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Got a D in Organic Chemistry, thinking about not doing science anymore.

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i got F in organic chemistry the first time around. took it again in the summer and got an A-.

we were required to take organic chem (orgo) our freshmen year. people say its one of the hardest courses you can take, but my life got harder and harder after that. there was intermediate organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology. the rote memorization courses beat me to a pulp but i at least i knew what i was suppose to memorize. after that i did all the engineering courses, including several computer science courses (all fun!) but had the toughest time with signals, E & M, thermodynamics, and a bunch of other engineering courses i dont remember.

my degree was biomedical engineering, but in the end i think i would have had a better time with just computer science.

now I'll be going to back to grad school, and Im probably going to be either CS or EE.

 
I recommend against design. Well, I am a mechanical engineer and a designer. I design parts for cars. Both parts that function and parts that you see, and it has to be one of the most tedious and frustrating and boring jobs out there. I left my previous employer last summer because I thought that maybe the company was boring, but no, my current employer is the same way. It is just a boring job.
 
Originally posted by: iamtrout
Thinking about doing product design. People have told me that the engineers design the products, but who tells the engineers what to put in the products in the first place?
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Marketing research guy to company president:
"our research shows that customers would really like a cell phone that plays MP3s"

Company president to senior engineer:
"I want you to add MP3 playback to our next cell phone models"

Engineers then build a phone that plays MP3s.
 
Well, let's clear this up:

Consumers cry out for a certain feature to be put in later models of a specific product, because the current product sucks without it. For example, consumers have cried out for quite a long time now for Olympus to just put a damn AF assist lamp on their cameras.

What does Olympus do? They ignore their customers, tens of reviewers, all the forums posts around the web, and still either refuse to put this feature on their camera, even though EVERYONE has made it quite clear that it's a good idea, and especially when all the competitors have this feature already.

In this situation, who makes the decision to not put in this feature? I'm sure/hope marketing research has got the point. Can the president be that dumb then? Or is someone else along the ladder incompetent? I want to be in this position. To research what people want and to have the power, or at least a serious say, in what gets put into a product. I'd also like to be able to brainstorm ideas for new features and see them added into a product, or at least considered.
 
Originally posted by: cerebusPu
i got F in organic chemistry the first time around. took it again in the summer and got an A-.

we were required to take organic chem (orgo) our freshmen year. people say its one of the hardest courses you can take, but my life got harder and harder after that. there was intermediate organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology. the rote memorization courses beat me to a pulp but i at least i knew what i was suppose to memorize. after that i did all the engineering courses, including several computer science courses (all fun!) but had the toughest time with signals, E & M, thermodynamics, and a bunch of other engineering courses i dont remember.

my degree was biomedical engineering, but in the end i think i would have had a better time with just computer science.

now I'll be going to back to grad school, and Im probably going to be either CS or EE.
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rote memorizition? that was my impression of the ochem and mcb classes i took,too. i honestly didn't feel like i retained too much from that class, cause it seemed as though folks could do well simply by memorizing everything the night beofre exams...

anyhoo...i found business classes to be more intellectually engaging than those fricking memory games..uh...classes. my 2 cents
 
I feel your pain. I was a pre-med who got a D in o-chem as well. After that I decided to change my career plans so I went the law school route.
 
Davis warned you. he HATED organic.

Your down a Miami (OH) now ? i forget.
do what you feel like. it could be good to get raped, Industrial Design has some good spots out there.

I know you had problems at Cornell, but maybe (although i know your 'rents would kill you) take a year off of school, look at it and seriously refigure what it is you want to do. ask around, look at the job market place etc.


MIKE
 
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