• Question: How old were you when you decided that you wanted to become a scientist?

    Asked by mickii to Judith, Gemma, Diana, Akshat, Aime on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by komalx, burman, burke, philpot, beth14.
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      Judith McCann answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I dont think it was a snap decision, like all of a sudden “i want to be a scientist” hehe, my parents suggested i do triple science, then it made sense to do biology and chemistry at college because i was quite good at them, then it lead on from there, I like the work i do now but I dont think teenage me would guess what she’d be doing 😀 she probably thinks rockstar is reasonable career path!

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      Gemma Sharp answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      When I had to choose my subjects for GCSE I only wanted to do single science because I wanted to fill the extra space on the timetable with another humanity subject, so I don’t think I wanted to be a scientist when I was in year 9! My teachers convinced me to take double science (my school didn’t offer triple) just because I think it was easier for them to timetable, but I’m glad they convinced me!

      I liked Biology and took it for A-level and at uni, but I don’t think I really decided I wanted to be a scientist until a couple of years ago when I was doing my masters degree.

      Throughout school and uni I’ve always just chosen what I’m interested in without thinking *too* much about what job I could get out of it.

      Although I definitely did the whole ‘I want to be a (indie) rockstar’ thing too. Several times. It could still happen! Judith, if the science thing doesn’t work out for us, we should totally go for it!

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      Aimé Fournier answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      About 19. I answered a lot of this under “y did u be a scietist”.

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      Diana Samuel answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      My parents were big on science, so my brother and I were encourage to take an interest in it from a young age. I didn’t mind; I was always fascinated by the experiments we’d carry out at school, and was full of “Why?” questions! Alongside a humanity subject, I studied Biology, Chemistry and Physics at A-level – a bit of a science overload! I really liked Biology, and so decided to focus on that at university.

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