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| Raymond K |
 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: Requirements to be a scientist |
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| I am currently in 9th grade, and am amazed by science. Since middle school science has by far been my favorite academical class. I haven't taken physics and chemistry yet, but I very much look forward to it. So far in high school I have taken Earth Space Science Honors, and received a 92%A as my final, and currently I am taking Biology Honors and have a 94%A. In middle school I took Physical Science and remember it being the most interesting and thought-provoking class I have ever taken, in that class my final grade was the highest possible a 100%+A. I plan on going to college and studying science and hopefully will end up working as a scientist. I know science and math work hand-and-hand and I am not as good in math I received a 85%B in Algebra I, and currently I am taking Geometry and have a 100%A. What are some of the general requirements for working as a scientist? Does obtaining a job as a scientist require a high intellectual level? My IQ is currently only 116. |
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
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| IQ's are rather meaningless, the first step is to get into a decent University, then you have to get above average grades something like a 3.5 gpa should be good (75-85% average). Then you have to suck up to profs and bam you get into grad school and you're a scientist. |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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Well that depends if you want to be a paper scientist or not.
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| Raymond K |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| Well that depends if you want to be a paper scientist or not. |
I want to be a chemical engineer, or some a scientist that works with physics and chemistry.
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
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| Raymond K wrote: |
| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| Well that depends if you want to be a paper scientist or not. |
I was thinking chemical engineer. |
That's not a scientist T_T, oh well another one loss to engineering.
Engineers get payed much better though.
Edit: You'll need decent grades in chem and math, there should be a guidance councilor or something of the sort at your school that can guide you in the right direction to find admission requirements for different schools. |
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| Raymond K |
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy wrote: |
| Raymond K wrote: |
| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| Well that depends if you want to be a paper scientist or not. |
I was thinking chemical engineer. |
That's not a scientist T_T, oh well another one loss to engineering.
Engineers get payed much better though. |
Can you tell me the scientists that work with physics and or chemistry? I really like thinking "scientifically". I do not care if I make a little less money, it is what I would love to do. I just said chemical engineer because I don't know much about specific scientifical careers. |
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| bit4bit |
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I think the difference between a scientist who uses chemistry, and an engineer who uses chemistry is research or application...either way you still use chemistry in both, but an engineering route might mean that you have to choose a very specific area to focus on, while research might allow you to cover more fields of interest.
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| Raymond K |
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| I did some research online and I think I would be interested in Solid-state physics, Chemical physics, and Atomic physics. What scientific occupation best includes these? |
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| Raymond K |
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| Harold14370 |
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| Nuclear engineering looks like it would be a pretty good fit, and the demand is there. |
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| Raymond K |
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| Nuclear engineering looks like it would be a pretty good fit, and the demand is there. |
Thanks, I will look into it. |
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| bit4bit |
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| Raymond K wrote: |
| I did some research online and I think I would be interested in Solid-state physics, Chemical physics, and Atomic physics. What scientific occupation best includes these? |
Solid-state physics uses chemistry and atomic physics, so jobs like semiconductor/microproccessor fabrication could be a really good fit too...and of course there is huge demand in the computing/technology market....and probably will be for a long time.
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| William McCormick |
| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Requirements to be a scientist |
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| Raymond K wrote: |
| I am currently in 9th grade, and am amazed by science. Since middle school science has by far been my favorite academical class. I haven't taken physics and chemistry yet, but I very much look forward to it. So far in high school I have taken Earth Space Science Honors, and received a 92%A as my final, and currently I am taking Biology Honors and have a 94%A. In middle school I took Physical Science and remember it being the most interesting and thought-provoking class I have ever taken, in that class my final grade was the highest possible a 100%+A. I plan on going to college and studying science and hopefully will end up working as a scientist. I know science and math work hand-and-hand and I am not as good in math I received a 85%B in Algebra I, and currently I am taking Geometry and have a 100%A. What are some of the general requirements for working as a scientist? Does obtaining a job as a scientist require a high intellectual level? My IQ is currently only 116. |
I am sure at this point in time you will not be going to a college to study science. You many pick up some cool phenomena, however you will miss out on basic science. And actually in my opinion be filled with more nonsense then reality. But I wish you the best in your adventure.
Sincerely,
William McCormick
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| Raymond K |
| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Requirements to be a scientist |
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| William McCormick wrote: |
| Raymond K wrote: |
| I am currently in 9th grade, and am amazed by science. Since middle school science has by far been my favorite academical class. I haven't taken physics and chemistry yet, but I very much look forward to it. So far in high school I have taken Earth Space Science Honors, and received a 92%A as my final, and currently I am taking Biology Honors and have a 94%A. In middle school I took Physical Science and remember it being the most interesting and thought-provoking class I have ever taken, in that class my final grade was the highest possible a 100%+A. I plan on going to college and studying science and hopefully will end up working as a scientist. I know science and math work hand-and-hand and I am not as good in math I received a 85%B in Algebra I, and currently I am taking Geometry and have a 100%A. What are some of the general requirements for working as a scientist? Does obtaining a job as a scientist require a high intellectual level? My IQ is currently only 116. |
I am sure at this point in time you will not be going to a college to study science. You many pick up some cool phenomena, however you will miss out on basic science. And actually in my opinion be filled with more nonsense then reality. But I wish you the best in your adventure.
Sincerely,
William McCormick |
What exactly do you mean? Why would I miss out on the basic science? Why would I be filled with more nonsense? What is your basis for that? Well mabye I won't take you seriously because you start every other sentence with and or but. |
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| William McCormick |
| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Requirements to be a scientist |
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| Raymond K wrote: |
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| Raymond K wrote: |
| I am currently in 9th grade, and am amazed by science. Since middle school science has by far been my favorite academical class. I haven't taken physics and chemistry yet, but I very much look forward to it. So far in high school I have taken Earth Space Science Honors, and received a 92%A as my final, and currently I am taking Biology Honors and have a 94%A. In middle school I took Physical Science and remember it being the most interesting and thought-provoking class I have ever taken, in that class my final grade was the highest possible a 100%+A. I plan on going to college and studying science and hopefully will end up working as a scientist. I know science and math work hand-and-hand and I am not as good in math I received a 85%B in Algebra I, and currently I am taking Geometry and have a 100%A. What are some of the general requirements for working as a scientist? Does obtaining a job as a scientist require a high intellectual level? My IQ is currently only 116. |
I am sure at this point in time you will not be going to a college to study science. You many pick up some cool phenomena, however you will miss out on basic science. And actually in my opinion be filled with more nonsense then reality. But I wish you the best in your adventure.
Sincerely,
William McCormick |
What exactly do you mean? Why would I miss out on the basic science? Why would I be filled with more nonsense? What is your basis for that? Well mabye I won't take you seriously because you start every other sentence with and or but. |
Great writers often start sentences with "And" or "But". "And" is to concatenate the previous sentence to the sentence in question. "But" is used in that case as "despite" "against the odds".
Sincerely,
William McCormick
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