Any Chemistry Majors Here?

letgogetlost

letgogetlost

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Puffer Fish said:
Kind brother, thank you for your reply. I do not want to stomp on your toes ... as per my comment earlier .... it's not a personal jab. As a scholar I must tell you that any discipline on a grad level is no joke if you plan to excel. Long hours at the lab .... as also reading of the material (preparation) .... becomes your way of life for a period of time. Your circle of friends will change .... you will have little time to spare. Taking into consideration that you are already playing with chemicals (as you are a member of this board) ... you must realize that any recreational use of anything .... is going to impede on your education .... weed included. So if you are serious ... you are going to have to stop frying .... otherwise you are going to fail from the start.
You must realize that in order to understand chemistry ..... you have to commit to her 100 % ...... it is a marriage. You need to have the passion .... and hence drive .... to persevere. Interest in the subject alone .... is not enough.

I am not sure which year you are in .... but do consider sitting in on some of the chem courses ..... just to get the feel. Get to know some Chem heads on campus .... and navigate through their reading lists ... have a look at the work load ..... have them take you to some classes .... you can always sit in.

Have a wicked day !!
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This man is exactly right. You have to truely have an interest in the study of chemistry and a desire to learn. Tha doesnt only apply to the course work and graduating, you have to have a true desire for learning in life in general. I knew people in my prior classes and all they did was complain. They wouldnt do the work and put time into studying and were wondering why they failed every test. :wall: Overall its about learning and understanding the major concepts of chem.

Also, theres no going out everynight partying if your majoring in chem. It kinda sucks turning down friends when they wanna hang out and i cant, but theyre business majors so they usually have all the free time in the world. haha You just gotta think about your long term goals and what ya want outta life, thinking about the future is what keeps me goin.lol
 
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420NukePhysicist

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Like everyone else said as long as truely love it then go for it. I would disagree with some of the comments, you can still have a life while in college. I amazed by my friends who are chemist and physicist who dont smoke weed or trip. Believe it or not im a physics major and still have found time for other things. Good luck ochem is a blast.
 
amazingsandlad

amazingsandlad

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Hey dude,

I know this is an old thread, but it doesn't look like you're set up to receive PMs so I'm replying here.

I have a biology degree (and PhD in biochemistry, but that's pretty unrelated to hard chemistry), but have worked as an organic chemist for a University chemistry dept. and an industrial chemist for a semiconductor manufacturing company before I went to grad school. P-chem was the only thing that kept me from graduating in chemistry, it's definitely a bitch and a half, not for the unmotivated or faint of heart unless you're a born genius. There are a lot of people, like me at one point, working as chemists who didn't graduate in chemistry. I have a pretty diverse background in the sciences (i.e. I'm impulsive, impatient, and can't make up my mind as far as what I want to do when I grow up). I work in a field pretty unrelated to my PhD, although I hope to incorporate it if I can just convince someone to give me a damn grant.

Anyway, if you want to talk careers and what comes after college and shit shoot me a PM. Like I said, I've had a lot of different jobs in the sciences, in completely unrelated fields, so my perspective is it doesn't really matter what your degree's in, it's what you find interesting and how able you are to convince someone to give you a shot.

Cheers.
 
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