A redditor wrote in r/askscience
On “NASA/JPL Climate Scientist Josh Willis AMA - with focus on how to get started on an Earth science career”
To your knowledge, is it possible to make the switch from a non-engineering undergraduate degree to an engineering masters or PhD? I know it would take extra time if done but I'm wondering how common this is.
u/ClimateElvis replied
I actually set out to get a PhD in Physics, but ran aground when I didn't pass the Physics departmental exam.
It was then that I switched to Oceanography, which has made me much happier in the long run, I think.
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