:]My felony was when I was 14 yrs old I certified as aldut for robbery because I was in the car with some friends who thought it be cool to robb a man,they also beat him up .It was in 1993 so now I have a felony and trying to go back to school," but I am scared what to take can I get a good job even if I get a degree with a felony?I was a juvenile when I was arrested but it still shows up sometimes because I was certified as a aldut on my record but some times background checks only go back 7-10 yrs.Any Ideas what to take?I wanted to go to take dental assistant,but un sure if I could get a job in this field or any medicial field.

Hi, DMR!

The best thing to do would be to contact an institution that you would like to attend and see what the requirements are for certain kinds of degrees and subsequent jobs and the possible job outlooks for where you might want to work.

In the state where I live, there is a waiver program where after a certain amount of time, someone who has been convicted of a felony can apply for a waiver to work in certain health care fields. There are also conditions that must be met in order to apply for such a waiver.

Perhaps where you will want to live and work, there might also be a similar program?

What sort of other skills, interests, training and experience do you already have concerning some sort of possible job, please?

Thanks!