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My best friend is at a top uni in the UK doing a degree in a non-science but says science degrees are much the same. Do you really not have to go to class? His degree is based entirely on papers. Is yours based on research alone?

δij^{i.broke.it.}16:56, 15 May 2011

I did a combination of learning and research. Indeed, you can't really do the latter without the former as there's a mass of information you need to learn and skills that need to be developed to the point where it's second nature. With most humanities you just need to be able to read English and understand what author X said about subject Y, regurgitate it with some sort of "argument" in your one essay per term and that's about it.

ADK...I'll hear your article!17:02, 15 May 2011

Here we have tests and more tests in which we have to memorize literally everything. As a chemist that means p-chem, orgo and in-orgo and our specialty. I should have gone to grad school there. :/ From what I gather you're a chemist, no?

δij^{i.broke.it.}17:06, 15 May 2011
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Had I known 10 years ago my chemistry degree would magically transform into a math degree I would have said to hell with it. If I may ask what are you getting in to? I did medicinal chem but hated being a drug company monkey.

δij^{i.broke.it.}17:17, 15 May 2011

Organometallic catalysis mostly, but some of this sort of stuff on the side.

ADK...I'll soak your glass orb!17:19, 15 May 2011

Are you/they trying to turn an MRI into a C-NMR? Hmm are you published? I did microfluids works so had to read up on all the org-metallic catalysis useful for medchem

δij^{i.broke.it.}17:24, 15 May 2011

It's only a little more complicated than that. Just search for "parahydrogen" and there are a few decent websites and papers explaining it but none of them mine, yet.