Being a science major is challenging, incredible and terrifying all at once. One second you're learning about Enthalpy and Thermodynamics and the next you're dissecting a cat. It's a world of dedication, mystery and many many MANY all-nighters. Here are a few things all science majors can relate to.
1. 25% of your grade is based on 2 practicals...
This is actually evil to be completely honest. Every time you study for one, you feel like you're preparing for boards.
2. Close toed shoes
All day everyday. Can't risk forgetting and wearing flip flops to lab then being kicked out.
3. That super cute goggles imprint
3 hour lab = a red mark encompassing your face for at least an hour after.
4. Wanting to sleep all the time, but never having time
Yeah, that 8 am Organic test was tough, but I have this paper on Lymphangioleiomyomatosis due in Anatomy tomorrow... so.
5. Getting a B in a class means failure
I got a B and now it's time to consider changing my major (Sounds drastic, but it's an actual consideration).
6. You're socially inept
When your friends go out to social gatherings, you're where you always are: in the library crying amidst all the other Bio majors.
7. Textbooks cost $300 and your firstborn
You try your best to find them used... but then you have to buy the code for Mastering, lab kits and goggles and it's downhill from there.
8. Two words: Sleep Deprivation
You laugh at the kids who complain about the ONE all-nighter they pulled all semester, meanwhile you're in a constant state of "I only got 2 hours of sleep."
9. When you KNOW that equation was correct in Mastering, but it says it's wrong
So you click "give up" and literally the exact same answer pops up. Yo, I needed that .333% you just deducted for this.
10. Smelling formaldahyide doesn't phase you anymore
It almost smells like happiness because dissecting usually means the semester is nearing its end. PTL.
11. You're 100% incompetent in any other class
You don't really grasp things like history and poetry, but you sure as heck can list out every single element on the periodic table.
12. "The class average was a 33%, good job guys!"
Sure, you made a 42%, but that's way more than the class average. Hopefully no one ruined the curve.....
13. Constantly questioning your life choices
So you chose to be a science major in undergrad, so that usually means grad school. And grad school means more debt and more time and more stress. YAY.
14. Shoving so much information in your head that you forget the simplest part
Sure, you can list out every part of every bone in the human body, but you can't exactly remember which side of the arm the ulna is on...
15. Hey, at least we make BANK
To all my future PT's, PA's, surgeons, dentists, nurses and anything else: your first pay day will be SO WORTH IT. So keep on keeping on, friends.
