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Trouble picking univeristy path

  • 17-04-2011 5:07pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    I've pretty much decided i'm gonna return to uni to do another Bachelors. I'm stuck between doing a Bioscience degree (don't even know which one to finalize) or waiting another year and trying to get into pharmacy.

    I'm accepted into uni this year for any Biology course I want there, if I wait another year the university fees will most likely be doubled or more and I'm not guaranteed a place on the course, due to the interview where I have to do a 5 minute presentation with a Q&A and then explain why I wanna do a second degree, i.e. pharmacy.

    There are pharmacies everywhere, so theoretically I could get work near where I live. The bioscience labs are 10-25 miles away.
    I would deal with the public in pharmacy.. I have social anxiety, so I dunno if thats a good or a bad thing.. might lab work get claustrophobic?

    I hear conflicting reports on the difficulty of the degrees, regarding which would be harder.
    Salary would seem to be much greater after a pharmacy degree.

    I'm not sure which I would enjoy more, and I'm worried that if I waited another year and failed the interview for pharmacy, I would be left to go back to bioscience degrees, at a much higher tuition fee and having wasted a year!

    Any advice?


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  • #2
    fungun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭fungun


    Life is full of so many twists and turns that planning on a job in 5 years time +that is close to where you live now might not make sense.
    I think you should decide what your preference is first, without considering finances/chances of getting it. Its not clear from your post, not sure is it clear in your head!

    Typically I do this. Decide heads pharmacy; tails bioscience. Toss the coin. Your reaction to the result will tell you what to do.


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