Become a starcraft addict, make a pact that you will invent a new revolutionary theory that will explain all things in Starcraft and study every player and playstyle for the next 15 years. Then go to uni and take a master degree so you know how to make scientific studies. then reinvent Starcraft with your +15 years you invested in games, using the academical skills you aquired from uni.

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

July 14 2009 17:34 GMT

#23

Power through school like i plan on doing because I am becoming increasingly restless then model the rest of your life after the littlest hobo, but not as a dog.

Chef

10810 Posts

July 14 2009 17:38 GMT

#24

You can either try to do a hobby for a living, or you can work a really intensive job and have expensive hobbies on your vacations.

Just think about jobs you can see yourself doing, and make some decisions. Don't drop the bio part of your major.. You'll just regret it later. It's not a sunk cost to keep it. It's a sunk cost to have spent all this money getting this far, and then suddenly decide not to finish it. It'll help you later in life whether it has anything to do with career opportunities or not (but it will, because it makes you look like a more well rounded person). Plus you're not going to impress any girls by saying you're a statistics major (LOLOLOLOL BYE), but they'll think you're smart if you say you're in biology.

SK.Testie

Canada11084 Posts

July 14 2009 17:45 GMT

#25

Play dota until you can figure it out.
gl hf

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

July 14 2009 17:53 GMT

#26

On July 15 2009 02:45 MYM.Testie wrote:
Play dota until you can figure it out.
gl hf

seconded

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

July 14 2009 17:54 GMT

#27

Im just gonna say that you dont need to give a crap about people if you want to become a doctor. You just need to want to know.

Honestly, i think your goal should just be to get a degree in something with a good average, and then you can get a masters in anything you want and use that to get a job.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

July 14 2009 18:06 GMT

#28

Take some computer science classes and go into bioinformatics research! The field heavily makes use of statistical methods and of course a good understanding of biology only helps.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

July 14 2009 18:51 GMT

#29

Go into Bioinformatics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics

Its the perfect complement for both your statistics major and your biology major.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

July 14 2009 18:57 GMT

#30

Orgo is hard everywhere. It's a do or die class for pre-med at almost every school.

rsvp

United States2266 Posts

July 14 2009 20:24 GMT

#31

Don't go into med school unless you're 110% sure you want to do it. But it seems like you've already figured out that you're not going down that path...

As for your bio major, having it complement your stats major will definitely help keep your options open in the future and help in your career search. Whether or not it's worth the trouble (especially if you say you're not that interested in it) is up to you decide. Bio/stats seems like a great combination - don't let the fact that no one at Duke has done it before scare you, it's probably because of the relatively new and small stats program.

I'd second the recommendations of others to look into bioinformatics or systems biology, it's a rapidly expanding field that looks really promising. Currently there is just a shit ton of basic research being done and information being uncovered, but not nearly enough people or resources to process or make sense out of it.

I don't know where you got the idea that econ at Duke was killer, because it's not. Sure it's not a cakewalk like other majors (i.e. psychology), but econ classes are not any harder (with many being significantly easier) than your bio or stats courses. You're still a sophomore, you can afford to try an econ class or 2. Also like someone else earlier suggested, try a compsci class or 2 as well.

Empyrean

17010 Posts

July 14 2009 20:27 GMT

#32

Thanks for the advice

(btw practice for CSL! We're up against a stacked cal team, though nothing we can't handle

)

citi.zen

2509 Posts

July 14 2009 21:58 GMT

#33

I CHANGE MY ANSWER!>?!?!

You need to become a professional cup-stacker and beat this girl's world record:

Syntax Lost

Finland86 Posts

July 15 2009 05:01 GMT

#34

I would second Bioinformatics as it would fit well with your present studies. However, only go on this route if you're serious about completing it and honestly want to better yourself and your knowledge in the field. Obligatory plug of my own university:

Helsinki University of Technology in conjunction with Helsinki University offer an International Master's degree programme in English. There are no tuition fees (aside from around 70€ required to join the student union) and the level of education is very high. If you're interested, please take look into the programme here.

The Storyteller

Singapore2486 Posts

July 15 2009 08:18 GMT

#35

Statistics + biology makes me think of 36B-24-35 kind of statistics.

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