• Question: what age did you start wanting to be a scientist?

    Asked by anon-348997 to Ollie on 9 Feb 2023. This question was also asked by anon-356599.
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      Ollie Thomas answered on 9 Feb 2023:

      I have always loved science but I think it was only when I was 16 or 17 that I realised being a scientist is something I might like to do as a job.

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  • Photo: Amy

    Amy commented on :

    Similarly to Ollie, I have always loved animals. When I was 10 I found out that you could have a career as a zoologist – someone who studies animals. It wasn’t until I was 15/16, when I started really enjoying Biology at school, and was good at it compared to other subjects I was studying, that I started to think, what do I need to do to actually try and make this work. So I chose my A’levels knowing that I wanted to go to university to study Biology.

  • Photo: Aakash

    Aakash commented on :

    I remember as a child I used to say I wanted to be a scientist. But it was only after I went to uni at 17 that I realised I wanted to really to be one