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Asked by Harryowaismax to Hannah, Lucy, Phil, rochellevelho, Stephen on 10 Mar 2017.
Question: Harry wants to know if he can be a scientist ?
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Lucy Kissick answered on 10 Mar 2017:
Harry, if you’re really determined to be a scientist you can definitely do it. All you need are two things: 1) a genuine, deep passion for what you study, because it won’t always be easy, and it won’t be well-paid at first, and a lot of things can go wrong in science. And 2) The right qualifications so people will listen to you and believe what you say. This will eventually be a PhD, but before that you’ll need a three/four-year undergraduate degree at university, which you can get by having good A Levels after your GCSEs. I’d strongly recommend doing Maths and either Chemistry or Physics as two of these because they tie into so many parts of science.
By the way, I did none of those A Levels and really regretted it! My life is a lot harder as a scientist and my abilities are severely limited. Learn from my mistakes 🙂
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Phil Sutton answered on 10 Mar 2017:
As Lucy says, the most important thing to help you being a scientist is a passion for what you are doing. When you have that and know which area of science you are most interested in make sure you do the right subjects.
This will help you go into a field of science that hopefully you are passionate about and it won’t just be a job then.
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Hannah Sargeant answered on 12 Mar 2017:
Of course! being a scientist does take hard work but if you love it and study the right things you should be successful! Don’t let anything stop you from achieving your dream though. I had a hard time during my physics degree and I didn’t do very well. That stopped me from continuing my studies so I went and did other things, became a teacher and improved my qualifications until I got accepted to do my masters. Now I’m doing a PhD in something I love! It wasn’t the easiest journey but it’s worth it in the end 🙂
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