Quote Originally Posted by winddance

But what about you? How did you figure out what you wanted to do? Did it just happen, or did you try something else first? Did everyone else think you were crazy?

Thanks.
I started as a math major for undergrad, then switched to biology major/math minor. That took 6.5 years (worked full time and went to school part time for a year in the middle of that). I then took 6 months off and worked on campus in the Biol dept (animal husbandry) and applied for a few jobs. Somewhere during those 6 months after seeing my prospects with a B.S., I decided to get an M.S. in Biology. About 1 year into my M.S. program I knew (just knew - hard to explain) that I wanted to go straight through and then onto a Ph.D. I did that and don't regret it all.

Go for it and good luck!