• Question: Why did you decide to study science?

    Asked by anon-292594 on 20 Apr 2021. This question was also asked by anon-292516, anon-292503.
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      Jess Gallacher answered on 20 Apr 2021:

      It was what I enjoyed the most!

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      Kip Heath answered on 20 Apr 2021:

      They were subjects I was good at, and when I left school I did the degree my workplace told me to. It’s great to get degrees fully funded by work, but it does mean you don’t get much choice about the subject!

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      Quentin Leclerc answered on 20 Apr 2021:

      Because I really like studying infectious diseases, and understanding how the world around us works. Science is the best way to keep learning more about this, since I’m myself working to find the answers!

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      Steve Briddon answered on 20 Apr 2021:

      Because it’s what interested me and I enjoyed learning about it. I still do! I think this is probably the most important thing when you decide what to study. Studying is hard work, so if it’s something you’re interested in this makes a hard job a lot easier!

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      Rosie Goodburn answered on 20 Apr 2021:

      Most of all, I enjoyed it, but I was also sold by the fact that you could gain transferable skills that are actually useful for a lot of different types of careers!

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      Ross Low answered on 21 Apr 2021:

      Because I really enjoyed it! I basically picked my favourite subjects all the way through school and ended up doing science at university. I still do my favourite subject but now I get paid to do it.
      🙂

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      Rebecca Reed answered on 21 Apr 2021:

      It was the subject I enjoyed most! I loved finding out how the human body and different diseases work.

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      Lucile Crete answered on 21 Apr 2021:

      Ironically, I initially didn’t chose to study science at all! For my A-levels, I picked literature, languages and history, and stayed away from science subjects as much as possible, as I was more interested in human culture in general, rather than in the science of nature.

      It was only later at University that I started to be more interested in science, as I became more curious about nature and biology. I then realised that human culture is itself strongly influenced by biology and nature, and that science can actually contribute a lot to our understanding of human cultures!

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