University of Manchester
Manchester
English lit or Chemistry degree with study abroad
This is quite far off for me but I want to make sure I choose the appropriate A-levels for what I'm doing at university.
Basically, I want to get into the University of Manchester and take a year studying abroad. I don't have a career path in mind but the two most appealing degrees which offer the year abroad are English lit and Chemistry, both which I have an interest in. Which do you think would be the better option? I know Chemistry is more likely to guarantee a well-paying job in the future than lit but I'd probably enjoy doing lit a bit more.
Cheers!
Basically, I want to get into the University of Manchester and take a year studying abroad. I don't have a career path in mind but the two most appealing degrees which offer the year abroad are English lit and Chemistry, both which I have an interest in. Which do you think would be the better option? I know Chemistry is more likely to guarantee a well-paying job in the future than lit but I'd probably enjoy doing lit a bit more.
Cheers!
University of Manchester
Manchester
You're on TSR. They're so obviously going to say chem.
You're just selecting your AS right? You can keep both of those options open:
Chemistry, Maths
Eng Lit, History
Or Chem/Physics, Eng Lit/Geography etc.
Couple of sciences and a couple of good arts/humanities and you have both bases covered.
2 excellent subjects for whichever you find you want to do. Narrowing it down fully right now isn't necessarily the best choice as a lot can change in 2 years.
Chemistry, Maths
Eng Lit, History
Or Chem/Physics, Eng Lit/Geography etc.
Couple of sciences and a couple of good arts/humanities and you have both bases covered.
2 excellent subjects for whichever you find you want to do. Narrowing it down fully right now isn't necessarily the best choice as a lot can change in 2 years.
The two subjects are so disparate that it's probably better to make up your mind a bit further down the line. But if you want to keep your options open do 2 sciences (physics if you're interested in physical chemistry/biology if you're interested in organic synthesis) + english/another humanity. Geography might help as some industry placements have a geological nature. If you're more leaning to chemistry do maths. If you're more leaning to english, do history/a language/politics.
Inb4 all the superior 16 year olds who say english isn't a real subject and sciences are the only subjects worth doing
Inb4 all the superior 16 year olds who say english isn't a real subject and sciences are the only subjects worth doing
Original post by Aeschylus
The two subjects are so disparate that it's probably better to make up your mind a bit further down the line. But if you want to keep your options open do 2 sciences (physics if you're interested in physical chemistry/biology if you're interested in organic synthesis) + english/another humanity. Geography might help as some industry placements have a geological nature. If you're more leaning to chemistry do maths. If you're more leaning to english, do history/a language/politics.
Inb4 all the superior 16 year olds who say english isn't a real subject and sciences are the only subjects worth doing
Inb4 all the superior 16 year olds who say english isn't a real subject and sciences are the only subjects worth doing
Cheers. The only thing I'm worried about is doing another humanity instead of a science and then not getting into Chemistry if I wanted to do it.
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