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Second year on a bachelor in biology here.

How fucked am I?
(I'm thinking about doing a master in marine biology after the bachelor)
(I live in Norway)

>> No.9277846

Look on the brighter side anon, at least you won't have student debt considering you're from Scandinavia and all.

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>>9277846
Not really, as I have a loan to cover living expenses...

>> No.9277944

>>9277837
>Second year on a bachelor in biology here.
me2

im considering dropping it rn

>> No.9277946

>>9277944
No enjoying it?

Or, /nojob/?

>> No.9277953

>>9277946
im not enjoying it, it was a bad choice after all

lack of job opportunities doesnt help either

>> No.9277962

>>9277953
I'm at least enjoying it.

Will you just drop higher education all together then?

>> No.9277965

>>9277837
Go and watch Blue Planet 1 and 2, it'll make you want to follow through on the marine biology.

>> No.9277966

>>9277962
no idea what will i do honestly, im completely fucked

for now im staying on uni until i think of anything reasonable

>>9277962
>I'm at least enjoying it.
honestly if you enjoy it you shouldn't be worried about no jobs or wonder how fucked are you, biology isn't some meme degree after which you can't find any job at all, just most likely not a well-paid job

try getting into some extracurriculars

>> No.9277971

also 2nd year bio

The chem makes me want to fucking kill myself

>> No.9277984

>>9277965
bbc documentaries are cool but you must realise that you most likely won't work anywhere near all these actually cool things

also biology desu isn't that much needed in society, look which companies will offer a job for biologists? only those directly related to the field

>>9277971
we've had chem on the first year, now we have biochem

>> No.9277993

>>9277837
you can still change majors if you really want. A big part of a STEM degree is general things that apply to all other STEM degrees. If you switch now, just take a summer semester or a couple extra courses for the next two semesters and I doubt you'd be behind.

>> No.9277995

>>9277984
I'm an electromechanical graduate, from a physics, mathematics and computer science background.
I think biology (botany) and organic chemistry are cool, but I keep them as hobbies.
But yeah, BBC and Nat Geo life sciences documentaries are rather enjoyable.

>> No.9278008

>>9277993
>If you switch now, just take a summer semester or a couple extra courses for the next two semesters and I doubt you'd be behind.
2 years lost still

>> No.9278029

>>9278008
not 2 years, that's the point. Even if you don't count extra courses or summer as catching up, there are still a lot of courses your new major would have needed anyway. For example, if I decided to go back to school and wanted to get a mathematicas degree, I could get it within 2 semesters. In my university at least, there's a certain set of classes you have to take for any STEM degree, that being 3 levels of calc, 2 physics, and some other STEM things as well as general ed topics like history. Unless you have been taking classes that strictly apply to your major, you didn't waste the entire 2 years.

>> No.9278341

you're good but you need to keep going. I'm doing my Phd in biology after a masters and undergrad. anything below master's is worthless for doing anything cool. also, learn to code. bioinformatics makes you a lot more attractive than just being a biologist. nobody pays you to sit around and jack off dolphins anymore. its all about molecular and big data

>> No.9279131

>>9278341
Yeah, learning coding atm. actually.

We lean perl tho (And R). I guess python is more popular today.
Tho, I don't think what language you use is that important.

>> No.9279153

Is biochemistry major the most attractive one for getting into a good wet lab ? Will getting a PhD right after the graduation without getting much lab experience make me overqualified and possibly homeless ?
I am only realising now, that the people staying in academia are simply terrified of the 'real world' market situation.

>> No.9279177

>>9279131
What language you learn isn't important if you program every day. If you're learning at a shallow level, then the few languages you have limited experience with do matter.

>> No.9279219

sorry for interrupting but since this is a (kinda) biology thread, can someone explain to me why is the autonomic nervous system separated from the somatic nervous sistem please im dumb