I'm currently taking my school's only AP chemistry class. I am thoroughly enjoying it, specifically the part we're on now (acid-base equilibrium, titrations, equilibrium reactions, etc.) We recently titrated two unknown acids in a lab, knowing only what the acid was and the MM and type of strong base we were using. We measured pH of the final sol'n and then were given a week to find Ka of the acid on our own from the data.
After doing the lab I felt so accomplished. I had just taken vague observational data and mathematically found a concrete measure.
I'm currently looking into science as a possible future career source and want to know what's out there.
[b]tl;dr[/b] I'm loving science class and I'm looking into science as a career.
What are you majoring in?
What would you recommend I major in?
Any and all information is appreciated.
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Many science-related fields still require a lot of non-science work. It's just the nature of the beast. If you are enjoying science this much, try to reach out into extra-curriculars, especially at college. Befriend a professor and inquire about becoming a lab assistant or look into internships early. These kinds of jobs can be fun, very rewarding, and offer experience worth a lifetime. You typically get more hands-on opportunities than you'd ever get in the classroom, it's a [i]huge[/i] resume builder, and you can sometimes make some very good money. I studied electrical engineering for four years and got to do some fun stuff on the side. I was a TA for a microelectronics lab, helping younger students with their projects, and I got to work in a lab for a summer, doing research on lithium air batteries. I wasn't a particularly strong student, though I had decent grades, I just became good friends with a professor and was offered opportunities (I was offered the TA position over Facebook for snapping a picture of a power supply I had built and painted pink)