I’m currently a high school student, and for the longest time, I’ve known that I’ve wanted to work in a field in biology. Animals have been something that interested me from a very young age, and are something that I know I would enjoy working with for a living. I know that there’s a long process to…

I would also recommend taking statistics courses and also courses especially for the R programming language. Being able to do nice scatter-plots, box-plots, etc. with it already will be a huge advantage. As someone who absolutely loathes having to do complicated computer stuff, I never really took …

Learn everything you can, every way you can. Read all the books (and request more from your library, if that’s possible). Watch documentaries, everything from formal ones meant for general audiences to Youtube videos on some niche aspect. Take classes, not just in school, but from whatever other gro…

Lots of good advice here. Something else to include: once you reach the age to get a driving license, learn to drive and get a license. For a lot of field jobs, that’s a basic criterion for employment.

I didn’t even think about how important that could be!

Back in the day, knowing how to drive a vehicle with a stick shift was also useful as many field vehicles were not automatic transmission. But that’s not the case anymore. If you want to pursue field biology, volunteering or working as a technician for a field biologist will teach you a lot about …

[image] eyekosaeder: especially for the R programming language. Or SAS. Some institutions use that more than R. Surprised nobody mentioned GIS. Any research or decision making with a geographical element to it is applicable to GIS.

[image] eyekosaeder: I would also recommend taking statistics courses and also courses especially for the R programming language. Being able to do nice scatter-plots, box-plots, etc. with it already will be a huge advantage. [image] jasonhernandez74: Or SAS. Some institutions use that mor…

I work in environmental consulting and my experience has been that the connections and experience I gained from birding, using iNaturalist, and being involved in local naturalist clubs are just as if not more valuable than academics. You need the undergrad degree to get into the field, as well as t…

I mentioned GIS above. It’s definitely useful skill with many applications.

Any advice for high school students hoping to pursue a career in biology or other nature related subjects?

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Any advice for high school students hoping to pursue a career in biology or other nature related subjects?

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