Colorcham427
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Second that! Follow your dreams and if your job is your passion you have a happy and healthy life a head of you.Great job! Nothing like studying what you love!
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
Second that! Follow your dreams and if your job is your passion you have a happy and healthy life a head of you.Great job! Nothing like studying what you love!
Congrats on getting into Cornell, Ithaca is a beautiful town (gorges!). Don't be afraid of o chem, I really think because it sounds hard people make up horror stories. Biochemistry in my opinion is much harder due to its emphasis on thermodynamics and its integration of math. Organic is more memorizing so if you put in time it'll be cake!How in the world did I miss this? I'm so sorry guys.
@Hypopnera and Phil: Yes, I intend to skip my masters and go straight for a PhD. I appreciate the advice, coming from someone who already went down the path I'm trying to travel. When I was researching studying entomology I read that many people do get a B.S in Biology rather than entomology, so I can't argue with your logic and I'll try to switch my major (shouldn't be a problem). I have no problem studying any of the courses you listed (some of which I took courses in highschool, such as botany, ap chem, and others). But from my ap chem class, I was told the horror stories of organic chemistry :blink: But nothing comes without challenge I guess. Thanks both of you for the insight and information. And the confidence!
@Deyby: I think this topic is great, considering it's hard to find a lot of information for aspiring entomologists AND get feedback from those who have the degree.
Btw: I got accepted into Cornell University for Entomology!!!
And Phil, I'm seriously considering attending Macquarie university to get my PhD in entomology.
Any chance you have a recent edition of a P-chem or Bio-chem text you want to get rid of? I'd like to skim over both at some point! Yeah, that's right... I am THAT boring!Congrats on getting into Cornell, Ithaca is a beautiful town (gorges!). Don't be afraid of o chem, I really think because it sounds hard people make up horror stories. Biochemistry in my opinion is much harder due to its emphasis on thermodynamics and its integration of math. Organic is more memorizing so if you put in time it'll be cake!
Physical chemistry might be deserving of some horror stories. Quantum mechanics and theoretical physics before actually getting into the chemistry of it can give you a headache!
Haha sorry, I'm saving all of my science textbooks for medical school. If you try amazon they have great deals, for instance my biochem txt was $40 used. Granted its an older edition that my prof likes, but for a 1800 page book its a steal!Any chance you have a recent edition of a P-chem or Bio-chem text you want to get rid of? I'd like to skim over both at some point! Yeah, that's right... I am THAT boring!
This is exactly what I am doing right now. At my school there is a nice list of biology classes I can choose from. I am still debating on which to take. I may take entomology but will probably focus more on herpetology. I am trying to keep it general and get a wide range of courses done. I was a bit surprised when I started this at the amount of chem classes I needed for a bio degree. I haven't taken physics yet and I can say I am not looking forward to that at all.Useful classes? I don't think you can take everything you need in a single degree program. Here are some to look forward to:
1 yr general chemistry
1 year organic chemistry (bear of a class!)
1 year calculus
1 semester of statistics
1 year general physics
1 year general biology
These are the core classes you will probably need to take as prerequsite to any higher biology and entomology classes. There are tons of recommended classes:
biochemistry, any plant science/botony class you can get, limnology, genetics, ecology, population biology, intro to geology, biogeography, and so on...
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