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Uni Stuff => General University Discussion and Queries => Topic started by: FlorianK on February 19, 2013, 10:14:54 am
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My family always wanted me to do an engineering course..because my elder brother is an electrical engineer..I was thinking of electrical engineering in y11 because it is the most prestigious engineering branch along with computer science in my homeland. However, I've been in love in rocket science since my childhood..so I've decided to pursue my dreams rather than meeting expectations.
For your question, I think if you do electrical engineering, you may qualify for different areas such as telecommunication engineering or computer science. Im not really sure about the areas but my bro is working for a telecommunication company after he completed a master degree in telecommunication engineering.
Your other option seems to be fine too. But if you want to pursue a career in science I would recommend doing a degree in physics..after all, the greatest physicists were/are from Germany..I think the Germans have something special in their blood. And check out 1veritasium on YouTube. :)
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i have an uncle and an aunt that are electrical engineers, both love their job, and have similiar interests to you from what youve said, and they love it.
my mum did radiology or something similiar, im not sure but it was overseas, and she didnt like it and ended up leaving, she was paranoid about radiation, and she has had cancer before and would bet her bottom dollar that her radiology years were a factor towards it, granted in the 80s in greece there wasnt as much safety precautions as today, but idk, she also said that it isnt an overly fun specialty and can get gloomy at times, pay was good but work wasnt "fun"
if your family loves electrical engineering you very well could love it too,
just my 2 cents
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thx, you made me worried about about the radiation :/
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bump!
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do you have the option of trying out both these disciplines through a generalist degree at the undergrad level? Like the equivalent of a Bachelor of Science?
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Just note that by doing medicine you have no guarantee in getting into the specialty of radiology. It's a very competitive specialty, and not one you can simply expect to get into.
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"diagnostic" radiology isn't always like that though, since you seem to be keen on that aspect of it. A lot of the interpretation you do is really just confirmation of a clinical diagnosis that another doctor has already made. Sure there are occasionally unknowns or things that are unexpected, but the majority of the time you'll know what you're going to see from the notes accompanying the patient, before you do the scan.
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Thx.
Does anybody know how much radiation your exposed to as a radiologist? Since the images are made by rad techs shouldn't it be not that much?
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Not much.
Something like this supports that http://bjr.birjournals.org/content/74/882/507.full?ijkey=867b3762a4eaa99dd98bbefe7942148b0e655d41
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ok thanks :)
Does anybody has an idea what else I might should look at besides the two? Which other jobs suit the aforementioned features of myself?
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idk, you seem like the type of guy that would enjoy doing medicine and working with médecins sans frontières or something - you like socialising and science and finding out about new cultures yes? good luck finding something that suits you!
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ok thanks :)
Does anybody has an idea what else I might should look at besides the two? Which other jobs suit the aforementioned features of myself?
Become a theoretical physicist :)
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Become a theoretical physicist :)
lol, no!
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What about mathematics?
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I don't want to get into an argument about what 'real' mathematics is but I would that a and b would fall under the category of math :p
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Thx.
Does anybody know how much radiation your exposed to as a radiologist? Since the images are made by rad techs shouldn't it be not that much?
"I love socializing, going out, partying, clubbing, meeting randoms and I also really love selling stuff."
Medicine is not very kind to your lifestyle. I think you should take a generalist degree like Science and then decide. Once you actually start university, you realise there are literally hundreds of careers that would be fascinating.
Anyway, you sound like you should become a scientist.
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The german system doesn't let you take a general degree and then decide later. So I'd have to decide before going into uni.
What makes people think I should be a scientist? I mean on my city's uni, which I'd probs be going on, 3 Nobel prize winner studied at it and also famous mathematician Carl Gauss, so it runs in my blood :p. Jks, I'm not really sure if it would be the right profession for me, but I'm happy to be persuaded
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The german system doesn't let you take a general degree and then decide later. So I'd have to decide before going into uni.
What makes people think I should be a scientist? I mean on my city's uni, which I'd probs be going on, 3 Nobel prize winner studied at it and also famous mathematician Carl Gauss, so it runs in my blood :p. Jks, I'm not really sure if it would be the right profession for me, but I'm happy to be persuaded
Don't fall under the 'nothing other than medicine interests me'. There is such a wide-range of applications of fields that it's just so obtuse to think that medicine is the only field that would interest you.
My friend is a mechanical engineer who currently models the pressure in the heart valves during systole and diastole and is working on something that is far beyond me in that field. Just find something you like after high-school and study it, so long s you do well in your degree, there will be LOTS of options for what you can do with that degree.
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I'm currently doing a placement in diagnostic imaging at the moment so if you've got any specific questions, I'm happy to answer them Florian. Overall it's quite a good career though as far as I can see. Good mix of most of what medicine has to offer (allows you to see lots of different things rather than specialising into a particular system/organ), combined with lots of science/physics and whatnot which I'm sure you'll enjoy. Generally fairly good lifestyle as well compared to other medical specialities