Help me /sci/, currently doing my MSc in laser spectroscopy and I feel retarded.
Little backstory, i smoked a fuck ton of weed in college (almost daily smoker) and somehow still got into MSc (best uni in my country).
Now I feel retarded, so i've quit the weed, but I wanna stop being a brainlet and be smart tier. What can I do to make up the gap?
Most of my work is research based, and I'm expected to write a thesis to graduate.
Give me tips to make my science education from here on out the best possible.
>>8593307
>Give me tips to make my science education from here on out the best possible.
Start smoking pot again.
>>8593318
what this guy said
Please help, I'm actually scared I'm going to fuck everything up
>>8593307
I was -still am, I guess- in a very similar situation. The one thing that has helped more than anything has been working out every day. Also, just spend all your time doing your work. If you are not doing anything distracting and literally just always working towards your degree it's very hard to fail.
>>8593363
Ok I will do this. I've been told working it out is supposed to really help. You're also right, I'm just going to do work and become a science machine.
Thank you
>>8593307
What is this business with quantum dots??
I do spectroscopy on quantum dots
>>8593415
not OP but these bastards are pretty cool to work with, go check em out on the net!
>>8593307
Looks like the Waterman polyhedra I liked to make with bucky ball magnets before they were banned
Quantum dots are excellent candidates to replace traditional semiconductors, have widely tuneable bandgaps that vary only with size (redux), excellent fluorescence properties, and are highly toxic (Lead, Cadmium).
Problems right now are aforementioned toxicity, fluorescence blinking (just google it), and difficulty of synthesis.
>>8593307
>MSc (best uni in my country).
according to what metric?
specifically which country which uni?
i call bullshit, everyone likes to think his uni is some kind of hot shit buit the truth is most are glorified high schools for slighlty more skilled workforce.
Tell us the full name of your college and country so WE the knowers can judge if your college is a proper college or a stupid deceivement for your self esteem