Degrees you ALMOST chose.

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Reply 20

geetar

History (I did English).

Reply 21

cdoyle

Original post by flown_muse

Chemical Engineering,
Accountancy
Mathematics

Settled on Computing Science!

same for the first 2 but didnt have Maths A level for Chem Eng. Doing Medicinal Chemistry- 2 words- hate it!

Reply 22

Elcor

Original post by Noble.

Originally applied for aerospace engineering, withdrew my application a few months later when I wasn't sure if I should be studying that or mathematics. Applied again the next cycle for mathematics instead.

What made you decide to not do aerospace eng?

Reply 23

Valentas

Biochemistry - dropped out because I found that I could use my talents helping people. Due to this decision, re-applied for medicine. Dropped out again because I found that doctor is the most far away profession I want to be in. Now I applied for CS because I found it a perfect fit. Time will show where I will end up :}

Reply 24

Noble.

Original post by Elcor

What made you decide to not do aerospace eng?

Haha, it was difficult because ultimately outside of academics my only true interest is aviation. The problem was that I realised I had very little interest in the practical side, I was far more interested in the theoretical - which is not a good mentality to have studying engineering. Also because I realised you can still get heavily involved in the theoretical side of engineering with a mathematics degree, so it made perfect sense to study maths instead.

Reply 25

chickenonsteroids

Law or politics and sociology.

Reply 26

Elcor

Original post by Noble.

You made the right decision then. :smile:

Isn't aeronautical eng more on the aviation side of things?

Reply 27

Philbert

I was pretty much set on doing a general Biological Sciences degree, but then I decided I wanted to specialise in Microbiology and Virology.

Reply 28

Alice_95

I almost chose Drama, because I adore acting so much and everything that goes with it! But after a lot of thought I decided that the job prospects, coupled with the fact that I was so unsure of my ability compared with others, I shouldn't apply. I am really happy I chose nursing though, I can't wait to start come September :smile:

Reply 29

Noble.

Original post by Elcor

You made the right decision then. :smile:

Isn't aeronautical eng more on the aviation side of things?

Yeah, although it seems a lot of universities actually interchange aeronautical and aerospace engineering to mean the same thing, despite them not really meaning the same thing at all. A lot of the engineering applicable to aircraft is incredibly similar to the engineering required for spacecraft, plus there's some very interesting engineering involved with the spacecraft aspect of aerospace engineering.

Reply 30

ByronicHero

I seriously (though sometimes less seriously) considered: politics, English, philosophy, anthropology, law, sociology, history, psychology, theology and possibly other things - I don't really remember.

Reply 31

llacerta

I did think about physics, but I just wasn't good enough and wanted to do a subject that I could do well in. I briefly considered English but I wanted something that could have some more practical applications and the lack of any sort of maths component bothered me. So I ended up going for psychology, focusing much more on neuroscience in my final year, so that I could both write essays and use my maths skills to some extent. Now I can't imagine studying anything else.

Reply 32

King Boo

After getting rejected for med I almost put neuroscience but changed to biomed. More career options!

Reply 33

Kylewalker346234

Computer Science, Engineering, English, Medicine, Marketing, Architecture.

I was all over the place. In the end I decided to do something that wasn't to make a successful career out of if 1. I didn't enjoy it enough. 2. I could do with a more than reasonable level of standard.

I ended up doing Geography and I couldn't be happier :biggrin:

Reply 34

at-the-beach

nearly swayed to criminology/ sociology....settled on history and archaeology :biggrin:

Reply 35

DolallyDucky

Medicine... Until I realised I despise A level Chemistry and don't do people well. :biggrin:

Now doing Computer Science and Maths Joint. (Well if I get the grades) :tongue:

Reply 36

HarryyrraH

Almost chose History. Entering my second year of studying Law in September.
By 'almost' I mean that I had started writing my personal statement for studying History at uni, and looking back I can't actually pinpoint the main reason why I chose Law instead. It's weird thinking about what uni I would currently be at if I did choose to study history, and what friends I would have, etc.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 37

PotterLaw

Medicine. Did biomedical science instead because I was still interested in medicine but didn't want to be a Doctor! 3 year degree on a medical campus taught me that much :tongue:

Graduated in 2010, now doing Law & about to start the LPC.

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Reply 38

L'Evil Fish

Original post by natninja

Chemistry, maths, engineering, compsci...

chose Physics in the end - though it was very literally a coin toss between that and chem...

And you said chem is glorified cooking :unimpressed:

Is that what you tell yourself? :ahee:

I'll do.chem and tell you how awesome it is :biggrin:

I'll probably be posting here in a couple of years with loads :tongue:

Reply 39

hslakaal

Was genuinely planning on physics and maths till end of AS. Realised doing further maths on my own in 3 months wasn't gonna net me an A, so just went along with the whole medicine thing.