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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here again.

I don't mean to say that she has to work with birds.  It may be the case that the types if jobs available are more desk jobs and birds are more of a hobby for her.

Does EPA have jobs for people with BS in Biology?  Fish/wildlife service?  She definitely would not want to be a high school teacher.   Too introverted for that.  I even wonder about her getting a paralegal certif. after college and working ar DOJ Enviro Resources division as a paralegal.

I could see her doing research in the field (she will likely spend a semester at the Smithsonian Mason Institute in Front Royal).

Just seems strange to me that the rewuirements for a biology are not fluffy...and yet the salaries are abysmal.[/quote]

In the same boat as you.  Our daughter has always loved biology and is going for a BS in it. She is pairing it (so far) with a BA in Japanese.  She has zero interest in pre-med/dental and would love to go into research.  She knows the good spots will be very competitive.  We shall see.  She is considering getting her master's outside the US should there not be a compelling spot here.

Getting a Ph.D. and ending up in research is her goal right now, but then she has not even yet decided which direction within biology she wants to take, though plants look like a likely winner.[/quote]

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