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i am doing my GCSEs, i am quite good in maths, and science. I took triple science and i love it, i am wanting to get 4 A* in theese subjects. I want to know what subjecrts i should take in my A levels, and at uni that will help me to get a job to do with physics and chemistry, and are well paid.

Cheers for the help in advance.

Reply 1

l1ncs

In my opinion the bst respected set of AS/A levels would be Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry. If you are not dead keen on maths then maybe go for all 3 sciences and maths for AS.

Reply 2

bikerx23

You should obviously then look at doing degrees in Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering (Possibly Civil Engineering if you want a more specialist topic).

For those, the best A levels to take would be Chemistry, Physics and Maths, and then Further Maths if your school offers it.

You should realistically research further into the careers you'd enjoy first though.

Reply 3

amppatel

i was thinking about further maths, maths, physics and chemistry, but is it true that most of the $$$ is in biology??? What good jobs are there to do with chemistry maths and physics?

Reply 4

bikerx23

amppatel

i was thinking about further maths, maths, physics and chemistry, but is it true that most of the $$$ is in biology??? What good jobs are there to do with chemistry maths and physics?

the $$$ is biology is more bi-polar I believe - you can either end up as a lab assistant for a pharm firm on 20k or a multi billionaire within minutes.

There is a good dependable salary going for good engineering and scientific careers which you wont turn your nose up at :smile:

Reply 5

Flugtag

oh i didnt know the money was in biology. What type of jobs are they?

Reply 6

Abra

markfung

oh i didnt know the money was in biology. What type of jobs are they?

You can work in big drug/biotechnology companies, which pay up to £100,000 a year with experience.

Reply 7

soup_dragon87

Biochemistry will get you into a pharmaceutical company with the money, just a biology degree might not. Biochemistry is the way forward :p:

Reply 8

Abra

soup_dragon87

Biochemistry will get you into a pharmaceutical company with the money, just a biology degree might not. Biochemistry is the way forward :p:

Biochem is just a narrower field to study with good career prospects. Biology is a lot broader (ranging from molecular genetics to the anatomy of the horse) than Biochemistry… and it leaves many more options open. Also at most universities you can chose to specialise in a particular area (e.g. pharmacology, physiology, neuroscience, ect) after the 1st year. I don’t know if that’s possible with Biochem though. Anyway, you can get into a pharmaceutical company with a Biology degree...

Reply 9

supernova2

you sure you want to sit for hours on end looking down a microscope. I was really inclined to do biology because i'm interested in traveling and nature stuff. In the end I went for Economics :frown:

the money factor won over what I actually want to do but oh well. imo now is a good time to get into biology or chemistry because not enough people are doing it that offers are low and there are lots of extra funds for them. Plus soon there will be good employment prospects due to the lack of grads.

Reply 10

amppatel

so what jobs are offered in chemistry? are there any good sites to offer this kind of help

Reply 11

bikerx23

www.milkround.co.uk

Have a browse through - you can get a general idea of what's on offer.

Reply 12

Flugtag

Chemistry can get you into anything! Your get good transferable skills during your chemistry course and I would;ve done it at University if I were good with it

Reply 13

amppatel

but what type of jobs, and what kind of pay? i looked on the site not really that helpful, cheers for the site tho

Reply 14

bikerx23

That depends what sort of job you would enjoy - Personally I am going into project management because I enjoy science but do not wish to have a career in research, and am excited by the prospect of a semi-management position. You really have to match your career choices to your skills - I personally find that my skills suit me for such a role well. I would recommend if you haven't found a career you like to concentrate on working hard at your studies and getting onto a degree course for one of the subjects mentioned above (chemistry, physics, engineering.etc.) and then with continuing enlightenment into those topics such a decision on career paths will become easier - as said, very few people know what to do at your age, and those who do tend to want to do careers which are quite heavily typecast by the type of degree you take, for example medicine.

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