My Chemistry Major Regrets (And Why I Picked It)

[@tuskedwings7453]

Hello, thanks for your warnings. I am pursuing a BS Chemistry hoping to continue into a Masters then phD. I am not pursuing it for a job, I just love Chemistry and working in the lab. Can’t wait till I start Organic Chemistry this Fall.

[@theperfectionist1607]

I also thought that chemistry was very interdisciplinary. I was wrong therefore ended up changing my major to physics because I enjoyed the limited physics courses I took more so than the actual chem courses

[@c7dermatome]

I'm a Physics/structural/CAD person, but agree, Chem. is the "center of the universe". I will say, if Chem. dudes are all as good looking as Zahl Azizi I would definitely consider going back to uni, doing chem. as a hard science, as a "Mature ager" LOL. But seriously Chemistry is art in a way, knowledge is everything, there is so much more to life than graduating quickly with something to get a big salary. If I have regrets in life it was that I did the degree that would get ++Job ++++Salary, instead of following my heart, and learning interesting stuff, like a Chemistry Major!

[@michelledungo3632]

As a sophomore student, no regrets yet lol

[@AfroMedic]

Switch now, go to CS, Engineering or Healthcare. If you stay you are setting up yourself for low paying jobs and life is hard now than ever 🤣

[@Badbirdy54]

@@AfroMedic healthcare is a joke, unless you got lucky and went to med school. Im pharm d student and i just found out that it is the most saturated major in health care which means it won't make me work full time which will result in low pay 🙂. I'm thinking about medical lab science and nursing but i don't know now because i hated every healthcare fields. Anyway CS and engineering are the best choices.

[@tuskedwings7453]

Hope its going well for you as a senior or graduate. Entering my sophmore year in a week or 2. The con of chemistry classes being really hard sounds fine. I love immersing myself in chemistry.

[@jacobberney7193]

@@AfroMedichopefully they didn’t listen to you about the cs part

[@poppychapman3838]

I left a Chem degree to do nursing but I miss chemistry sooo much. I’m finishing nursing degree next year and I’m debating grad entry med but my heart is so with Chem. Debating medicinal Chem degree but I really am lost when it comes to job prospects😅?! Heart is with Chem though… would mean I’d have to save up to pay for a whole degree tho😭

[@edwardotieno3264]

True as a final year chem major student , burnt out is real😅 physics classes, calculus & algebra, O chem and A chem made my life pretty hard 😅😅😂

[@trent6319]

What are you going to to after you graduate?

[@edwardotieno3264]

@@trent6319 am planning to pursue graduate program in material science and nano engineering ...or polymer science

[@brax300]

⁠@@edwardotieno3264hi! I’m a sophomore chem student, who has been thinking about this type of stuff after undergrad. Have you made it into a grab program for material science? If so, can you give me your thoughts / advice on it? What do you like, not like Did a undergrad in chem prepare you for the grad program Is the effort and journey worth it?

[@JohnsonPeterson-gn5tn]

How to prepare salt

[@kamalibrathwaite]

I hate the lab

[@chrissy4957]

Same 😭 but mostly synthesis lab, I kinda liked inorganic lab more

[@tuskedwings7453]

@@kamalibrathwaite Can’t relate, I love getting to witness physics haopening on the benchtop

[@JorgeRodriguez-ue9rr]

Egg

[@michaelzessin9227]

cute.