For those of you graduating (not going back in September)

What are you doing with yourselves? Job lined up? Travel?

Post your plans!

back for another degree.

B.Sc. in chem = deadend.... unless u're an A honour student. ....

Originally Posted by coolman217

back for another degree.

B.Sc. in chem = deadend.... unless u're an A honour student. ....

I have a friend similar to your situation, he recently completed another degree in business!

Originally Posted by 2000fordfocus

I have a friend similar to your situation, he recently completed another degree in business!

yeah? wow. life's hard. nowadays, first degree doesn't get you anywhere. u need to have connections with profs, good grades, and experience relating to your field if you want to find a matching job.

play hard before heading into work...possibly last summer to really enjoy!

Originally Posted by coolman217

back for another degree.

B.Sc. in chem = deadend.... unless u're an A honour student. ....

I don't see why your BSc in chemistry is a dead end. Care to elaborate?

I graduated from Western in April with an Honors B.Sc. (Specialization in astrophysics w/ another major in applied math)...and I decided I'd take a year off before getting a B.Ed. so I can teach high school. I'm just doing a crappy tutoring job right now, going to start a pc service business with a friend shortly and do that until I'm ready to do the teachers' college thing. Not a whole lot else I could see myself doing with my degree, and teaching high school physics/math is something I think I'd enjoy.

Originally Posted by KennethToronto

I don't see why your BSc in chemistry is a dead end. Care to elaborate?

well, first of all, a degree in B.Sc would allow you to work in labs, teach, or use it as a stepping stone into med, dent, plus other graduate degrees. as well, you would need recommendation letters (preferably from well-known profs), not to mention volunteering experience and experience in the area that you specialize in with your B.Sc. If you want experience, you need to have at least a B avg grades because it gets really competitive (yes...just for volunteering since profs evaluates 80% on grades as well). Let's say that you've finished your degree. Try searching for a job in your sector. Most requires a Ph.D or at least an 80%+ avg or work experience.

You have to start somewhere but it seems like that there's no place for you to start at all.

As for cjpark, you graduated with Honours so I'm assuming your grades are decent. So he's not as restricted as I am.

Plus i'm sure 2000fordfocus' friend thinks similarly as I do. That's why i'm heading somewhere to get my B.Comm.

Originally Posted by coolman217

That's why i'm heading somewhere to get my B.Comm.

Wow, that's pretty rough. I'm doing my B.Comm now. Some of the same applies if you want to get a job. Keep your grades up, make connections with profs, get involved in clubs, attend recruiting events, network with recruiters, etc.