Having maaaaaaaajor doubts over degree choice...but I've already applied...

This is exactly what happened to me last year so i know what you are going through. I had a place to study physiotherapy at kings college london but around april time this year i started to have major doubts about whether the degree was for me. I actually ended up pulling out and have re-applied this year to study english. My advice would be not to panic, keep going with this years application and work hard for your interview. However i would say maybe try and get some work experience in the degree area you now appear interested in, which seems to be becoming a vet. I did this with english and it helped me realise that english would be wayyyy better for me. Do you have subjects which could lead to becoming a vet because obviously if not then re-applying isn't really going to be an option and you would be better going with maths. I also made a list of the pros and cons of either way and the pros far outweighed the cons for me. Maybe try and find out if there was a careers path that you could follow with maths that would interest you. I was also told that graduate schemes accept any kind of degree so im pretty sure maths could lead to a variety of careers, you might just have to spend a while looking. For me, i couldnt bear to be stuck doing 3 years of physiotherapy so maybe consider that too. i hope this all helps and good luck and definitely don't give up on this years application because as some people have said above this could just be a bit of pre-degree/A2 exam nerves

Nah, it still looks pretty city boy yuppy type thing, which is exactly the thing I'm trying to avoid...

Hah same here, I have an interview for Economics and Management at Oxford but I'd rather read physics tbh. I do enjoy Economics a lot, but I think my skills are more suited to physics and I'd probably enjoy it more. I do want a job in finance though (there's just so much money ).

I know, I just use this profile to post stuff I wouldn't want my friends to see if they looked up my main account... I should really know better

You got any more advice, seeing as you've been through something similar?

Thanks for taking the time to type all that out I presume Maths, Chemistry and Physics would be fine, I have Biology to AS so I presume that could be fine there. Thank you for your reply anyhow

So you're honestly saying something like this doesn't appeal to you? It says it wants statistics, but I'm sure they'd accept maths from Cambridge.

Either way, I'm not you.

There's money in physics if you go into the right areas. If you do a Masters in Exploration Geophysics and work in the resource exploration industry then with a few years experience you will be on a six figure salary.

I know this isn't aimed at me, but it's on my thread so I'll go with it.

This is the type of attitude I absolutely detest. "There's money in XXX degree/job field". To be honest I don't really care about being rich, as long as I have enough to get by I'll be fine financially. There's tons of money in a maths degree, especially one from Cambridge/Warwick but the reason I applied is because I'm good at maths and it is the subject I prefer most out of the ones I study at school.

But I'd much rather have a job I'd enjoy, I'm plenty sure I'd enjoy a maths degree as much as any other, but most of the jobs you can get at the end of it just sound terrible. Fair enough they can land you on a "six figure salary" but why would you want to do a job you detest just for the money? Some people would, but I know I'm not one of those people.

Have you ... stolen my approach to the future? I remember saying pretty much those exact words to my family.

Well to be fair we are in pretty similar situations

I'm sure there's plenty of people like this too, I never seem to meet any of them.

You could be a statistician and count endangered animals, or something.

I know this isn't aimed at me, but it's on my thread so I'll go with it.

This is the type of attitude I absolutely detest. "There's money in XXX degree/job field". To be honest I don't really care about being rich, as long as I have enough to get by I'll be fine financially. There's tons of money in a maths degree, especially one from Cambridge/Warwick but the reason I applied is because I'm good at maths and it is the subject I prefer most out of the ones I study at school.

But I'd much rather have a job I'd enjoy, I'm plenty sure I'd enjoy a maths degree as much as any other, but most of the jobs you can get at the end of it just sound terrible. Fair enough they can land you on a "six figure salary" but why would you want to do a job you detest just for the money? Some people would, but I know I'm not one of those people.

There's money in physics if you go into the right areas. If you do a Masters in Exploration Geophysics and work in the resource exploration industry then with a few years experience you will be on a six figure salary.

I know someone that went the other way, but I daresay they're not really helpful...

Have you made a pro and con list about this situation?

3nd: You should choose your course not only in regard to career prospects but "passion"(Can't find another word by now.) Do you enjoy reading Euklid or are you interested in the work of Hilbert or Ramanujan? Look at some university books and think seriously if you can spend hours (or better said: three years) with them. Good grades can bring you further and allow you to consider wider career options.

Not always great advice. I find optometry extremely interesting, I enjoy studying it and know it is the career I want for reasons I shan't be getting into here, but I wouldn't say it's my big passion in life. My 'passion' is meteorology ... but I wouldn't want a job in it, so better to aim for the job I want and keep meteorology as a hobby.