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Why do some smart high school students want to do research? 2015-12-15 05:01:23 Post No. 16567311
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Why do some smart high school students want to do research?
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2015-12-15 05:01:23
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Note: I am talking about NON-AMERICAN countries where you can major in Medicine, Law, etc as an UNDERGRADUATE)
Some high school students who got extremely good grades in their finals (i.e. good enough for Medicine in non-American countries) decide to major in stuff such as Physics, Anthropology, Linguistics, Chemistry, etc. in the hope of doing research in the future. Why would they pick that?
>If you don't have anything published, your funding will be cut and you will have no income
>There is no guarantee that you will like research and most people hate if over time
>Jobs are meant to be monotonous, not fun
>They can easily major in Medicine, Law, Actuarial Science, Dentistry science, etc and switch to research later on or do a Master's degree in their area of interest
>The market for researchers is very bad at the moment - it is 100+ people competing for a tenured professorship post and it will not be you getting that job
>Being an adjunct professor sucks as all the contracts are short-termed
>It is hard to even secure a mortgage with such unstable employment
>If you can't find any professorship job, it is hard to find anyone else to hire you as they know that you will go back to academia as soon as you find another professorship job, so chances are you will either end up unemployed or working at McDonalds during this time
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>>16567311
Usually just because they want to.
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>>16567320
Who the fuck will want to do research though? The points I have listed are already bad enough.
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>>16567311
Oh, it's you again.
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I don't know how it works wherever you live, but there's a filtering process between first and second year for the majors/degrees you seem to think are more worthwhile than those others. Only a third of all first year law students make it through to second year, for example.
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because some people enjoy and like doing research...
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Hahhahahah what the fuck is this thread. Just because someone is smart doesn't mean they have to follow a career for 'smart' people. If they are gifted enough to conduct their own research, then hell let em do it. If they fuck up, they fuck up. Jobs can be fun, they dont have to be boring . Why would you want to wake up every morning and regret the choice u made in college?
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>>16567325
I'm American so I don't fit into your list, but I'd much rather do information sciences research than work as a software engineer or analyst.
>Jobs are meant to be monotonous, not fun
Oh I see, you're either borderline retarded or this is a troll post. Moving on.
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>>16567421
>I'd much rather do information sciences research
Have you ever done research yourself? You are probably romanticising it too much. Read >>>/sci/7721303
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>>16567454
Yes, I have. I went to a research undergrad to prepare students for graduate school, which I'm in the process of applying for right now.
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>>16567311
Do Not Reply to this OP. He posts this exact same question every 5 days.
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