/sci/ - Science & Math

I was biology, but I'm shit at that so physics.

computer science. still can't decide if I'm going to do masters or go into the field after my bachelor's

>>6187925
>>6187925
Question as someone considering pursuing bachelors- is there a real advantage to getting M?

Computer engineering

Two years (plus some change) into a Math PhD program.

Applying to colleges and choosing biology as major, considering pursuing some sort of engineering degree as I hear general biology degrees are shit

electrical engineering

finishing up in 2 semesters
but that degree will be worthless if I dont get some experience soon

I plan on grabbing onto any internship I can get, unpaid or paid

>>6187965
That depends. I'm this guy>>6187910
Biology is heavy in memory, as opposed to working out things. There is very little maths in it, and is almost entirely remembering cell functions, names etc. It's interesting though, if you are prepared to study for hours on end.

I'm trying to find a job as an actuary for when I graduate in May. Not the most STEM related career path but it's mostly math. What I really want is to get a mathematical finance degree and find a job as a quant, but I'm a senior in college and haven't done any research or internships and don't know any of my professors so I'm not even going to waste my money applying to grad school, maybe I'll try again when I have a couple years experience and can get a supervisor to recommend me.

Neuroscience.
Starting my undergrad next year.

Software Engineering. Am I doing it right, guys?

>>6187995
change your major

Biology.

As such, I'll need a graduate degree to not end up teaching HS. I may look into the applied molecular bio masters my school has since med school is seeming less and less likely for me

Math.

>>6187904

Chem E w/ minor in applied math

I liked chem/math/physics in HS,

math/physics would make probably make me poor
chem has no math
so I made a compromise.

>>6188040
>chem has no math
Looks like someone doesn't know about physical chemistry...

>>6188012
>>Math

>all dat Subway money…

>dat pic of a guy counting singles… he's got like $18 dollars in his hand!

>>6188041

Yea I realize that, but I hate pretty much every other field of chem (organic, pathways, analytical, etc). Also chem E gives you a background in many fields.

>>6188003
not real engineering/10

Computer Science or Aero E. I just can't choose...

>>6187977
Biology interests me and I don't have too hard of a time with it. If i had to narrow down my interests it would probably be in the brain, genetic engineering, and stem cell stuff

>>6188049
ahhhhh shiieieeieiieet. Someone take the software engineer to the burn unit asap!

Life sciences.

Boy do I feel like shit.

Mechanical Engineering, with possible minors in physics, math, and chemistry
Looking to get a PhD in Physics eventually

computer science

physics and astronomy, probably not going to be able to do research after post-docs because the field is so competitive, but I really love what I'm learning so things aren't that bad. keeping my GPA above 3.5 with doing babby research nearly constantly is my goal

Nuclear engineering, it's fun I will have a job right after I graduate.

Biology.

Too stupid for med school though so I guess I'll see where I land.

Computer Science + Electrical Engineering

mathematics major. idk wtf im gonna do.

>>6188163
I'm electrical engineer too and I also love Mako!

civil engineering

ChemE

>>6188179
thats hot, anon
n-no homo

Computer Science. Fun shit... except for some of the theory.

>>6188195
t-thanks

Mathemagician

Electron plumber

Petroleum engineering. Going into the 5th semester.

Aeronautical engineering
electrical engineering

electronics engineering, but i'm in first semester and all we study is mechanics, shit sucks
>also, formerly law student

>>6188311
>formerly law student
what made you decide to not be the cancer of the earth and do something useful?

>>6188311
oh, and i hope to work in bioelectronics sphere, prosthetics in particular, im interested in electronic sensor - neuron interface (not current myoelectric system). Personaly, i think in this field there's a lot of perspectives and money to be made, but what about you, /sci/?

Mathematics. Turns out it was a poor choice for someone who was actually interested in mathematics as an applied science. I mean, I love math in and of itself, but pure math students learning any applications for pure math is like a taboo in my university.

>>6188322
There's too many lawyers released every year in my country, limited job opportunities, no chance of working internationally. I was also allways interested in technology, so...

I'm double majoring in math and computer science. I'm not sure in which field I want to go after that. At the moment I like math a bit more

Chem

Astrobiology.

Tough to find a lab to do a masters/PhD in in Canada, given the abundant budget cuts. Publishing my first first author paper in a week or two. Hopefully that'll give me an edge.

paleoclimatology

mathematics major.

Biopharmaceutical chemistry

Astrophysics

>>6187937
You get faster promotion into R&D but it takes 2 years longer so I don't know.

What are my career options upon my being awarded my PhD in mathematics?

>>6188626
If you're actually in a PhD program for mathematics and don't know the answer to that question then boy oh boy I pity your lack of foresight

Physics and minor in philosophy.

Theoretical physics.

Bazinga!

Forensic

>>6187904
Geology

>>6189980
>Mah Nigga.png

Computer programming, but I want to get rich enough to build robots and rockets.

Biochemistry

>>6188121
You may want to look into Genetics or Biochemistry, then.

>>6190064
...and by "robots and rockets", I mean robots to build rockets. Like 3d printers and industrial robots.

>>6188626

>>6187904
Political Science

Biochem, wanting to do research into cellular synthesis, making life from scratch.

>>6188626
>McDonald's or Subway, take your pick
>$22k starting

started as biology, thinking of changing to biochemistry, despite being a Jr. I can't stand biology now, especially the way my school teaches the class. The teachers I had so far are so damn anal when it comes to answering questions on tests. At least with chemistry and math, you can actually show your logic behind your answer.

Chemistry. Trying to decide between polymers and coatings or pharmacy

>>6188160
Have fun in a lab like me.

Just applying to colleges now for the fall semester of 2014, and damn it's nerve wracking stuff.
I've got an ambition to get into genetics, so
>biology major with chem/biochem classes (not really sure which would be better to claim as a minor, any input?) at a 4 year, probably gonna get my AA local and transfer out into a better college to finish four year and go for a masters.

>>6190318
Wow I really fucked up that green text

astronomy

BS in Climate Alarmism. Planning to lobby for renewable energy companies when I graduate.

>>6190296
>Be senior
>Be bio major
>Be premed
>Every other biomajor is premed.
>Realize I hate premed people and those fucks would be my classmates for another 4 years.
>Actively pursuing a way into the biomedical engineering industry.

No amount of money is worth that stupid rat race.

>>6190324
>not lobbying to keep the military industrial complex alive

bad goy

>>6190325
I'm still doing premed, dental, If I can somehow finally get a 3.1gpa, and get a 20 on DAT. If I can't do this, at least I'll have biochemistry to fallback on and start doing a masters in either biochem or microbiology.
>3.1 gpa
I'm banking on race card, and being a NJ resident to help me get into umdnj

>>6190338

pls no microbiology

so bad

Just got my Biology BS earlier this year.

Really want to move across country for my MS though but the school I wanted to go to (Oregon State) isn't offering an MS program this year, and most of the other schools I was considering don't really offer MS programs so I'm taking some time off. Scored really well on my GRE writing and reading, but would like to bump up my math so I might retake it. Plus I need to get letters of rec from some of my undergrad advisers/mentors.

Other than that I've been working in a govt microbiology lab for the past 2 years and have 2 years experience working in an ecology lab and 2 years in a genetics lab at school. Getting my name on a paper soon too.

It's pretty frustrating trying to find good MS programs though. They don't get as much funding and the schools have less interest in enrolling masters students since they're only expected to work at the campus for 2 years anyways (as opposed to 4 for a PhD). Plus trying to get in state tuition for an out of state college would require me to live in that state for a year prior to enrollment, etc. etc. It's such a fucking hassle. Hopefully I'll be able to get this all sorted out and get a good job doing epigenetic work somewhere on the west coast.

Environmental Science

How fucked am I?

>>6190325
As a Bio major I definitely have to agree with you.
Fuck premeds. Maybe about 10% of them actually have a brain in their skull, the other 90% just want to live in the world of Scrubs or some shit. It's obnoxious.

>>6190345
my dad got his PHD in Microbiology. I noticed two things:

1. He was an utter asshole who liked to beat my mom
2. His career choices became 'go teach biology to shit heads at community college' the moment he got laid off a job he got hired onto after interning 20 or so years ago

Dont do Microbiology, it just might save your family

Meteorology

>>6190338
If a 3.1 gpa can become a dentist then everyone would be a dentist. Go work for the government.

>>6190359
I have to try at least, I just need more shadowing dentists, and score a 20 on the DAT. If not, that then I work for the government, I just have to figure out how exactly I go about doing that.

>>6190354
Seriously, it's ridiculous just how thick some of them are. Where I'm at, most people take Biology as the pre med major, don't really believe anything biology teaches them (lol evolution is just a theory) and drive all the biology clubs into the ground because they just want a fucking thing to put on their resume. I just wish I had recognized this earlier cuz now I have about another year and half before I can apply to grad school, but I honestly think premeds are terrible people.

>>6190371

>bio major
>used to be pre med, but low gpa has forced me to reconsider
>actually interested in class subjects: genetics, evolution, prokaryotic bio, animal phyla, vertebrate physiology
>90% of other students in classes complain about boring subject material and how "we're never gonna use this in med school!"

Why the fuck do they major in bio if they hate it? Do they realize that med schools will take ANY major as long as you've got prereqs? I swear to god these people just like bitching about shit.

>>6190070
I plan to.

>>6190374
Notice too how if you're in just about any level course with a premed student, if you try to bring up some topic from another biology course you've taken previously they have no idea what you're even talking about. They solely exist to cram for exams so they can make a sufficient GPA, then they forget fucking everything about what they were supposed to learn. They exist in college plainly to fill out the minimum reqs of some checklist so they can ultimately go to some med school so they can become a doctor to "help people".

What do you think about Operations Research? Do you consider it a STEM career? Or should I study Mechanical Engineering instead?

>>6188691
undergrad sophomore here,
if I had to pick major/minor today, those would be it.
what led you to that conclusion?

>>6188709
same here, theoretical physics. want to be a professor
its a very competitive field, im doing really well so far though, so i think i might have a chance. im a third year undergrad but im taking a full set of grad classes in one of the best programs and am dominating almost all the grad students, im already published in nuclear phenomenology from summer research, and by some miracles, im about to start working with one of the best theoretical physicists there is
despite all this shit im still not guaranteed that ill eventually get a job in this though... one of my friends just got his phd last spring and he only was offered one postdoc, which he turned down. hes making 100 grand a year now though so whatever
goddamn it though, i dont know if i could be happy doing anything else than physics

math, going into quant finance

I really can't decide between EE and Software Engineering. Both are interesting, but I lean a bit towards SE because EE seems much more difficult...

I'm a senior right now. I applied software E to cal poly and most of the UC colleges, but I dont know If I want to do computer science for sure. I love physics, so I feel I might just change my major to something that is heavily physics based once I get in. Either mechanical E or chemical E(50% physics is good for me).

Physics

What the fuck do I do with it?

>>6187904
Let the butthurt commence.

>>6191046
old list

Behavioral neuroscience. Not sure if I should become Neurologist or Psychiatrist or maybe even something else I haven't thought of. Either way, I don't want to do research because the pay seems to be shit and I want to work more with people and less with numbers and papers.

>>6191046
>>6191070
>Neuroscience
>Top tier

HA.

>>6191030
physics.. obviously

but I'm actually stuck here myself. I always wanted to go into theory, but it honestly seems kind of like a waste of my time since the odds are I won't get a job in theory.

My younger self would shudder at this, but I'm thinking about going.. experimental.

>>6191046
>Computer Science
>not God tier

also
>chemistry
>god tier
what are you even doing, son?

I just applied to a 0-6 Pharm D. program but if I don't get in I'll just major in biology

>>6191070
>>6191046
I see your b8 tier list and raise my own b8: pretending to be a nice person as to infuriate cynics.

>>6191106
How does one find their passion?

Finding an interest is easy but the whole passion thing isn't going to so well with me.

>>6191109
shit if I knew man. I lost my passion for one field at 16 and became your average lazy student. then regained my passion for what I do at uni just below 19, and now I just wish I don't lose it again.

>>6191103
>implying chemistry isn't god tier

>>6191106
>what you think will make you money
>anything but bottom tier
I don't mean to be edgy but to be honest I don't see why people think life is so important
Sure you get to enjoy it but eventually you'll die and the 5 people who remember you will only remember you because you were rich

>>6191116
I got a passion for biochemistry at 16 and lost it at 18. I'm in a good uni doing biochemistry now, but I want to do maths.

>>6191146
life is the only thing we have

Why wouldn't it be the most important thing of all?

Psychology.

I lean towards neuroscience (what I'd be studying if that degree existed where I'm from), neuropsychology, behavioral neuroscience and (after watching Hannibal) criminal profiling seems pretty cool shit too.

I like to do research, fuck clinical psychology.

>>6191172
Exactly why you should think about more than just what would be most enjoyable

>>6191189

Because brainwashed americans enjoy life by having money.
They call it 'the american dream' or something.

Joint honours Geology and computer science, but I'll probably switch to major-minor in year 3 depending on which one I like more.

>>6191187
Why not clinical?

>>6190388
Biochemist from Imperial College London here. The subject is great and all, but it really is heavy on the memory. I'm teaching myself maths and programming as outside interests. In hindsight, I wish I'd thought more about my choice of degree before going to uni. I'd have gone for a mathier subject.

Make sure you really want to do biochemistry. Wanting to be a genetic engineer for the purpose of creating new species or whatever is not enough. You need to have a passion in the mechanisms of cells and proteins and nucleic acids at the chemical level. Trust me. GMing was the reason I got myself into this mess.

Also, remember that the subject is about observing rather than inferring. Making a protein from scratch is practically unheard of.

>>6191103
>implying CS isn't shit for retards

>>6191198

I just don't want to deal with people. I might be interesting in a neurophysiological approach to depression, schizofrenia, eating disorders, etc. Clinical neuropsychology may be interesting, I just don't want to get into te more 'mainstream' schools (TCC, psychoanalyisis, interpersonal therapy, sistemic, etc).

>>6191106

I'm doing biochem.

I really liked biology and ochem and I'm okay at math, at least enough to survive physical chemistry (no more proofs please)

But I ended up not really liking biochemistry until I really sunk my teeth into metabolic pathways, which was the focus of my second term. The first part is basically learning the ABCs, relearning cell functions in much more detail. My third part was DNA metabolism, which was kind of interesting but not so much.

If I had a choice of studying something, it'd be something like GTP metabolism. I saw it used a lot in DNA metabolism but not as much elsewhere, which seems interesting.

It's a toss up between chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology at the minute.

Nucleair engineering, but I'll somehow have to survive undergrad physics and math first.

>>6191221
Where at? I've got an interview for biochem undergrad next week, any tips?

What should I study if I either want to aid in producing a lunar colony or advance prosthetics?

>>6191309
Geology
Physics
Electronics/Electrical engineering
Some combination of the above

Or something

>>6191309
Burger King.

You can supply the food.

>>6191315

Already tried, didn't get in.

>>6191313

Thanks, m8.

I'm currently a Chemistry major. Going to get my undergrad in general Chemistry. I'm unsure of what to specialize in, either BioChem or Chemical Engineering.

Starting undergrad in September for financial math. Hoping to find international opportunities with a CA or CFA designation by putting my language proficiency to use. Fluent in French, Polish, and Spanish. Going to pick up an oriental language during my undergrad tenure. If I got the balls for it, maybe German or another European language to find better opportunities to make money.

>>6191103
>thinking computer science = programming

>>6191328
If you are taking chemistry and want to get into Chemical Engineering, make sure you take Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Linear Algebra, Statistical Analysis, and maybe even up to Partial Differential Equations.

For biochemistry, make sure you get some of those other classes out of the way. Some of those molecular and biochemical pathways look like a bitch.

>>6191070

but comp sci is a branch of mathematics

>>6191308
Portland State. I would have liked to have done OSU but my GPA sucked at the time and I couldn't afford it either.

>>6191371
It's b8 m8 don't let it gr8 you and leave you in an ir8 st8.

>>6191371
No, it isn't anything of the sort. Please stop spreading that libel.

I'll hopefully have this damn engineering degree done in two and a half years. Not entirely sure what I'll do then, maybe bum around europe for a while then get a soul crushing job as being a cog in the military industrial complex.

>>6191106
>do what you love
Fucking cancer
assess your skills, interests and opportunities wisely don't just follow your pleasure trigger like an animal. And do something that contributes to society somehow for God's sake.

>>6191187
Oh man, I would do that too, are the job prospects for it any good though?

>>6191371
No, it isn't.

>>6191695
>do something that contributes to society somehow for God's sake.

I hope you aren't implying that anything that isn't STEM doesn't count as "contributing to society". I see this ridiculous trope everywhere.

>>6189980
geology is god tier.

>>6192266

>>6192317
Geology requires a lot of stat an analysis work IIRC. Using monte carlo simulations to find oil wells and shit

>>6191070
>theology
>mid-tier
wat

Medical Science Laboratory Technician

I have 5 major competences next two weeks, may as well kill myself

>>6192366
scamming money of idiot believers is a great business dude.

>>6188381
Awesome! I'm in geomicrobiology M with a tinge of astrobio. Congrats on the paper!!

>>6192410
>Medical Science Laboratory Technician
can you do this without letters of recommendation or work experience?

help a nigga out

>>6191384
Sup portland fag, I also go to PSU. Microbio major here. Also, our school is shit and Dr. Woods is a faggot.

Currently a double major in microbio and biochemistry. Probably gonna do my PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, or cell biology, science those have the best prospects. I just find life very interesting

>>6191371
It's better to not mention CS on this board at all. It makes these people mad for some reason.

>>6192561
Yes, its offered as a degree or diploma where I live. I didn't have anything but good HS grades going in, but its really competitive (1 in for 8 that apply)

>>6192579
Or biology, which I think is dumb. Maybe it's easier in ways than the other sciences, but it loses no validity

Financial mathematics.

>>6192582
What about someone who holds a bachelors degree, and who has mediocre grades?

>>6192584
>biology easier

to fully understand complex processes you need physics and chemistry background. If anything I would venture to says its the most complicated.

>>6187904
physics and engineering mainly. I want to become a gunsmith

Bioengineering.
I wan 2 desing agricultural sistems for mars!

>>6192560
The project I proposed last year (and will propose again this year, since I didn't get the funding) had me going to Antarctica to do some geobiochem on some soils in the Dry Valleys, and to bring back a nice sample for further study of the microbio community within.

Geology + Biology + Chemistry = bros for life

>>6192560
Also; thanks.

Is Neuroscience not a career to pursue? It seems interesting.

>>6187904
Molecular Biology + Biochemistry + Pharmacy

OR

Molecular Biology + Pharmacy + Oncology

Still choosing. Also might go haywire and do physics.