seniors.

[vashti]

An undergrad degree in organic chemistry can teach you a LOT. However, no one will hire a chemist without at least a master's degree.

That is SOOOO not true! My husband is a chemist, and he hires LOTS of chemistry and biology majors with Bachelors degrees...

[anachronistic]

That is SOOOO not true! My husband is a chemist, and he hires LOTS of chemistry and biology majors with Bachelors degrees...

don't they hire interns too?

[vashti]

No, not where he works. Interns work as volunteers to gain work experience.

[DoesntMatter]

That is SOOOO not true! My husband is a chemist, and he hires LOTS of chemistry and biology majors with Bachelors degrees...

I've been told by everyone that I would not find a job with just a bachelors if I were to be a chemist. Maybe it's the Rochester economy.

What type of chemistry is your husband into Vashti?

[anachronistic]

it's not the degree that gets you the job. it's what you know.

[vashti]

Forensics........

[DoesntMatter]

I'm stuck with biochemistry at the moment, want to change it to organic chemistry and get into neurochemistry. All my first year courses are so ****ing generic. I could have taken credit for 2 of them but will not so that the classes are more of a review than learning new material to help assure a better GPA

[vashti]

I have never heard of a science major not being able to find work. You should be employable with any of those degrees...

[nyc123]

it's not the degree that gets you the job. it's what you know.

unfortunately, it's also WHO(m) you know that matters

[vashti]

it's not the degree that gets you the job. it's what you know.

Not so in professional fields. You can't even get your foot in the door without a degree.

[Junket]

You think senior year is a big deal up until after you graduate.

Then you realize how silly it was to have made a big deal out of any of it.

Just goes to show how naive teenagers really are.

[anachronistic]

Not so in professional fields. You can't even get your foot in the door without a degree.

you're a bit wrong.

[vashti]

you're a bit wrong.

LOL! Really? Try applying for a job in any scientific lab, law office, medical practice, teaching institution, CPA firm, etc.

Oh, wait. You *could* get a job... as a janitor.

[anachronistic]

LOL! Really? Try applying for a job in any scientific lab, law office, medical practice, teaching institution, CPA firm, etc.

Oh, wait. You *could* get a job... as a janitor.

i already have a job.. and it is professional.

i know other people who do as well.. had no training, started with only what they knew.

[vashti]

Honey, no offense, but you are a kid living at home with your mom. You aren't making a professional salary, else you'd have moved out already, and you wouldn't always be complaining about how broke you are. Sure, every now and then, an under-educated person pulls in a good salary, but they are exceptions. Most people are not exceptional.