Can I Do A Maths Degree?

My AS levels were

Maths A
Physics A
English Lit A
History B

and I dropped physics this year. Only now though I am contemplating a maths degree instead, but with only maths (no further), is it possible? The fact that my other a levels are arts subjects also worries me, do I stand any chance at all? Would it be worth taking AS further maths this year? My other degree choice would be history :confused:

Take AS Further Maths and look at university requirments. Maybe not at a top university, but I'm sure you'll find somewhere that will accept AS Further Maths. How come you dropped Physics?

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KittKatt

16

Original post by Harry97

My AS levels were

Maths A
Physics A
English Lit A
History B

and I dropped physics this year. Only now though I am contemplating a maths degree instead, but with only maths (no further), is it possible? The fact that my other a levels are arts subjects also worries me, do I stand any chance at all? Would it be worth taking AS further maths this year? My other degree choice would be history :confused:

Yeah, I'm sure there'll be some uni's that don't specifically ask for Further Maths :smile:

Might be worth having at look at the unis you're interested in though, just to make sure :smile:

Might be worth picking up AS Further Maths? Might just look a bit better on your application :biggrin:

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moment of truth

19

Yeah you can. Depends on what unis you wana go to though.

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Reply 4

username1515897

3

It's possible, there are a quite a lot unis that don't really need FM, unless you are going to a top one.
But the first year is mostly made from AS FM so I suggest taking FM AS if I were you.

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Nitrogen

16

You might want to think carefully. I got an A in Maths, but A2 FM is just a whole lot harder than what you would imagine. I don't think you can really say you want to do a maths degree unless you've experienced FM.

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Nitrogen

16

Original post by Anonokay

It's possible, there are a quite a lot unis that don't really need FM, unless you are going to a top one.
But the first year is mostly made from AS FM so I suggest taking FM AS if I were you.

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1st years in maths degrees are certainly not mostly made from AS FM, that would be stupid.

Reply 7

username1515897

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Original post by Nitrogen

1st years in maths degrees are certainly not mostly made from AS FM, that would be stupid.

Actually most are
Then again I am talking about Durham Uni, their syllabus for first years is more As FM
Most first years do have a module which has a bit of FM

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