• Question: When you were at school did you want to be a scientist?

    Asked by tadpole to Lena, Asif, Laura, Sean, Viv on 13 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by xboxgamerashes1997, huan, lizzieburder, alannahsinnott.
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      Laura Waters answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I liked science but only did single science GCSE. I then decided to do A level chemistry which was hard but I did alright in the end. I also did A level Geography and English so science was just one subject in a mixture.

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      Lena Ciric answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I enjoyed science at school but didn’t really think about being as scientist until it came to choosing what degree I wanted to do. I wasn’t even sure I wanted to be a scientist after I finished my degree. I got a job in a lab the year I finished my degree to see what it was really like. It was then that I found out that I actually really enjoyed it and I haven’t looked back since.

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      Sean Murphy answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I knew I enjoyed science, but I didn’t really have a good understanding of what a scientist was until I has finished my university degree. So I hope you all get a good understanding of what sort of work us scientists do so you can think about becoming a scientist at a much earlier stage.

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