Jobs that are science based?

Science degrees and dyscalculia? Are there any degrees /jobs I could be successful at?

• I have always been really really awesome at science classes which involve little math and are mostly concepts and memorization. I have about 50~ credits in science classes lowest grade I ever got was an A- in organic chemistry. I did get an A in algebra based physics but that A was blood sweat and tears. lol The problem that I have is that when something is math based it takes me at least 2x longer to do the problem than most people even if I have seen it a million times before. I switch up numbers like -9.81 as -9.18 or I add instead of multiplying. or I forget to divide. If it is math based science I can muddle through it. But once those conceptual walls come down I go from muddling through to failing. I am in Calculus based physics and I have an A. Yet I had to drop calculus again just from making stupid mistakes and switching up numbers. I understand that if I can't get this math down then I will never truly understand any science fully. I was in a pharmacology and toxicology degree but I switched to physics because I want to understand modern/theoretical physics. The mysteries of the universe intrigued me. But I don't think I will be able to make it in that field with my terrible math skills. What science related careers/jobs could I possibly be successful in? Even though I suck at math. I want to work in a laboratory when I finish my degree. Is there any hope for this? Or am I just awfully unlucky that the only subject I like and read about 24/7 is completely useless =[

• Answer:

  You'd be surprised at how many people who do well in the sciences are dyslexic, especially in physics, astronomy and engineering. Don't think you suck at maths because you make that kind of inversion of numbers. It just means that you have to be careful to pay attention, and keep double-checking everything to be sure you are right. Speed in getting the "right" answer is not important except to people who don't understand maths. But, if there's a career you should avoid, it's accounting! (and it's not dyscalculia you are suffering from - it's dyslexia; dyscalculia occurs with people who just can't grasp the fact of numbers, even if they can see and enter numbers correctly!)