• Question: Did you always want to become a scientist or did it just happen.

    Asked by to Amelia, Clem, Izzy, Sarah on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Amelia Frizell-Armitage answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      For me it just sort of happened! I just kept doing the subjects that I enjoyed and ended up here! I think doing the things you enjoy is always the best way to do well at something, as you won’t want to work hard at something that you find boring…

      When I was choosing my A-level subjects after GCSE I actually thought I wanted to be a doctor, so took biology and chemistry, both of which you need to do medicine at university. Then at A-level I found I loved biology so much that I just wanted to do this at univeristy and learn about all living things, not just people! When I started the biology degree I wanted to be an ecologist and conservation worker, but as my degree went on I started to love plants more and more. And here I am now 🙂 I plant scientist!

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      Sarah Harvey answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      For me it just happened! Well when I was very young I wanted to be all sorts of things including a ballet dancer and a vet, but once I was choosing my GCSE options I was thinking I would quite like to be a forensic scientist as I thought that what they did on CSI was really cool!

      I did Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Maths (AS only) for A levels because I liked them and also because I was thinking I’d like to do something to do with science, then I picked Biology at University because I liked it the most and wanted to learn more about it! My Biology course at uni covered loads of topics and I found the plant ones really great so basically thats why I ended up working on them!

      So my advice would be to pick subjects you enjoy and see where they take you – you don’t want to get stuck doing something you don’t enjoy! 🙂

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      Isabel Webb answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I always wanted to be a scientist. My Dad is a scientist, and then my brother became a scientist too. I was pretty lucky that I had lots of role models to tell my about a life in science – otherwise who knows where I’d have ended up.

      At school I really liked maths and science – but I also really liked art and music – so I had to make a choice quite early on which one I would try and get a career in. From the point of making that decision I knew I would become a scientist – I wouldn’t let anything get in my way! I still do art and music when I can though – but I love being a scientist and wouldn’t change that.

      All my friends who did biology at University are certain that they want to become scientists – they don’t think they’d be happy doing anything else – and I think they’d all say they had always wanted to be scientists.

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      Clemence Bonnot answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I’ve always wanted to be a scientist or at least since i am 8 years old.
      At that age I’ve seen a documentary on TV explaining the first step of life on earth and how evolution created diversity through adaptation to the various environment. It struck me that we all living organism are made of cell and our cell function is controlled by DNA and genes but we are so different.
      So I promise to myself to understand how this could have happen, to understand the mechanism by which all living things evolved and how new genes and new cell or organism function are created!

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      anon answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I did!

      Even after I left university for the first time i took steps to keep the dream alive and now I’ve made it!

      Everyone has a different story, but mine involves not giving up, a bit of luck and a little bit of madness 🙂

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