/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.6101674]

It was my freshman year of university and I had just discovered /sci/. I was planning on majoring in psychology and going to graduate school for it, but /sci/ convinced me that anything less than STEM was a waste of time and complete shit-tier. So I switched my major to biochemistry and molecular biology with the intent of going on to grad/professional school.

Fast-forward to today and I'm in my senior year and realize how much I fucking hate these courses, the professors, my peers. I fucking hate how I only made 2 friends because this major made me autistic. I wish I never listened to any of you and now I don't know what to do with my life

[Anonymous No.6101682]

>>6101674
>biochemistry and molecular biology

[Anonymous No.6101686]

>>6101674
>basing your future off of the science board of an anime image site

What did you think you were going to do? Go to STEM Inc. and collect your 300k starting?

[Anonymous No.6101691]

Your fault for listening to faggots on an anime image board.

[Anonymous No.6101694]

>>6101686

He would be on his way, if he had gone for the math phd, not bio stuff.

[Anonymous No.6101695]

>>6101682
Meh I've done just about the most rigorous chemistry courses my university has to offer...
>>6101686
I don't know man, sort of. Neither of my parents attended university so I had no one else to go for guidance. Now I'm at a huge loss and don't know what to do.

[Anonymous No.6101698]

>>6101674
>get MBA in grad school
>de-autism yourself
>get a job at a pharmaceutical company making behavior-altering drugs
>???
>profit

[Anonymous No.6101722]

>>6101682
I hope you like a world without such wonderful things as medicine, vaccinations, epidemiology, agriculture and ecology.

Whether it's harder or easier doesn't really matter, that shit has a role to play in the world.

[Anonymous No.6101725]

>>6101695
You can still go to grad school for something other than bio/STEM, you'll just need to explain your reasoning for switching focus.

[Anonymous No.6101729]

>>6101698
LOL, i love how people are offering him more "advice".

[Anonymous No.6101730]

>>6101674
BITCH, you should've studied physics. BIOCHEMISTRY IS A WASTE OF TIME AND A SHIT TIER MAJOR

[Anonymous No.6101757]

>>6101730
>physics
absolutely bananas tier, you're not going to get a job too even with a Phd, lel

[Anonymous No.6101759]

>>6101674
Why would you ever listen to /sci/'s advice, you utter moron?

[Anonymous No.6101760]

>>6101674
I'll take "Things that didn't happen" for $300k, Alex.

[Anonymous No.6101761]

why the fuck would you go into a major if you hated everything about it

this is like getting trolled by those really old $400k starting salary mathematics major threads

[Anonymous No.6101762]

>>6101759
Well a few years ago there were group of reasonable posters and it wasn't all troll threads but in hindsight I do see how retarded it was...

I wish I could everything all over again

[Anonymous No.6101765]

>>6101762
psychology is terrible. we had a guy from amazon a recruiter come talk to us from Seattle over teleconference. He said us as interns would make more money than he does. That is stupid.

[Anonymous No.6101766]

>>6101762

You got trolled. Psychology is the most well-paid, well-respected and rewarding major there is. By studying biochemistry you have condemned yourself to a life of poverty and despair.

[Anonymous No.6101782]

>>6101766
>Psychology is the most well-paid, well-respected and rewarding major there is.
assuming you can find a job in psychology with a degree in psychology. Most likely you'll end up a librarian or at best a school counselor or something. It's one of those degrees you get and then say to your employer "hey look I got a college degree, hire me"

[Anonymous No.6101795]

>>6101782
I know there are an absurd amount of psychology undergrads, but I honestly don't know what to do.

Do something I hate for the money.
Or do something I like for shit money.

I should just join the military and be a human meat shield at this point

[Anonymous No.6101800]

In all seriousness, is biochemistry really a bad major?
I'm a first year biochem major and I'm not hating the courses yet, but mostly my classmates complaining all the time about how ''omg calculus 1 is so hard'' ''where's muh biology I'll never use math again why do we learn this'' is what makes me think about changing.
Also, will learning math be useful in biochem at some point? I like math but would be cool to know that it's not a waste of time to learn it in this major.

[Anonymous No.6101823]

>majoring in something you don't like

[Anonymous No.6101825]

I switched from chem to biochemistry partially because of interest but partially because the labor statistics bend chemistry over and fuck it in the ass.

Also I'm wondering why everyone on this board hates biology so much. You act like it's irrelevant because it's easier. Does no one else get excited by the idea of finding the cure for diseases or improving our understanding of the human brain? Don't get me wrong... I love physics... But I don't think it's fair to rank a fields relevance based on its difficulty

[Anonymous No.6101833]

>Listening to anything /sci/ says
>Actually letting an image board have any impact on your life
Just do what you love, faggot. Society will works itself out, don't let others run your life. Have the balls to make your own way.

[Anonymous No.6101839]

>>6101674
>I don't know what to do with my life

Well if you loved psychology you should have majored in that instead of listening to people you don't know on 4chan. The only thing is you had to know going in that psychology is a saturated field and it can be hard to get started and you may never be making an amazing salary but hey it beats fast food right? If you were willing to accept the risks you should have just done what you loved.

[Anonymous No.6101845]

I actually do take /sci/'s advice.
I honestly wanted to go for psy as well, but after much brainwashing regarding pseudoscience and all that jazz, I'm now in ChemE.

It's alright, I guess. Not really hating it per se.
But in all honesty OP, if you wanted to do something you would enjoy, just go for Comp Sci, or Comp Engineering. I'm sure this is a field that most 4chan users would unequivocally enjoy.
Don't be a dumbass and jump into any career path thinking "NDUH, AT LEATS IT BE STEM".

[Anonymous No.6101888]

>>6101795
Do something you like for shit money.

Are you retarded? Get into a good graduate program, do really good research or clinical shit. If you do something you love, work hard at it, and spend a lot of time on it, you'll get paid well for your efforts in the end.

[Anonymous No.6101907]

>>6101674

if it wasn't for /sci/, I would probably be in business, but I'm in chem E right now. It's been a very stressful autistic time, but I don't regret it at all.

[Anonymous No.6101919]

>there are people on /sci/ right now actually reading the e-penis measuring contents of clueless undergrads and taking it as "advice"
how horrifying

[Anonymous No.6101930]

>>6101674
Are you the same dude that was posting about mathematical constants the other day?

Just curious.

[Anonymous No.6101935]

>>6101674

How do you even get a job once you finish? What will you even do?

[Anonymous No.6101953]

how to visualize projective plane?

[Anonymous No.6101963]

>>6101919
Seriously. If you want advice, go to your adviser.

[Anonymous No.6101970]

>>6101674
>taking career advice from /sci/

Should have done maths, molecular biology is too soft. Might as well have done your art history or whatever you were planning in the first place.

[Anonymous No.6101985]

>>6101682

Is it just me, or does anyone else think is opposite? I think chemistry is a lot easier because it is morel logical, mathematical. To some degree, or in some instances, biology is like.."identify this substance based on its image, and we have such a problem with devising a standard nomenclature such that there are ever-changing terms for biological structures along with a few synonyms to make it pretty much like a second language."

Only me?

[Anonymous No.6101997]

>>6101694
>300k starting
>Math

/sci/ comes up with the best jokes.

[Anonymous No.6102001]

> listening to /sci/
this was your first prob.

[Anonymous No.6102003]

>>6101985
>implying chemistry isn't exactly like that as well

[Anonymous No.6102295]

>>6101795
>I should just join the military and be a human meat shield at this point
Well there you go. See if you bump into any /b/ros while you're there.

[Anonymous No.6102315]

Although I didn't choose my major because of 4chan, I do take advice from anons all of the time. I am just careful and conscientious of what advice I apply to what situation. Of course I don't listen to 4chan alone, but take advice from friends and family, other Internet sources, professionals, etc.

>hurr durr biochem has no maths
Chem students take and apply all of the same maths that engineering students do.

OP, you can do alot with your degree. In fact, most students seem to get into a job that isn't related to their degree at all. People can also get into graduate programs that aren't in the same major as their undergrad was, so you can still get into a pscyhology program at the masters/phd level with a biochem/mol bio degree. Just look at what you want to do with your career/life and go there using what you have already done.

[Anonymous No.6102317]

>>6101985
it isn't just you. /sci/ will make fun of bio, CS, math, physics, etc.

also, if you take /sci/ too seriously, you'll be end up like OP.

[Anonymous No.6102405]

>mfw I punch every biologist I meet in the face