I am intending to go into engineering and I have chosen my subjects which are:
Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Economics.
However, I am starting to think that I should have taken Further Maths instead of Chemistry. I MAY (and by that I mean there's a 50% chance I will and 50% chance I will not) do Chemical Engineering in the future but apparently to even get into good engineering schools, further maths is highly recommended?
I have just started my course about a week ago so I can still add and drop subjects.
The reason I took up Economics is because I heard that you're supposed to take one essay based subject to make it seem like you're more of a well-rounded person (?) and also I highly doubt I'd be able to cope with the high level of stress that comes with taking Physics, Maths, Chemistry and Further Maths.
I did not take Further Maths in the first place because I was scared it might a be a little too hard for me but now I'm starting to realise that Chemistry is quite hard as well, and if i were to do a hard subject then it might as well be something that would advantage me more in the future. I would say I'm pretty decent at Chemistry (I am usually one of the top scorers in my Chemistry class) and I enjoy doing Chemistry. I am also usually one of the top scorers in Add Maths class and I enjoy doing Add Maths as well, so you can see my dilemma here.
With that being said, should I expect the same for FM? Or is FM completely different from Add Maths? Is it possible to be able to do Add Maths fairly well but not be able to do FM at all?
I am also looking for the least stressful combination as I do not want to stress myself out too much, and so now I am left with these choices:
1. Replace Chemistry with Further Maths so my subjects would be FM, Maths, Physics and Econs
2. Replace Economics with FM but only take either Chemistry or FM up to the AS level (as i heard that Chem and FM are two of the hardest a levels so i don't think I'd be able to take both to A2)
3. Stick with my current subjects because Further Maths is only recommended but not a need to get into top schools
4. ??? Any other suggestions?
Thank you so much!