One obvious answer would be to study them all, but that doesn't seem economically feasible...
Here seem to be the options:
Theory vs. Lab
In Theory, she could pursue in great depth her love for pure mathematics. Algebra. Topology. Algebraic topology... Or she could tackle something slightly more applied like computational neuroscience and do some modeling of neuronal behavior with differential equations.
In Lab, she could suck it up and spend her whole life tied to a bench doing god knows what in a neuroscience lab. This sounds less appealing than the other options but definitely offers a better chance of self-sustainability and is much easier (for her) to do than the theoretical things.
She also loves history and philosophy and physics, but those would be harder for her to pursue a graduate degree in.
Deciding what to
study in graduate school
is too hard for me.
That is all.
1 comment:
My dad always said, "do your passion and the money will follow."
While that may not always be entirely true, I think it's safe to say that having a passion is a precious and personal thing, and to let it go for economic security is a waste.
You might not be extremely rich money-wise, but at least you'll be rich in every other sense of the word, which, in my opinion, is more valuable.
Then again I'm throwing away my education at UCSC to abscond to NYC and be a fashion designer, so I may not have the most sound advice.
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