how did you know that you wanted to work in science

Laura Lockhart answered on 3 Mar 2023:

I’ve always been someone who wants to know how things work and asked the question ‘why?’ a lot when I was a kid. I think that’s what made me think that science was probably a good career path for me initially so that’s why I chose to study science at A level and at Uni. I didn’t know what I wanted to do as a job so I just picked a subject a uni that I knew I’d enjoy. This made me aware of a range of different jobs you could do in science and I took it from there when I graduated!

Maria Price answered on 3 Mar 2023:

I liked playing with science kits when I was younger and loved learning about the planets and space, and then just became more interested in different parts of science. I like trying to figure out why things work the way they do, and science is basically just doing that all the time.

Simone Girdham answered on 3 Mar 2023:

I used to love watching real life medical programs, based in hospitals, particularly surgery and trying to work out what was making a person sick.

Bernice Ridley answered on 4 Mar 2023:

I was lucky enough to be equally good at science and arts subjects at school and I did wonder which way I should specialise. However, science explained things to me and helped me understand the world and that’s why I did my A levels in science and a degree in Chemistry. Finding cosmetic science was even better as I am also a consumer!

Marco Palma answered on 4 Mar 2023:

Although I enjoyed studying science at school, I had never thought about making it my career choice. When I studied statistics at University, I discovered the many fields I could apply my knowledge on and I chose the biomedical applications.

Bailey Hewlett answered on 5 Mar 2023:

I’ve always loved knowing how things worked, and as I progressed through school I realised that I REALLY loved knowing how our bodies worked. I’ve been aiming to work in science, particularly looking at the cells that make up every living thing around us, to better understand what they do and why.

Kirstie Andrews answered on 6 Mar 2023:

I didn’t want to work in science/engineering until I was about 14. I got interested in finding out how the human body works and finding solutions to diseases and healthcare challenges. I looked into what job I could do that let me look at these different areas but still allowed me to learn new things, and found bioengineering research.

Jessica McCreery answered on 6 Mar 2023:

When I was younger I loved watching medical programmes and learning about how the body works. When I went to secondary school, human biology and physical education were my favourite subjects and at GSCE when I learnt more about how human body worked during exercise it was my two favourite topics combined! I learnt more about the study of sports science and decided that is definitely something I would be interested in learning more about and pursuing.

Hannah Tanner answered on 6 Mar 2023:

I wanted to work in science because it was the subject that most interested me at school and I always got my best marks in science. Even though I didn’t really know anyone who was scientist, my mum always encouraged me with science books and visits to museums etc. I work in healthcare science because I like the idea of using science to help people.

John Clark-Corrigall answered on 6 Mar 2023:

I had an interest in how the body worked from a young age, my dad was in and out of hospital a lot and during visiting hours I’d ask a lot of questions. My dad also used to fix our car by himself so I got to learn how things worked there too.
I really enjoyed sciences at school, I was also fortunate to be pretty good at them in exams all the way to GCSE. So I think being confident in my ability and also being interested really helped push me towards biomedical sciences. Working in research wasn’t on my radar when I started, I thought I’d just work in a hospital lab or maybe do graduate medicine.

Benjamin Foster answered on 7 Mar 2023:

I enjoyed making things or working with numbers and objects rather than words so I was keen on maths, engineering, and science growing up. Didn’t really know what Biochemistry was until my degree but combined this with scientific research into medically relevant topics to be where I am today. I enjoy the problem solving aspect a lot and that happens on a daily basis.

Katie Dexter answered on 7 Mar 2023:

I always enjoyed doing maths and biology – I actually wasn’t all that fond of physics or chemistry in school. I was always fascinated with the “why” and “how.”
Because of my A-Level grades, I ended up not doing the maths course I wanted to do at university and I accepted a place on a physics degree instead. I didn’t get on with it in the first year but decided to stick it out and see how year two went – and it was so much more interesting! I found out that I really enjoyed planetary sciences and medical physics and then did a lot of research projects on medical physics topics, and my interest in it never went away.

Rosie Spencer answered on 7 Mar 2023:

I have always had an interest in Science and Medicine but never really knew exactly what I wanted to do with that interest. A lot of teachers at school encouraged me to go and be a doctor, but I didn’t really have an interest in that kind of medicine.
At college a tutor suggested I try biomedical science, which is like a combination of medicine and biology and I loved it.

Edward Guy answered on 7 Mar 2023:

I think science chose me rather than me choosing science! As a child, I always wanted to know how things worked and why things happened and, if I couldn’t find out the answer (there was no Google back then!), I would try to work it out. When I did my first science lesson, I discovered this was more or less what science is.

Orode Aniejurengho answered on 9 Mar 2023:

I enjoyed my science classes much more than my art and business classes. In secondary school, we could choose to be in art, business or science-focused classes. Once I identified which one I enjoyed most. I stayed with these. Also, I was surrounded by people in the health field which made me interested in science. I stuck with it and it has continued to be interesting. Although it can also be challenging when some experiments don’t work

Aishwarya Mishra answered on 13 Mar 2023:

I really enjoyed creating new things from some random spare stuff lying around my house as a kid. So I chose to study science at university with a focus on chemistry because I was fascinated by the chemistry everywhere around us be it food, medicine, body functions, etc.
However, at university, I finally decided I want to work in science because it allows me to travel the world, meet new people, solve complex problems like disease, health and also work with radioactivity.

Mary-Pia Jeyarajasingham answered on 14 Mar 2023:

I think it was definitely interacting with my lecturers, teachers and other professionals in the field during my time at university. They really showcased how cool and exciting a career in research could be and that really motivated me to want to become a scientist! 🙂

Louisse Mirabueno answered on 22 Mar 2023:

I did a science degree at uni because I thought it was really interesting. But I wasn’t really sure I wanted to work in science until doing my very first practical in the lab. I loved working in the lab, the atmosphere and all the equipment! So it wasn’t really until I was 23 that I knew I wanted to work in science.

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