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Is plain old Chemistry a decent major? Or should I focus on something like Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, etc?

>> No.5058482

You'll need to branch for research. ...or work as a pharmacist.

>> No.5058674

Which one is the most lucrative? The most challenging?

>> No.5059870

Bump.

Anyone currently majoring in a branch of Chemistry? What insight/advice can you share?

>> No.5059914

Could try

Chemical Engineering

Lucrative as it comes. I'm thinking about a toss up between medicine and Chem Engineering with Pharmacy and Anatomy as a back up if i dont get in

>> No.5059920

If you want to work in a lab the rest of your life sure if you enjoy that.

>> No.5059933

Pharmacy and chemical engineering are really good. A straight up chem degree is good for like teaching highschool level, although even then it would be best to have a specialization for research or a master's later on.

>> No.5059940

If money is you goal chemical engineering get your honors then try for a PhD it'll take around 8 years but you'll be living the high life

>> No.5059985

I'm a chem major as well. my school has a asters program for global sustainability (with focus on some sort of clean water program or something). I haven't asked yet, but i was going to ask them if they offered some classes with solar panels, wind turbines, etc. Does this sound like a good field?

>> No.5059988

masters*

>> No.5060040

A chemistry degree will let you focus in later years on the parts of chemistry you find interesting.


Starting an undergrad degree specifically in biochemistry or organic chemistry isn't very wise because from high school you don't really have much idea about what those subjects entail, and in order to be an organic chemist or a biological chemist (I appreciate that biological chemist doesn't usually equal biochemist) You'll have to spend the first one or two years of your undergrad degree studying the same stuff anyway.

>> No.5060063

What you're asking OP is like saying

>Is plain old physics a decent major? Or should I focus on something like Optics, solid state physics, etc?

You'll get to learn about and focus on fields within chemistry by doing a chemistry degree. You don't ned to dedicate yourself to one thing from the beginning. And you need to learn the foundations before you start specialising anyway.