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babylon
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ninazerg
United States7290 Posts
On October 23 2013 11:15 Jerubaal wrote: Maybe he can give you advice as to where to dump your toxic attitude. :p Your mom is a toxic attitude. | ||
Jerubaal
United States7676 Posts
Sick burn. | ||
farvacola
United States18768 Posts
OP can probably whip up some chemicals for that burn in no time. | ||
ninazerg
United States7290 Posts
On October 23 2013 18:00 farvacola wrote: OP can probably whip up some chemicals for that burn in no time. Nah, he burns nerds with his Bunsen Burner. | ||
catplanetcatplanet
3818 Posts
I went ahead and added my stats to op, pls help thanks | ||
PassiveAce
United States18069 Posts
On October 23 2013 10:41 ninazerg wrote: I see what you're planning. You want to dump chemicals into the environment, but need a college degree to do it. lol Looking through your stats I have determined that your maximum career potential ends at managing a burger king or if your lucky an In and Out. + Show Spoiler + Good luck wherever you go man, im sure youl be fine wherever you find yourself | ||
RoyGBiv_13
United States1275 Posts
Check out: Rennselear Polytech Rochester Polytech Rose-Hulman IT Harvey Mudd Cal Poly | ||
catplanetcatplanet
3818 Posts
As for tech schools, I haven't looked closely at Rose-Hulman, RPI or Cal Poly yet. Harvey Mudd is pretty much the only tech school that's been attractive to me so far. I hadn't heard of Rose-Hulman, thanks for the pointers! | ||
catplanetcatplanet
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Chocolate
United States2350 Posts
Also I think a BS in chem is no big deal if you really want to do research for a living (that postdoc pay though, ugh) or plan on becoming a doctor. I've shadowed at places where they employ a few people with BS's in chemistry in their 20's, and they are in a bad shape, but if you do well in school (and I'm sure you will) you will probably be able to get a more advanced degree. It's actually even possible to get an MS in ChemEng with a BS, it will just require an extra year before your MS (at some schools, also depending on if you took any ChemE classes). See here. So I can see a BS in chem leading to an MD, a PhD, an MD/PhD, an MS in chem (not sure how useful that is), and an MS in ChemE, and of course you could always do something else. Not THE most employable major but also not a horrible idea if it interests you. Thisweb page from the ACS has some figures that, while self reported, make it seem like you can be paid pretty well with a chemistry degree. | ||
419
Russian Federation3631 Posts
make it seem like you can be paid pretty well with a chemistry degree. the job market in chemistry is abysmal. | ||
iamho
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catplanetcatplanet
3818 Posts
On October 25 2013 08:28 iamho wrote: Seeing as you live in Virginia, it would be beyond stupid to go anywhere that isn't UVA or VT. Blowing money on private schools is a terrible idea for someone in your situation. How come it's a bad idea particularly for someone in my situation? | ||
packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On October 25 2013 09:09 catplanetcatplanet wrote: How come it's a bad idea particularly for someone in my situation? While I wouldn't agree that its always the case, the idea behind this is that you're going to be going to grad school anyway. If you go on to get a graduate degree, nobody is going to really care where you got your undergrad, so it makes more sense to save your money to go to a more prestigious grad school and fr undergrad perhaps look at a public school that has strong research resources for people who are willing to seek them out. That said, there is something to be said for liking the school itseflf. If you visit UVA and VT and don't like either of them, or if you really think the environment at another school is awesme, you should definitely factor that in to your decision. You only get to do undergrad once. Lastly, with your test scores and stuff it looks like you shouldn't have trouble getting in anywhere but the crazy selective places (Ivies or MIT or something), and getting into those places is almost luck anyway. | ||
EJK
United States1302 Posts
On October 25 2013 09:09 catplanetcatplanet wrote: How come it's a bad idea particularly for someone in my situation? do your parents have deep pockets? / are you comfortable with accumulating 100,000.00$ worth of debt? | ||
blinkingangels
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
edit: And I was always under the assumption most chem students will go into pharmacy as chemistry itself is too general, the only viable work in the market are teaching jobs. | ||
KlaCkoN
Sweden1648 Posts
On October 23 2013 14:34 ShadowDrgn wrote: I'll second what 419 is saying: the only thing a Chemistry degree sets you up for is grad school. Also, be careful that those liberal arts schools aren't only offering a BA in Chemistry. That shouldn't even exist, but somehow it does. The chemistry program I attended for undergrad had ~96% employment within 6 months of graduation, with 40% of people going on to grad school so I am not convinced by this "chemistry only prepares you for grad school" talk. For one there are all the standard consulting, banking and accounting jobs that people take, these people will take you on as a trainee as long as you are reasonably bright no matter what you studied. Then for chemistry in particular there are a lot of non-management track lab type positions in industry. Further there are the more science specialized consulting positions where you advise on eg environmental regulations, or how to deal with a fire at a certain factory or whatever. That said, research is great and you should do it I also disagree with people recommending you not to blow too much money on undergrad because grad school is the thing that matters. At the very least for chemistry and physics you get payed to go to grad school, not the other way around. So if you are going to spend any money at all on your education it should be on your undergrad. Further you dont KNOW at this point if you are going to grad school or not, heck you haven't started college yet... A grad school application where your resume includes MiT and a rec letter from Bob Griffin carries more weight than one from a no name school with letters from no name people. Sorry but it's true. Should you start looking for jobs instead the same applies when you are applying for industry internship positions. The older people who do the hiring do respect you being able to name drop in your application, at least in my experience. All that said, the most important thing is still to chose a place where you feel comfortable and will be enjoying your time. College (should be) very hard work, and if you are busy being depressed you are not going to be as successful as you could have been. Neither academically nor networking wise. | ||
419
Russian Federation3631 Posts
At the very least for chemistry and physics you get payed to go to grad school, not the other way around. So if you are going to spend any money at all on your education it should be on your undergrad. you could of course not incur massive loans to go to undergrad and actually be (mostly?) debt-free entering grad school. A grad school application where your resume includes MiT and a rec letter from Bob Griffin carries more weight than one from a no name school with letters from no name people. Sorry but it's true zzzzzzzzzz this is really quite wrong, please don't give advice if you don't know what you are talking about | ||
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