• Question: when did you release you wanted to be a scientist

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      Asked by 827fscd26 to Ruth, Dilip, Emma, John, Andrew on 9 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by justin0208, 863fscd37, Turner, Aoife.
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        Andrew Quigley answered on 9 Nov 2015:

        I would say I realised I wanted to be a scientist when I was at school. I had a great teacher and they inspired me to keep studying science. Then I decided to get job that involved science as that is what I most enjoyed learning about. If you’re trying to decide if you’d like to be a scientist or not, my advice would be to simply keep studying whatever it is that you enjoy learning about most in school.

        I know plenty of scientists that only realised what they wanted to pretty late, so I’d be interested to see what the other scientists think.

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        John Gleeson answered on 9 Nov 2015:

        I’m not sure I’ve realised I want to be a scientist yet… 😛 But I get up in the morning and just go with the flow. I think science is a calling or vocation. I think many people a drawn to it and just get sucked in and love it.

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        Ruth Hamill answered on 10 Nov 2015:

        Probably from fourth year of my undergrad degree, before that I didn’t really know what I wanted to do.

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