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High School /Sci/entists:

Admittedly your high school science courses are lacking; you aren't going to start a significant foray into sciences until you reach university. Therefore, it is very important to consider which universities you should go to.

Research is very important. It will teach you more about whichever field you want to study than any class will because it imparts knowledge in a practical manner. Research is important to learning science, but also greatly increases your chances of getting into graduate school and being able to score jobs at job interviews.

Look for universities with large departments in your field of interest; if you don't know what you want to specifically do in your field make sure your department has a broad array of research interests. For example, if you want to do materials chemistry Northwestern is a very fine school, but their department is limited.

The schools you should look at, as a scientist, are state schools and elite private universities. Don't waste your time with small liberal arts schools -- they won't have a selection of research and any bonehead can learn textbook science.

>> No.4064936

Shamelessly plagiarizing the following post:

>>4064925

Its also not about the degree, It is about the classes.

I finished my major in biology (30 bio credits, including the intro bio (6), orgo, gen chem, genetics(3), microbio(3), bio-informatics (3) requirements)

...and I finished it in junior year. Instead of proceeding to take classes in....pottery or some useless art I decided to take 21 more fucking credits.

Why? Because...
1. I can
2. Its fun
3. Its useful for lab jobs.

Speak to ANY fucking professor. ANY ONE. They will tell you the following.

1. It isn't about your GPA, it is about the classes you take.
2. Also your recommendation letters matter, so don't...be an asshole.
3. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. Getting published or doing something noteworthy with your time proves that you are not some ROBOT, but a REAL SCIENTIST with COGNITIVE ABILITIES and REAL EXPERIENCE.

If you check the porn website she is on, you would probably find out that she thought that "Lab" meant "Dog".

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op is fag

>> No.4064999

In your opinion, is Waterloo a good choice for CS? Largest mathematics and CS research lab in NA.

Torn between Waterloo and U of T.

>> No.4065019

>>4064999
Fuck it, Waterloo. I'll be alpha as fuck compared to the asocial Asian aspies.

>> No.4065042

>>4064929

Yeah that's why I went to university of maryland for physics. I could have gotten into a better overall school (I didn't apply). But Maryland's physics department is top fifteen, but also fucking huge and broad (We apparently have the largest physics department in the world). Makes it almost easy to find someone to research with.

>> No.4065051

>>4064929

I disagree with not going to small liberal arts colleges. It gives you a chance to start on research early and get to know your professors well (get good letters of recommendation). I went to a small liberal arts college and I'm in grad school at Harvard now.

>> No.4065138

I've seen way too many high school threads lately
fuck

>> No.4065201

>>4065051
respec man

>> No.4065204

>>4065138
yeah, it's starting to make me doubt about the composition of /sci/'s community members.

get out, underageb&.

>> No.4066170

>>4065051
>implying that if you do research with a professor he won't know where you are
>implying a letter from a lecturer is more valuable than a letter from a PI

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>>4064929
>PI
>...Penis Infiltrator?
>wut.jpg
>mfw

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