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I think its time to differentiate Science from Technology and Engineering (I'm not sure about mathematics) when talking about this. I think the problem you site is certainly true for Science majors but I don't believe its true for Technology (i.e., comp sci) or engineering.

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Its a problem for all majors who want to go into those areas. A few years ago I was looking at EE positions at some of those labs, and they all wanted an MS or greater, as well as either academic research experience or publications, preferably both. And this was just to be the fucking cluster administrator. Anyone who wanted to work on the research directly had to go through the process ItendToDisagree described in order to meet their qualification requirements.

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