My Science Degree
This could probably be classed as an impulse buy, since the day I signed up, I had plans of doing something else, and hadn't even considered it. I got the same sort of 'rush' on the way home too.

I had just completed the first year of an Engineering degree at another institute, then moved flat nearer to the University and went to talk to them about transferring for the following years, as most other students did. I'd failed the Maths paper (it could be traced back to just one mis-integrated equation), and the mean lady told me to sod off.

After recieving that, I walked across the street and signed up for a BSc, in Geology.
To this day I've spent more time studying Engineering than I have working in Geology, but it was still a good buy. I love rocks. It wasn't entirely out of spite.

The real kicker came near the end of the BSc, looking for a few extra papers to fill it up by years end. I got a new updated transcript from the previous institute, and next to the Maths paper it said "Conceeded Pass". Thanks a bunch.

Length? 4 and a half years, and a student loan big enough to choke a shark.
(Arsenic, Fri 13 Jul, 2:73 and, Fri 22 May 2009, 14:15, 4 replies)

Geology's like that
It sucks you in from other subjects.

I was once a chemist. Before I knew it, I was over to the other side and had a PhD in geology, which I'm sure wasn't part of the original plan. Damn geology.
(rockdoctor, Fri 22 May 2009, 14:41, closed)

Geology rocks
ithankyou, I'm here all week
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 22 May 2009, 15:01, closed)

I've been a geologist\hydrogeologist for thirty years
Best field ever. I've worked in mining, the oil business, consulting, and now do government work in cleaning up hazardous waste sites and developing new technologies.

wheere else can you get paid to look at rocks all day and then drink beer while talking about rocks at night?
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Fri 22 May 2009, 16:08, closed)

Geochemists are scary to us regular hydrogeologists.
Check out this link for a funny definition of geologists:

uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Geologist
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Fri 22 May 2009, 16:12, closed)