• Question: How old were you when you first realized that you wanted to go into science?

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      Asked by StarExploder1 to Andy, Chris, Harriet, Jess, Nikki on 9 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by SkittlesTheUnicorn, destini.
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        Christopher Blanford answered on 9 Mar 2016:

        Hi StarExploder1 (again :))
        I knew I liked science from about 5 or 6. I made up my mind to stick with science at 19.
        Chris

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        andy chapman answered on 9 Mar 2016:

        I reckon, about when I chose my A-levels. At 16 or 17.

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        Harriet Reid answered on 9 Mar 2016:

        Hi
        I have always really enjoyed science, experimenting at home and making potions with all the things in the bathroom (sorry mum!). But I didn’t really start to get into science at school until I was around 14/ 15. Since then I’ve just got more and more into it. I never expected that I would be a scientist when I started university, even though I was studying chemistry! I decided to do a PhD when I worked in a research lab for a year as part of my degree when I was about 21.

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        Jessica Groppi answered on 9 Mar 2016:

        Hi!

        I officially took the science path for my career when I was 14 and started high school.

        Jess.

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        Nikki D'Arcy answered on 10 Mar 2016:

        Hi, thanks for the question.

        I have always wanted to be a scientist. I wanted to be an explorer when I was really little but then started loving Biology at school. I decided to take science A-levels because I had a great Biology teacher. Then when we grew bacteria in the lab, I knew for sure I wanted to be a microbiologist!

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