[freyaashley]

Ive just started my A-levels and i am about to apply for university but i cant decide which course i weant to take. I really want to apply physics and i was set on auronautical engineering untill i started reading up on geophysics and geology.

Im taking chem, physics and maths a-level and i took geography as so my subjects dont limit me but im not really sure what you actually do in each course. The universities can be really vauge, i would like to study how physics creates and affects the atmosphere, climate, techtonics and the shape of the earth. But i am also really interesed in planes and how they fly and the development of more environmentally friendly air travel.

I have read lots of peoples aeronautical enginering personal statements and they all seem to be really interested and decided on taking it at university, but im not really that passionate about it.

Please if anyone has any experience in these subjects or advice about what to apply for, could you help me out.

[trm90]

How passionate are you about geophysics then? It's an awesome subject and, in case you were wondering, is extremely employable (geophysicists are in extremely high demand by many top oil/gas firms, at the moment).

You won't be able to do a joint honours with aeronautical engineering, but you do have the following options:

1) You take a meteorology/atmospheric science degree, where you get to understand the physics of winds on all atmospheric levels, including jet streams, as well as climate. This does have some ties with aeronautical engineering.

2) You take a Geophysical Sciences degree (at UEA) or a Geophysics & Meteorology degree (at Edinburgh);

3) You take a pure (geology &amp geophysics degree.

and then you could follow up any of the above with an MSc in Aeronautical Engineering, provided you have the right amount of maths and physics.

And don't worry about being 'passionate' for a subject - a lot of people don't have their passions sparked until later in the degree. What's important is that it's a subject you can see yourself studying everyday for the next three or four years and can cope with academically (i.e. since it's physics-related, problem solving sheets, intense mathematics, etc).

[shenali]

I know this is a pretty old thread but i have exactly the same problem!
i was all set on geophysics until i did some aeronautical engineering and no im so confused!
which one did you end up applying for then?