• Question: what grades do you need to become a scientist?

    Asked by cr4zeezoologist1 to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 12 Mar 2014.
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      John Foster answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Hi,
      This will depend on what kind of scientist you want to be, and if you want to go to university, which university you apply for.

      If you want to come up with your own experiments and run your own lab then you will need to go to university to do a degree (BSc) then a PhD, and maybe a masters in between. Once you are at university studying a science degree then you are on the right track! To get into these though you do need quite good A levels in science subjects. Some universities run foundation years which are useful if you want to do a degree but don’t get the grades. After finishing a foundation year you can go on to do a full degree.

      You can do lots of jobs in science without a degree though! Just make sure you pick GCSE and ALevels in subjects such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Geography.

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      Adelle Thrower answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      As mentioned it would depend on what science you go into and what uni you want to go to. Cambridge and Oxford would expect AAA but I went to Sheffield and they accepted my BCC grades.
      You would need to do at least two sciences at A level biology and chemistry are useful for medical science. Maths would also be helpful.

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      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      It really does not need any specific grades to become scientist…….you need to have good knowledge (remember there is evidence that Grades do not correlate with the subject knowledge) about a particular subject/field and research aptitude….

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