Can I still have a career in Biology??

For my GCSE's:
Math B
Biology B/A
Home Economics B
English C
Physics C
Chemistry C

For a levels i'm taking: biology, psychology, business and (hopefully economics)

I really would like a career in biology. probably by studying biology at uni, but to do biology at uni you must have chemistry at a level which is out of the question.


Please help any advice??

Also, I'm not sure what career i should go for. I really dont think i could sit in an office all, I need to do something that means something. I dont want to join the police solving burglaries etc, besides i've already picked my a levels. Thats why i think a career in biology, doing research experiments for the future will be good......

You definitely don't need A-level Chemistry to do Biology at uni. I know somebody who does Biology, Maths and Physics who's going to do Biology at uni this September, and somebody else who did Biology, Geography and Psychology who is at uni studying Biology.

Look at the entry requirements for universities you are interested in. If they say Chemistry is required, then rule them out. You'll find a lot of them will either say just Biology as a science is needed, or 2 sciences from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Psychology and Geography. A lot of universities are going to explicitly want Chemistry, but there will be an awful lot more who don't need it.

Average GCSEs, you can probably pursue a career that you want if you lie about your grades

For my GCSE's:
Math B
Biology B/A
Home Economics B
English C
Physics C
Chemistry C

For a levels i'm taking: biology, psychology, business and (hopefully economics)

I really would like a career in biology. probably by studying biology at uni, but to do biology at uni you must have chemistry at a level which is out of the question.


Please help any advice??

Also, I'm not sure what career i should go for. I really dont think i could sit in an office all, I need to do something that means something. I dont want to join the police solving burglaries etc, besides i've already picked my a levels. Thats why i think a career in biology, doing research experiments for the future will be good......

Average GCSEs, you can probably pursue a career that you want if you lie about your grades

For my GCSE's:
Math B
Biology B/A
Home Economics B
English C
Physics C

Most employers will require to see copies of your certificates, and being found to be lying on part of your application is sufficient grounds for your application to be dropped, or if you have already been successful for you to be fired, as part of the contract requires you to legally declare it true to the best of your knowledge and so lying breaches the contract.

You do not NEED chemistry. But many of the highly ranked universities suggest chemistry as it compliments biology.

Please may I also just ask how you got an A/B in biology?

Do you actually have those results yet? I didn't think they were due yet. You may yet surprise yourself if they're not out yet.

However I can tell you that A-level chemistry is not a requirement for many courses. For some, especially those with a high bio-chemistry component, it is desirable, but for many others, especially those with less content at sub-cellular level it's not needed. (And these courses are the one that are much closer to what you will have been doing thus far in biology - you won't have even touched on biochemistry yet)


Most employers will require to see copies of your certificates, and being found to be lying on part of your application is sufficient grounds for your application to be dropped, or if you have already been successful for you to be fired, as part of the contract requires you to legally declare it true to the best of your knowledge and so lying breaches the contract.

Incorrect. You fell for the "permanent record" scam at school presumably too.

Incorrect. You fell for the "permanent record" scam at school presumably too.

Did you not take any other gcses? From what um reading your alevel decisions are more than fine.