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Bob Loblaw

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I hope this can stay in here rather than E&C.

I'm just curious as to what courses one should take to really understand what you guise talk about in here. Some forms of chemistry & pharmacology, no doubt would be necessary. So what courses have you guise taken to get all of the relevant knowledge you have. I got too strung out to do much college/uni; however, I plan on going back to school in fall, and I'd like some recommendations on classes to take. I understand a bit of what's being discussed, but a lot goes clear over my head. I've taken AP/college level chem & I loved it, but that hardly scratches the surface.
 
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If you can get Biochemistry with Pharmacology degree, you'd probably be halfway there.

But in all honesty, no one should take a uni course and dedicate multiple years and hundreds of thousands of pounds to something that you're into now. (In UK might be very different in other places, ymmv). I thought I really wanted to be a doctor for a long time, I love being empthetic and helpful and i like to know my way around the human body and injuries, then I saw the pay and that sorted it. I was to be a doctor, not even 8 months on and I am sooo glad I did not do a medical degree - the sheer amount of work and loss of social life just wouldn't have paid off and chances are i wouldnt even enjoy it.
 
^ agreed i want to be a pharmacist because i love psycho pharmacology, i love how substances work and affect specific neurons etc. This and that, but i just don't know if i can pull my self to do 6 years of intense courses + other things for something i like now. Which is why i am a college drop out.... lol fail.
 
I took biochemistry for this reason only to discover biology bored the crap out of me. However I did discover my passion and natural aptitude for chemistry so I'm now doing medicinal chemistry.
 
Well pharmacology or neuroscience as an undergrad might be the most direct way to getting into psychopharmacology. Personally, taking a biology/chemistry/biochemistry degree with the proper courses is just as valid. I took a pharmacology degree, and just got into medical school.

But, Ho-Chi-Minh is right with the fact lab experience is critical.

I'm thinking this might be merge-able with the social thread as its asking for life advice
 
In my opinion, after jumping from thing to thing, you learn what you're really interested in. When I started uni, I thought physics was my thing and quickly figured out it wasn't. After a year of wandering around interior BC and the midwest, I decided that I was gonna give chemistry a shot. Turned out that it really stuck.

Now I'm trying to start my own business mining platinum from scrap yards.
 
plexx92 said:
In my opinion, after jumping from thing to thing, you learn what you're really interested in. When I started uni, I thought physics was my thing and quickly figured out it wasn't. After a year of wandering around interior BC and the midwest, I decided that I was gonna give chemistry a shot. Turned out that it really stuck.

Now I'm trying to start my own business mining platinum from scrap yards.
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Shit, are you from or frequent Golden, BC? I could have sworn I met someone with the exact same idea there.
 
Recreational drug use and sites like Bluelight is what motivated me to get on a Pharmacology degree =D

As others said though, do some proper research before you commit to something like this. I can show you some examples/lectures of what i'm studying currently if you're interested?
 
I just graduated with Sport & Exercise Science Degree. Now I've decided to apply for Cognitive Neuroscience masters because I just love dem brainz!
 
nAON said:
As others said though, do some proper research before you commit to something like this. I can show you some examples/lectures of what i'm studying currently if you're interested?
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Would be much obliged :).

I don't plan on devoting a whole major or anything to this; my goal is computer science, because I feel that's where I've the best shot at an enjoyable career. Though neuropharmacology has always quite fascinated me.
 
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