A level choices and career hopes- care to share?

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So do you not need physics, if you decide to change your mind to chemical engineering? I'm in a similar situation and have put down:

Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
but would like to change physics to geography, but i dont wont chemical engineering to be ruled out :confused:

EDIT: I also have the option of further maths

Yes I have thought about this and have been thinking about changing economics for a long time, this is just what currently is on my application to sixth form.
Chemical engineering is only really one of my alternative ideas, I have been looking at the Natural Sciences course at Cambridge (I can dream...lol)

To be honest my main love is chemistry - I am a true chemistry geek and if I can't reach medicine (which is quite likely...) then I would not be surprised seeing myself applying for various chemistry based courses with a biology rather than physics tilt.

I'm not certain about further maths yet, I have a sixth form induction week in July in which I will find out more :smile:

Reply 161

TheSnail

Original post by themancunian

Well aim high then fall back low; learn from your mistakes and get on with your life and choose to do something else.

Indeedy

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Michael's

Original post by themancunian

Well aim high then fall back low; learn from your mistakes and get on with your life and choose to do something else.

And get into a bad uni through clearing :wink:

Reply 163

krisshP

A-level choices:
Maths
Physics
Business

Hoping to get into a mathematical field

Reply 164

themancunian

Original post by Michael's

And get into a bad uni through clearing :wink:

:P Yup

Reply 165

hopingtobeadentist

Original post by Aysena

I'm loving it at sixthform! :biggrin:

DO IT DO IT haha

What did you get for GCSE?

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Michael's

Original post by themancunian

:P Yup

Ahahah :P oh well. Good luck to all of you who try. I hope you get everything that you deserve :smile:

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Aysena

Original post by hopingtobeadentist

What did you get for GCSE?

What all my GCSEs or just for maths? I got an A* for Maths

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Aysena

Original post by dinrah04

I want to do Medicine and I'm thinking of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (+Philosophy) I'm not sure if not having Maths would be detrimental but I've read it's not a necessity.

Yeah I know it's not necessary but I've spoken to junior doctors and they've said it is useful to have :smile:

Reply 169

Umackjiggles

Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Economics. Looking to do either synthetic biology / genetic engineering or *possibly* medicine.

Reply 170

bananafish

English Lit, Philosophy, History, Psychology (AS). Would love to do a degree in English Lit and hope to one day become a novelist/screenwriter.

Reply 171

dinrah04

Original post by Aysena

Yeah I know it's not necessary but I've spoken to junior doctors and they've said it is useful to have :smile:

Would just an FSMQ, and a decent GCSE grade, not exactly make up for like at least somewhat show I'm competent in maths, I just really dislike it.

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hopingtobeadentist

Original post by Aysena

What all my GCSEs or just for maths? I got an A* for Maths

All your GCSE's :biggrin:

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Aysena

Original post by hopingtobeadentist

All your GCSE's :biggrin:

haha I got 7A* and 5A's :P Since I'm in Wales my school do WJEC and I hate it >.< and you? I'm assuming you did a few in year 10 and in Jan of year 11? :smile:

Reply 174

Aysena

Original post by dinrah04

Would just an FSMQ, and a decent GCSE grade, not exactly make up for like at least somewhat show I'm competent in maths, I just really dislike it.

Aww Maths is awesome haha :biggrin:

Reply 175

L'Evil Fish

Original post by Aysena

haha I got 7A* and 5A's :P Since I'm in Wales my school do WJEC and I hate it >.< and you? I'm assuming you did a few in year 10 and in Jan of year 11? :smile:

Wales!! :P WJEC *sigh* thank god our school do science with OCR but the rest with WJEC :frown:

Reply 176

hopingtobeadentist

Original post by Aysena

haha I got 7A* and 5A's :P Since I'm in Wales my school do WJEC and I hate it >.< and you? I'm assuming you did a few in year 10 and in Jan of year 11? :smile:

Still in year 10 :frown:

, I've got A in maths so far and I've the rest of my exams in the next two weeks

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Aysena

Original post by hopingtobeadentist

Still in year 10 :frown:

, I've got A in maths so far and I've the rest of my exams in the next two weeks

Aw right I thought you were Year 11 :biggrin:

Yeah my sister's in year 10 and she's got 2 more GCSEs plus internal exams. That's good, Wish you all the best with the rest of your exams! Just study hard :smile:

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Aysena

Original post by shadab786ahmed

Wales!! :P WJEC *sigh* thank god our school do science with OCR but the rest with WJEC :frown:

Yeah a few other schools in wales do OCR science and the rest WJEC but ours decided to do all WJEC except for Physics, Art, Psychology >.< Apparently Edexcel used to be the easiest until fairly recently they've made it harder. I reckon WJEC is either the hardest or one of the harder exam boards! What school you at? :smile:

Reply 179

MissMuffin95

A-Levels:
- Government and Politics
- History
- Geography
- English Literature (will probably drop after AS)

Hope to go onto University to do either Politics or Politics combined course :smile: