Will I struggle to do well in a biology degree?

I achieved a B in GCSE Maths and a B in GCSE Statistics and haven't done maths at A Level. I do find maths quite difficult - can you give me some examples of the sorts of things I'll be expected to do as part of a biological sciences degree?

Chemistry-wise, I struggled mainly with calculations (so again, the mathematical aspects of chemistry). I struggled to actually apply the maths to chemical concepts.

My specific degree was animal behaviour and welfare, but we shared our statistics sessions with a few other degrees, including biological sciences, but here are the main things we had to do on the course.

Firstly, I would say there were several pieces of coursework that required us to perform various statistics, e.g. chi-squared, t-test, mann-whitney, ANOVA and so on, using various software. We were taught which tests should be applied in which situation, and sometimes were expected to chose which test to apply to our own data (especially in 2nd and 3rd year). You weren't expected to know this from the start of the course, and we studied a stats module in first year and a more advanced module in second year in order to get everyone's knowledge to the same level.

In our labs, we were always expected to do various calculations, such as working out averages, percentages, ratios, producing graphs of results and so on. Some labs or seminars involved us being taught certain skills that involved maths, for example, I took a nutrition module and we were taught about ideal proteins, and the calculations needed in order to ensure an animal is getting enough of each amino acid- the maths involved is relatively simple, but it's applied in a new way. We had one 2 hour session to learn about the concept and the technique and were then set an assignment to complete.

It's also expected you would be able to interpret the results section of journal articles, as you're expected to cite these in your coursework. While this isn't maths as such, as in you don't have to work anything out, you do have to be fairly comfortable doing this.

In various modules we were expected to be comfortable using a range of formulas, mostly in terms of substituting in numbers and rearranging the formula to find out different "unknowns".

There is usually numeracy support available, usually through the library, if there's a particular area of maths you struggle with, and lecturers will often go over something again with you, if you make an appointment.

We also did a fair bit of genetics, which sometimes involved things like punnett squares (which could get fairly complicated). Although it's not really maths as such, some people who struggled with maths found this difficult for similar reasons.

I wouldn't say the maths you have to do is usually difficult, but I would say that you do have to do maths and be comfortable applying (simple) maths without lots of guidance, although there is usually help available if you're really struggling.

Hope this helps a bit.