• Question: What advice would you give to younger scientists wanting to be like you

    Asked by Ryan to Leonie on 18 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes

      Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      I would give the same advice that I got during my studies. When people told me, I didn’t really believe them, so I know it’s very probable that you don’t believe me either. But I’ll say it anyway: you don’t have to be super smart to be a scientist! I think the most important thing is that you enjoy doing science. If you enjoy it, just keep doing what you’re doing!

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  • Photo: James

    James commented on :

    Leonie is 100% correct. I failed one of my GCSEs, didn’t actually get the A-Level grades I was told I needed to get into my university course, I sneaked in to my course by being a little lucky and from there I never looked back.

    As she says, if you enjoy it and work hard at it, you can suceed and this is 100% true for being a scientist like us guys!