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betaraythorse

Debating if I should continue with my chemistry major

Hey y'all!

So I'm finishing up my junior year as a chemistry b.s and a 3.86 gpa. I'm doing just fine in the classes academically, and I have a paid chemistry internship this summer. I love learning the material, but I hate working in lab. It stresses me out to no end. I break glassware every week no matter how careful I try to be, and I'm always spilling stuff and doing things incorrectly.

Lab is a struggle for me. I can't seem to see the steps to get me from point A to point B. For example, I was waiting for hours on something to cool today, and it never occurred to me I could put it in the ice bath to cool faster. I sort of have this fear of getting cancer from chemistry work because I'm clumsy and will spill things on myself, like today I got dichloromethane on myself.

I wish I had majored in some type of computer science. I think I wold be able to do well in it, but I can't imagine doing four more years of school, and I feel like I've come too far to not get a degree in chemistry. I'm ready to get a 9-5 job and not have studying hanging over every hour of my life.

Advice?

Posted Mar 12, 2018, 9:00 PM UTC

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