Trying to decide between studying science or modern languages?

I have just dropped out of the uni of birmingham after 2 months of doing biochemistry, I didn't like the course and the uni itself so I've decided to take a year out to reapply again through UCAS for different unis next September (my grades were AAA in bio, chem and german so I think I have a pretty good chance of getting into most courses I apply to).

I'm stuck between choosing to study modern languages (German and Spanish) or Biology. I know that if it were based on what I enjoy more I would pick languages, I really love the idea of doing a languages degree and think I am better at them as my true talents really lie in arts/languages subjects rather than sciences.

However my parents have always pressured me into going down the science path because it leads to better job prospects than languages, and I do enjoy biology, or at least I thought i did before I came to Birmingham...I'm not sure if it's the actual subject which isn't for me, or if it's just the course at Birmingham which I didn't enjoy (particularly lack of help with anything) and my dislike of the uni which tainted it even more. There's a course at Manchester called Biology with Science and Society which I think I would go for as this course has less of a focus on lab work and more things like science communication, history of science etc and is apparently a good choice for people who are into both sciences and humanities/arts, like me. Also I love Manchester uni as it's closer to home and my boyfriend goes there, it's right in the city which is the kind of environment I want to be in, rather than Birmingham's weird isolated campus setting.

So, I don't know...it's easy to say go for the degree you enjoy, but my parents work so hard to afford to send me to uni and they have always been so proud of me for studying/doing well in science at A Level, I don't want to do a degree with lower job prospects/respectability and make them disappointed, or end up regretting giving up science 10 years down the line if my career isn't taking off...

You dropped out of biochemistry, yet you're considering reapplying to do biology?

Doesn't matter the job prospectuses imo if you dropped out from a degree so similar it's quite likely you'll dislike the other course.

There's also nothing that says you can't do well with a modern languages degree, plenty of job opportunities there.

Modern languages actually has pretty decent prospects you just need to know where to go, like programming and business. One thing our engineering professors always make fun of is how apparently modern language students are better hires for programming jobs than CompSci students.

why did you not do medicine with those subjects and grades?

haha that's interesting, do you know why he said they're a better hire? people say a lot of mixed things about the prospects for modern languages so it's always confusing who to trust! but then i guess people say bad things about prospects for biology as well sometimes, it's only things like engineering and physics which seem to be unanimously well respected :L