Hi there,
So at the moment I am studying A Level maths, further maths, physics and economics. I recently sent off my UCAS application for university and have applied for computer science at all my universities.
Leading up to me wanting to study computer science, I was very unsure about what I wanted to study. I started off thinking of doing engineering in early June (as this was a subject that many of my friends in my classes were going to do). After looking around the engineering department of some universities, I didn't like the practical side of the courses - I enjoy the problem solving of maths and physics problems but not the practical side of making cars, etc. I also couldn't imagine myself working for engineering companies at construction sites, developed cars, or engines, etc.
So, I then thought I could do joint physics and maths, as it combines both problem solving and my interest in topics such as astronomy (which I may have specialised into later). By doing this I thought I would have a lot of options open, as most universities allow you to switch to doing one of the two you've selected in the second year (or keep on both).If for whatever reason I found the physics too hard I could switch to just the maths. In the end, I was put off doing this as I thought doing just physics would leave me with bad job prospects compared to studying another STEM subject.
Later, as I got back to school after the summer holidays the difficultly of the further maths content increased and I began to struggle with it. More recently, I've been grasping concepts a lot easier, but at the time I felt like studying maths was no longer for me. So, I had a look at computer science. Computer science felt good as it has both maths and (unlike the "labs" in physics and engineering) more programming modules. I've done some programming previously in Python and HTML, so I knew that these were things that I was interested in. Computer science also has great graduate prospects so that's always a plus.
So it comes to the end of November and I've written my personal statement for computer science and then submitted it off on UCAS after getting teachers to look at it, etc.
Once again, I'm now unsure whether computer science is for me. Looking at the CS courses I've applied for, they don't seem to have as much maths as I perhaps would have liked, and focus more on the hardware and software of computer science (topics which I am less interested in). Having not studied computer science at A Level, I feel as though my previous experiences with computer science have been changed by myself over time due to having done it when I was a lot younger (and therefore learning stuff that was easier) and also it being a long time ago (and so my memory of it is less clear).
Overall, I am really stressed about having actually applied and now having doubts as to whether this is the subject that I am actually wanting to study. Can anyone provide any advice, or experience of there own that might help me?
Thank you!
Edit: Despite that it may seem from reading this, I have done an absolute tonne of research into courses, universities, etc. I think maybe one think that has contributed to me being so unsure is overanalysing what universities and courses say.