Forensic Science via Chemistry Major

sschoe2
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:06:34 +0000

The only options in chemistry I’d define as good involve entry into a professional school such as pharm, med, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dental, optometry etc.

The jobs for just a science major or even a graduate degreed science majors are terrible if you can get a job at all. They pay less than a blue collar job, have no benefits, and no job security. Science staff are predominately hired as contingent workers through a temp agency which means the agency takes a good chunk of your pay check to begin with while doing nothing for you except shielding the client company from employer responsibilities and taxes. You can expect $12 to $20 an hour with no benefits, no raises or promotions, and bouncing from job to job. It is no way to live.

Unless you are sure to go to one of the aforementioned professional schools I’d get out now and go for accounting, engineering, or some other employable major.

I have an MSc in Chem and am returning to college next fall to go into accounting. I nor any of my family never want anything to do with science again.