obviously physics department has more experience in this matter than my experience in AS which is quite poor as it's only been a half term. However my physics department forces people to take maths with physics so opinion in this matter varies a lot I suppose.
Well yes, maths A level helps with calculation/graph etc aspect of chemistry (you get loads of calculation in AS chemistry)
I find physics a lot harder than maths atm. At GCSE physics was very easy but at AS confusion level shot up quite a lot already whereas step up in maths was unnoticeable for me.
Maths helps more with chemistry atm (obviously helps physics as well) and physics does not help chemistry at all but when we reach quantum stuff it may help??? I just know that at higher level Chemistry beyond what I'm doing at the moment, quantum mechanics explains so many things in chemistry but I don't think AS chemistry/physics go that far. If you are thinking of Chemistry at university then maybe physics could be interesting to have but maths can be quite essential for chem course (I don't know too much on this). But then you're aspiring doctor - and sadly I don't know how useful physics will be in this career
As to physics, I find it more interesting but far more confusing. Maths is just practice practice at GCSE/A-level, and I'm quite strong at numbers so not too much of a deal, but physics requires understanding which often seems counterintuitive
I'm not sure about career - I'm looking to read physics or chemistry or do joint degree in these. I just want to gain more knowledge to satisfy my curiosity at the moment... being a researcher appeals me quite a bit, and I think it fits my personality, and maybe teaching (I never thought I'd say this until recently I realised I actually enjoy sharing my knowledge and seeing people understand from my explanation lol)
I just keep saying maths is more transferrable as its THE fundamental subject - statistics is a big part in society these days, chemistry calculation for hundredth time, handling graphs, even economics, and physics language is maths. If you get one writing subject like history and have maths, you can change your mind and apply to economics degree easily while having bio/chem/medical degrees open
But then medicine as a course requires neither maths nor physics specifically, so it will all come down to what you value more: transferrable skill or enjoyment/satisfaction in knowing what happens in this world. I'd choose maths if I were you, but I love physics don't take me wrong :P and YOU should choose what YOU want to do because after all, you will work more towards what you enjoy hence better grade (most of the time)
One thing to note is that most schools allow people to switch subjects for a month or so. You could start with either, and see how it goes and switch to the other. In this case you'd want to start with physics because maths is definitely easier to catch up because there's not much new in Core 1 for first few weeks.
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