Thread 16804175

>want to get a masters in neuroscience
>too expensive and not worth the investment
>decide I'll just give myself a Master's
>looked into every university's MS in neuroscience program to see what their prerequisites, courses, and expected outcomes are
>created my own syllabus, including organic chemistry, biochemistry, cellular biology, neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, medical neuroscience, and about a dozen other courses
>read every single book on neuroscience I could get my hands on
>finally finished my curriculum
>I now know more about neuroscience than most people who graduated with a masters from accredited institutions
>doesn't matter
>I'm the only one who cares how smart I am. I'm the only one who cares about how much I learned.
>The most important thing I learned is that the real purpose of an education is the validation from others.

>>16804175 (OP)
if you aren't being paid to go to school for an advanced degree in STEM
don't go

>>16804175 (OP)
>The most important thing I learned is that the real purpose of an education is the validation from others.
That's the purpose of everything
If you are gay

>>16804175 (OP)
Lab experience > bookwork.
Nobody wants to hire some smartass NEET who read some books in between gooning sessions. They want someone who has already demonstrated their knowledge in the face of an expert and has practical experience in a laboratory setting.
You are neither of those.

>>16804186
This was never about vocation, but that proves my point. Education is all about how others perceive you.

>>16804186
Probably less critical for a computational or theoretic focus.

>>16804175 (OP)
>he did it for free

>>16804186
>They want someone who has already demonstrated their knowledge in the face of an expert and has practical experience in a laboratory setting.
I would agree with you if it wasn't for the low standards that are characteristic of most forms of manual labor in academia which could be, in theory, carried out by anyone given a two weeks tour of a lab. And don't get me started on how academic hierarchy motivates and incentivizes poor methodology so that research groups arrive at the optimal results they'll need to either justify a program or to get (additional) funding for it.

>>16804175 (OP)
You are talking about a practical science though. Neuroscience requires extenisve labwork. This would range from simple immunehistochemistry to complex methods like organoid experiments. Things that, unless you are insanely wealthy, you can't do at home.
Don't get me wrong, your knowledge is not worthless, and it shouldn't be seen as such.
But you have zero experience with the meat of the topic which is experiemntation and labwork. Also, your knowledge is entirely untested. Reading a book is not the same as understanding its meaning and material. You have passed no exames, your knowledges and stress tolerance have not been prouven. Furthermore, you have not demonstrated you arbility to work hard, adapt to others and work in a team, all things that universities give you experience with. You also have not learnt how to write and publish scientific literature.
University is a lot more than just books.
By the way, if uni is too expensive for you, you still had several options. If you are as smart as you think you are, you could have gotten a fully funded scholarship. You could have applied to foreign universities, many of which are great but far less costly than an american or even a western european school. Many medical companies also pay for their employees education, and you also had the military option.
To me, you just sound like an entitled retard who thinks he is better than everyone, read some books and now thinks a career should be handed to him.
Books matter. So does a lot of other shit you clearly lack.

>>16805342
Why is everyone on /sci/ a druggy? The random change of tone in the middle of your comment and the inconsistent spelling mistakes like adding a forgotten letter of one word to the next is a dead giveaway.

>>16804175 (OP)
You should try and get into an MScR/MRes programme at some point. If you already have the book knowledge, then all you really need is the practical experience, and what better way than to do research? Alternatively you could try and just get a research associate role with your bachelor's, but you'll probably get hard-capped at a certain level without an MS.

>>16804175 (OP)
This is poor gifteds' hell btw, there are around 200 million people worldwide experiencing the same thing. Expert knowledge and complete lack of glowing university certificates to prove it.

>i have acquired all the knowledge expected of someone with a masters degree in neuroscience
Let's work with that assumption
>IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING NOBODY CARES MY LIFE IS FUCKED
How did you try to demonstrate your knowledge to others? Did you attempt correspondence with a neuroscience researcher? Apply for jobs?

>>16804186
You can do lab work at home. Just buy a used Corolla instead of a new Tesla and spend the difference on a home lab.

>>16804180
This. Better to take the Grad School money, invest it into an Index Fund at 10% and live off the dividends. No, really.

College used to make you rich. Now, it makes you poor. Simple as.

>>16804175 (OP)
You have the same attitude of Will Hunting before he gets verbally raped. If you are actually a genius, you are just being a chucklefuck, wasting your existence.