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In a Dilemma
« on: October 24, 2009, 07:04:11 AM »
Hi friends, I'm in a sort of dilemma, you know. I like chemistry(especially inorganic) and my physics and maths are not that good. I'm trying to get into a good engineering college, but my friends feel that I have an aptitude towards pure sciences. I don't know what to do. Please advise.
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Re: In a Dilemma
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 07:57:31 AM »
I don't say that my friends' advices mean more to me than what I feel about myself. I said that because I couldn't see any major difference between the two jobs(research/engineering) and my seniors keep telling me that it takes good mathematics and physics ability to secure a place in any engineering college. (I haven't consulted any person who's in the profession, however)
                                                                     
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Re: In a Dilemma
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 09:04:19 AM »
You need to be good at maths and physics for both chemistry and chemical engineering. 

There is more maths in a typical chem eng degree compared with chemistry I believe.

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Re: In a Dilemma
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 09:42:40 AM »
I am a sort of okay kind, but not surely not great!
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Re: In a Dilemma
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 07:18:56 PM »
Do what you love instead of what your friends say you love - if you don't know it, study, you'll eventually learn it.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought - Albert Szent-Györgyi

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