What STEM field did you major in and why?

If you already graduated what do you do now?
Do you work, attend graduate school?
Changed fields to a new study?

I am looking for people that already graduated to post in this thread too. There are too many 18-22 year olds that tend to pollute these discussions.

Majored in mechanical engineering, now working as an aerospace structural engineer while doing a master's in aerospace part-time

>A+
>Doesn't raise your GPA over 4
Literal good boy points?

How mich money did they make you pay to learn fucking excel?

MatSci (either major or a minor with MechE major) or EnviroE

pretty much every uni has this format for the .net

Originally majored in EE, then added physics double major which later turned into a minor because I didn't want to spend a 5th year at my shite midwest flyover uni.

Chose EE because they seemed to have rad jobs and I thought the electronics, circuits, etc would be cool to know for everyday applications of making projects at my house. DESU I didn't really know what it was all about, I hadn't even built an actual circuit, used a breadboard, or coded in my life until sophomore year of uni.

After undergrad went on to a top 5 grad school in my specialization (optics/photonics,etc) for an MS. Felt a slight urge to go straight for a PhD, but didn't have enough experience in the research side to know for sure. Graduated earlier this year. Applied to a few schools for PhD. Didn't get accepted to my dream school (MIT), but got into second choice, a top 10 uni worldwide that is in Europe. Leaving for there soon and after thinking it through I think this place would be better anyways just for how wonderful the location is, and because the PhD is a little shorter there (3-5 years vs 4-6)

Stats, finished phd, working. Initially found it appealing in undergrad because it let me solve problems w/o closed-form solutions, and I like finding patterns in things.

Eventually you figure out that all research projects feature a separate methodological dimension where you dictate essentially everything. This, coupled with the fact that your concerns are fundamentally epistemological in nature, means that you always get to contribute meaningfully and are taken seriously (because epistemological concerns are superordinate to essentially everything else).

Biochemistry
Attending grad school in fall
Changed from BME

For me, i was not limited financially, and was in 0 debt, so decided to pursue something of personal interest. I love chemistry but tend to be bored with it without a living application, so biochemistry is perfect. I know from working retail many years that research environment would work for me, and my undergrad experience solidified my interest in the subject. Feel free to ask me anything i guess, dont know what you want to hear

>A++
What the fuck is this clown shit?

where do you see an A++?

I am 22, but I have already graduated (twice). I studied computer science, and I now work at one of the big-five software engineering companies in a very research-heavy role.

I initially had chosen my major because I used to develop video games when I was younger and enjoyed it thoroughly, but I eventually stuck with it because I found that I had a knack for both the applied and theoretical aspects of the discipline.

urbana champaign is a top tier school retard highschool/foreign cuck

very nice user, you sound set for life

I indeed feel extremely fortunate. I do try to keep in mind that the current market value of my skills is not guaranteed; there may be a day when what I do isn't worth as much as it is now, but I'll still be happy to be able to make a living doing something I enjoy.

Why are you posting a fake transcript you saw from ?

if your fears are like rational and shit, you should diversify your skillset as much as you can, but still relating to your field.

why do you think it's fake?

Same reason why colleges don't accept a transcript you printed out by yourself.

Biology, going to highly regarded west coast medical school on three weeks HOLY FUCK THREE FUCKING WEEKS HOLD ME Veeky Forums

>Same reason why colleges don't accept a transcript you printed out by yourself.
So you're just assuming it's fake?

not him but i mean, unofficial doesnt mean fake, it just means unofficial

congrats user! I cannot wait to start as well, i just want to fucking sleep the next month, i have nothing to do

I wish I was as autistic as you guys

Congrats to you too!
Yep shits about to hit the fan (a little, I hear it's not as bad as anyone makes I think out to be)

Just take it easy and have a relaxing rest of your summer!

Have fun making 500k starting as surgeons

oh my program isnt for medical school, it's a PhD program. id be lucky to see 500k total life earnings user! but thanks for the regards
but i cant enjoy being bored! this summer taught me that, im just not content unless i have a problem to think about or solve!

Low key trying to go into concierge primary care, I pee too often to succeed in surgery.

I read for pleasure this summer for probably the last time until I retire. So maybe your next problem to solve should be "read, enjoy, and understand all of pride and prejudice"

friend of mine is trying to get into dermatology, do you know why it's so fucking hard to get into? is it just that it's super nichey?

that's actually like the only thing im doing, reading, but mainly non-fiction biology stuff, read a very good book on prion history, nature vs nurture, and the Henrietta Lacks story. That and the odd research paper here and there to keep up

Msci in Genetics
Graduate on Monday, haven't found a job yet. Going to do a phd in either population genetics or maybe developmental biology after a year out of academia, might do an Msc in Computational biology beforehand.

Im currently majoring in EE but in all honesty CE seems more interesting thanks to rise of automation.

Maybe I should go into embedded systems in EE but the pay isnt great compared to CS or CE. Then again things can change

So I'm an incoming MS1 and my thoughts on anything in medicine are worthless.

But as far as I can tell it's competitive because the lifestyle and compensation are awesome. I don't know which came first between those two factors, but I do know that other fields could be that joocey in coming years.

>CS degree
>2.1 GPA, shitty state school
>No internships

>Got a job 8 months before graduation and have been working for a year now

I just asked her, you're right, it's mainly about lifestyle, but also the compensation is very high. But mainly the lifestyle is very open ended and unrestricted, as compared to working for a hospital. But she wants to enter it for personal reasons, she had acute dermatitis

Tell her good luck. I'm passionate about derm but if I had the board score I'd apply. We shall see.

Tell her if she ever falls below the derm threshold but still wants a chill lifestyle and is still competitive, she should consider physical med and rehab. Great jobs.

I'm *not passionate about derm

Ill pass that advice along to her, although she's one of those foreign superstars who has a perfect GPA, amazing volunteer experience (2 years or so), and ill assume a decent MCAT knowing her test-taking habits. Plus she has a foot in the door with her family owning a private practice.

I graduated with a pure math degree. Worked a few years in industry. Decided to return back to school for CS, so that I can pursue a PhD degree. I plan to work in an area that is basidally just mathematics. Ideally, I would like to continue my math education with multiple math grad courses (I like category theory, algebra, logic, combinatorics, graph theory, number theory) along with the required practical CS courses.

Even though I may specialize in a theoretical area of CS I plan to have the skill sets to graduate and work in industry.

Professional physics. I would have had a 4.0 had it not been for a nazi professor that hates Freedom and America.
I graduated early, secured a contract with the local national lab, then went on to grad school and now a doctoral candidate.
Feels good man.

halfway through my PhD in molecular biology

Why does it seem that Physics and Math posters in these threads are much worse off in life than Computer Scientists, despite Physics and Math fags constantly bragging about their superiority through Veeky Forums?

how is it? I currently have a choice of labs for my PhD and am not entirely sure on the field yet. I can go from like pure inorganic chemistry to pure biology, and anything in between. Im biochem and enjoy both chem and biology equally

>Why does it seem that Physics and Math posters in these threads are much worse off in life than Computer Scientists
lower barrier of entry for CS jobs

How are jobs prospects looking, long term?

Chem E Sophomore.

I like making/building shit and chemistry. So why not both? Currently learning how to make nitroglycerin. Would love to have a job in petrol or explosives manufacturing but I'm probably gonna end up mass producing paste adhesive or working at some chem plant.

physics and i'm getting my master's in math. this thread is pointless without me telling you i have a 6.5" cock.

How did you land an aerospace structural engineering job?

>What STEM field did you major in and why?
Computer science and engineering.

>If you already graduated what do you do now?
I write software, and design higher level software-based systems (cryptographic protocols, distributed systems, etc).

>Do you work, attend graduate school?
I have a masters, yes.

>Changed fields to a new study?
Nope. This is exactly what I wanted to do at 18 and it has proven an excellent choice.

Whats the job?

Somewhat related.
I'm about to go to college and can't decide between physics and electrical engineering.
I love physics but don't want to end up teaching it or in any other low paying job.
Can someone give me some advice?

I majored in chemical engineering and am in graduate school studying drug delivery systems using nanotech. I was originally electrical engineering.

I already graduated in Statistics & Mathematics, I'm 21.
> Am I still polluting?
Btw, I'm switching to computational science. Even if the majority of data of the future is pure high-dimentionality shit, we're going to be deeply involved. Software optimization and factorisation techniques needs to be improved in my opinion.

Does England count in Europe, or you're at ETH?

Long and kinda funny story - I had a lot of trouble finding work after graduation, so I eventually applied for a part-time position at my university's research branch. It turns out that the job was for a local aerospace company, and the company was just using the university to recruit interns. At the interview, I let them know that I was really looking for a full-time job. Since it's part of my university's research branch policy to not let their students work full-time while studying, I couldn't be a full-time intern, so they decided to take me on as a full-time contractor engineer.

Tl;dr got lucky

Majored in EE, graduated almost a year ago but i've been too lazy to really search for a job, fucked up a bunch of last-stage interviews but all in all i applied for less than 5 positions.

Argonne? And how is that enough for a math minor?

You can work in labs and shit with physics, you dont have to do academia. Most people go through grad school for better jobs but you dont have to if you do well enough undergrad. EE is better for jobs if just bachelor's degree

Embedded systems is where most of the jobs are, with the rise of IoT everyone wants to develop their own ARM platform to have fridges streaming porn and all that shit.

Not sure, had job offers while doing MS I could have gone for but wanted to do PhD route. Probably will try to go into industry after.

Yeah I am in Switzerland.

Yeah, thats what Iv been thinking too. Hopefully most programmer fags cant/want handle low level stuff so supply stays low while demand goes up. I did read that supply is pretty big so ehhhh,

Well I can become a master for free so maybe just doing embedded will be a waste compared to something like RF where a job usually requires a master instead of bcs


Thanks for the heads up though user

Studying molecular biology, will probably attend graduate school for bioinformatics

The field has always interested me, and I will be in zero debt from university so I didn't have to go the utilitarian route anyway

Fermi
All the calcs, linear alg, abstract alg, stats, and diff-eq. I was actually just one class shy of the math major; I just needed to take partial diff-eq. The unfortunate thing was that class was taught by some Asian guy who wrote in indecipherable cursive. On the first day of class we got an 8-problem assignment that was hand-written, and, you guessed it, I couldn't read it.

Illinois isn't top tier anything. It's just decent among public schools.

hmm okay, at my school it is similar except you need calcs, diff eq, linalg, probability and stats, and any 3 upper level courses. They just make it harder for engineer and physics majors to get. For other majors it is just calcs and diff eq

UIUC is literally top 5 in the US for CS, EE, civE, CE, bio/ag Eng, enviroEng, mechE, matE,
Top 10 in chem, physics, nukeE, aeroE
Top 20 in math
So yes they are top tier in many subjects, but stay in high school bud

What sort of job do you work at now? What do you think of the big data and AI craze?

I'm studying to get a double degree in ME and Industrial Technologies (3rd year).
I still have no fucking clue what to do with my life, but I like science and engineering, so I'm pretty chill about it.

I was on top of my class in CAD design in my uni, both in accuracy and speed. I wouldn't mind being a CAD monkey for a year or two while getting a masters, we shall see.

What is your advice on prepping for interviews?

I am interested in getting into security, potentially crypto stuff. How is the job market in this space? What keywords do I use to find jobs in this area? Im located in the US.

Your job sounds like a dream job to me so I'm interested in hearing more about what you studied in school and what you do/how to go about finding a job like yours. I'm very interested in math and have coding skills.

I meant to say I'm willing to work a bit (already have a degree) but my ultimate aims are to get a PhD in CS focusing in something like security. But want to work in industry after.

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Not mad just stating facts. High schoolers shouldnt be on this board.

>UIUC
>Top 20 in math
stay in high school bud

If you have a better list then USNews report shit then lay it on me. They are 17th in mathematics grad schools in the US there.

.net developer

#2 for CompE as well.

But according to Veeky Forums, UIUC is a community college where they give everyone A++. kek

What STEM field will be the most popular in 3+ years?

Besides CS

If the tech bubble doesn't burst...
Data Science and Computer Engineering

Reason being we have too much data to go through individually and need complex mathematical models to sort them, kind of similar to data mining.

As for computer engineering, many manufacturers want to start making everything part of the IoT and a good understanding of embedded systems and computer science theory is important.

If the bubble does burst, you'll be lucky if you're an Industrial Engineer or Civil Engineer. All those unemployed tech fags will need to get into the trades quick and you'll be their boss

If you consider nursing or physical therapy STEM, then that too is a safe option. Even after baby boomers die out, all the millennials will soon have fucked up bodies from all that sitting in front a desk for prolonged periods of time

The problem is these rankings place schools like UIUC and Purdue above Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, UChicago, Northwestern etc.

Prestige matters, and I'd like you to find me one single person who turned down Yale so they could go to UIUC out of state.

Chemistry
I'm about to finish grad school and start a job as a postdoc
I'm sort of changing fields from chem to physics. I'll be able to work in either.

I'm currently sitting on 1.5years of undergrad university and am at the crossroads with Mechanical or Mechatronic as my choices. I'm not sure if I want to move fully into mechanical or go into mechatronic with a focus on software and electronics.

Has anyone in the thread gotten jobs in these fields and how are they enjoying them so far?

I'm just concerned that if I go one way for a year I'll find that I don't enjoy it at all and have wasted a year.

I went to Duke and a public ivy. There wasn't any real difference between the two at the undergraduate level.

BS in physics and math, went to grad school in physics.
The math I learned isn't really useful at all, but I really only took the second degree because I had 4 years paid for at a public university.

Would this bubble affect electrical engineers much? Or EEs in academia or government lab/defense research?

They are grad school rankings for specific fields, not overall uni. Undergrad prestige does not matter for grad school enter if you are not a bum

I'm applying to MS programs and am between organic and physical as my major field/concentration. It sounds like you did physical, how'd you decide on it/any reflections or observations through the process?
Cheers man, and all the best

Chemical engineering, shits pretty diverse but you get a interesting foundation of abilities to do other things. Im only interested in research though.

As an hiring manager of a reasonably large tech company, I hope most of you realize our policy is to favor 3.6 to 3.8 GPAs over 3.8+. Our experience is that ultra-achievers in academics are overly neurotic and conformist and tend not to have balanced lives.

GPA is way less important than hands on experience, be it on a job internship or a research intership.

I will never understand people who focus on getting extremely high scores for no reason.

aka people who are too smart will get bored at our shit company

>I don't understand why people get higher grades than me
no wonder you didn't do great

I'm fully aware that undergraduate curriculum is pretty standard across the board, which is why dumb shit like prestige ends up being triumphant. I'm not saying that it's fair or it's right, but nobody really gives a shit if you went to Wisconsin for undergrad compared to say Cornell.

This is true in some fields but not others. I know a lot of PIs in grad school couldn't give a shit if their students are functioning adults with healthy habits.

I'd argue 87 out of 100 isn't academic excellence user, but its enough for what i pursue.

Obviously if you are struggling to get good scores you might be slacking, on the other hand autistically studying something for the sake of optaining a slightly higher grade is stupid.

>getting better grades than me is stupid
some people actually want to learn, you know?

CS

Haven't started work yet, just finished my 4th quarter not too long ago and am on the honor roll.

Did you even read my original post?

Nevermind, why do i bother answer incompent idiots like you.

>people who get better grades than me are stupid and autistic
>trying to argue they aren't makes you an incompetent idiot
look up incompetent and look at your grades :^)

I did a fair bit of Physics in my undergrad. I had good knowledge in that area and found a project that really interested me. I was never hot on organic, which I understood to be just "how do we get the best yield of X" and industry jobs.