# Give me your advice on college and careers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-advice-on-college-and-careers/275982>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-advice-on-college-and-careers/275982 "2004-11-21T20:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-advice-on-college-and-careers/275982/1 "2004-11-21T20:30:18Z")

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I’m planning on going to college within the next year. I have a couple of questions for anyone who can answer.

First, has anyone here graduated online? If so, how was it?  
Here are the main majors I’m interested in. If there is anyone here who could give me their advice on a field, please do.

Forensics Analysis \<----- most likely  
Boitechnology  
Folklore and Mythology  
Criminal Psychology  
Astronomy

If anyone has a career or degree in one of the above, please pipe up.

Now, back to my own research,  
-Resident MeatBeast

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**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-advice-on-college-and-careers/275982/2 "2004-11-22T01:56:29Z")

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I would like to say that Forensics and Biotechnology both require lots of chemistry, at least more than you might think. Make sure you like chemistry and have at least a basic background in the field. I was a Molecular Bio major until I found out it was mostly chemistry and not as much biology (which I love). I ended up not liking the chemistry part at all. At my university, Forensic Science/Analysis calls for a year of Chem plus a year of Organic Chem and some other specialized chemistry courses.