• Question: do you have to go uni to be a rich scientists

    Asked by anon-248676 to Zoya, Tom, Stacey, Laura, James, Connor on 13 Mar 2020.
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      Zoya answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      You have to attendend university to train and learn the basics. Some career posts also require you to have special ceritification like to be an embryologist you need to have an MSc in embryology and a log book of the number of cases you take to be allowed to practice. To be a geneticist also you need to have a masters and atleast 50 logged cases to apply for certification.
      University is crucial to get your basics right!

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      Stacey New answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      To become a professional scientist (someone who is paid to conduct scientific research) I would probably say yes. A lot of scientists like me have had to work hard at school and university to become a scientist, not many of us are earning enough money to say we’re rich. But the money isn’t bad! I love learning though and think that gaining qualifications is very important, but it’s not for everyone and their are alternative routes you can take to get to the job you want. There are examples of scientists who have not got degrees but are very rich you should take a look at: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, they both dropped out of uni, but I’d say they were both geniuses with amazing ideas. If you’ve got an idea that you think will make you ££££ millions remember me and this advice 😛

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      James Lees answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      There are lots of different ways to get into science and not all of them involve university.

      However the majority of jobs (especially the high paying ones) require some kind of degree and probably even a PhD.

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      Laura Mason answered on 19 Mar 2020:

      There are lots of ways to get involved with science but generally if you want to make it into a career then university is the best place to start.

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