
Michael Depalo
“A sports announcer”
Ella Dimitriadis
“A news person or work for a company”
Yarden Elisha
“I want to go into pharmaceuticals”
Rachel Evazians
“A lawyer and if I could be less practical I’d be a professor of philosophy or literature”
Dean Fischer
“A stay at home dad”
Ryan Fischer
“A happy engineer”
Eeri Gal
“Rich”
Ron Gal
“An astronaut”
Eden Genis
“I want to do something with art”
Sean Gonci
“An audio engineer”
Caitlin Gonci
“I want to be with good people”
Michal Grechanikov
“I want to be rich”
Yoav Harari
“A Mossad agent”
Juha Im
“I’m not sure, but I want to travel the world”
John Jamieson
“An Aerospace Engineer”
Jiyoon Jun
“A CEO”
Adrian Kang
“An accountant”
Andrew Koprowski
“Myself”
George Koprowski
“Human resource manager”
Han Gyeol Kim
“I want money”
Jonathan Kim
“A healthcare analyst”
Leo Kim
“I want to get a job in MLB”
Abigail Kim
“Software Engineer”
Omri Kovar
“I would like to work as a chief of marketing staff for a high tech company”
Abigail Lee
“Sustainable architect”
Eugene Lee
“A neurosurgeon”
Josef Lee
“World Traveler”
Omer Tal
“Happy”
Caitlin Mcgee
“Realistically, I want to be an anesthesiologist, and I want to work as a manager at the CMP every single summer.”
Jordyn Nusspickel
“I want to be a teacher”
Erin Park
“In a dream world I would be a lawyer without going to law school and taking the bar”
Sujin Park
“Living a decent life”
Allie Polevoy
“In a dream world maybe a cart girl or a bartender for the rest of my life”
Isabel Ponce
“International affairs… something international… not sure if business or politics”
Vincent Quinn
“Physical Therapist”
Sella Sharon
“A civil engineer”
Joel Shim
“I want to be careful”
Ethan Shin
“I want to be a doctor and in a dream world I would be a professional musician”
Dana Song
“I want to be a dermatologist”
Khushbu Srivastava
“I want to be things that help others… I want to make inventions that help people in need, I want to travel”
