• Question: did you have to pass all your science exams to become a scientist?

    Asked by kaylee222 to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 10 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Deepak Kar

      Deepak Kar answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I went to school in India, where one has to pass all exams to get promoted to the next class. So I had no choice 😉

    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Yes, I had to pass my school science exams and my exams at university. Sometimes you can retake an exam if you don’t do very well the first time though.

    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Yep. But like Francesca says, if you don’t pass first time you can normally get at least one more go.

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      Yes, but if at first you don’t succeed you always get a second chance!

    • Photo: Lilian Hunt

      Lilian Hunt answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      Yep, I had to pass them all eventually! I did take a couple of goes on my chemistry A levels to get the grade I needed for university so it definitely pays off to keep trying if that’s what you want to be 🙂

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  • Photo: Rowena

    Rowena commented on :

    I’m a chemist, and I had to pass chemistry A level to do chemistry at university. Lots of universities also wanted me to pass maths, but only one wanted me to do well in physics. I could have failed physics and gone to any of the other universities I applied to: it depends on the university.

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