How can I start a career as a psychologist?

Help! How should I spend my dancing career?

• I am a teenager which means I have to start making my decisions. I have 2 options to chose from.... 1) Train train, and more training for ballet/pointe dancing. I have this goal where I want to dance in the corps de ballet at the New York City Ballet. Background: Did balle since I was 2, and pointe since I was in about 3rd or 4th grade. I grew up dancing at Vail Dance Studio, NJ. Then when Ut was going to shut down, I started dancing at Mainstage Center For The Arts (at Camden County College) In a few weeks I am gonna go to Nancy Mulford Dance in Mt Ephraim, NJ. 2)Or I'll work more in a mix of all the dances. My favorite is still ballet- and will always be, but I also like lyrical. At Vail dance, I took acro for a few years but at Mainstage, they didnt have acro classes. I took broadway classes for maybe about 5 years (still doing it) an tap since I was about 4. That way I could possibly work in compettions. Questions: Which career lasts longer? How much training will I need for option #1? For option #2, is that more of a kid/teen thing? Like I said before, ballet and pointe will always be m favorite and will also probably will always be what I'm best at. Oh and BTW, I understand a dancing career doesnt last very long and retire at early age. Question: What excactly is that age? 20s? 30s? Etc. Anyways, after my dancing career, I want to go to college and study to be a psychologist. If you could answer all the questions and your opinion that would be helpful. Also links could help! THANKS!

• Answer:

  By now you must have seen my answer to this question when you asked it before. I would love for you to prove me wrong. If you are 13, which I think you mentioned you were in another question, audition for the School of American Ballet. Auditions are coming up starting in January for the summer intensive. The SI is much easier to get into than the full time program. Perhaps you get a scholarship and will even be asked into the full time program at the end of the summer session. Here is the information http://www.sab.org/summercourse/admission/auditions_at_sab.php If you are serious and want to give it a shot, you cannot wait for another year to go by.