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šŸ”„Hot TakešŸ”„ Fully online Marine Biology degree programs set their students up for failure

A lot of these degrees are targeted towards adults going back to school/people who cannot move locations for their degree.

I feel that these programs are preying on individuals who are interested in pivoting careers and looking to marine biology without disclosing that (1) a huge, arguably the biggest, factor in a marine biology degree is hands on experience (2) it is exceedingly hard to get a job in marine biology, even if you get an in-person degree from a great school. (3) to get a good job in marine biology, you generally have to go to grad school (4) no grad school will accept a student who did a fully online degree in marine biology if they have no other experience.

What do you guys think? Anyone who did a fully online degree and is successful in marine biology?

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