Hi everyone!!
So, I am going to start Y12 in September and my initial plan for A levels was to study Chem, Physics, Computer Science and French ( I have to take French since I speak it) and I would go on to do dermatology at Uni since where I'm hoping to study, I only need chem and at least one other subject from bio, physics and maths, so taking comp sci and french would be fine.
However, I stumbled across a problem. I was set on the country I wanted to do my degree in, however, now I am reconsidering and thinking of different countries I may want to study in instead, but this would lead to me needing biology A level and I've always struggled with biology and I know I wouldn't be able to cope at all doing it for A-level.
After coming to this problem, I began to think of other career paths I could do where I would not need biology at all. Growing up in an Asian family all focused on jobs in medicine, I never really explored any other career paths besides those in medicine but I decided to think about things I'm interested in that aren't science or medicine based.
My first thought was English. My English teachers and my tutor have all recommended that I do English Lit for A-level since I have a flair for it and enjoy it a lot and at the moment, I am in the process of writing a manuscript for a book idea I had since my tutor recommended me to do so since I have a passion for writing. And so I began to think I could be a writer instead, yet that idea came to a stop quickly as I realised I'd prefer that as a small hobby/side hustle and not my main job.
And so, I started to think of other careers I may be interested in. And I started thinking about law. My mum hates law and anything to do with politics because she thinks it takes too long and being a barrister isn't that great and she isn't really sure I should do something law based however, I think it's really cool and I'm quite interested in it yet I don't know whether it'd be a good career for me. Quite a few people have recommended me to do something in the field of law yet I don't really know. I was looking into A-level options if I was to take law and came to the decision of English Lit, Gov+Politics, French and then either physics or comp sci as I love them both and would want to continue one of them into A-level.
But, now I'm quite torn. I don't know what to do and I know I have quite a long way until September, however, my plan was to re-visit the GCSE content I am unsure of and start bridge work for the subjects I would study for A-level and since I don't know what I'm going to study, I'm stuck in an odd situation. I'm having mixed thoughts, on one hand, I can follow my initial aspiration with a high chance I may not pursue it if I decide not to study in my initial choice of country and on the other hand, I have a "safer" route of law, where I would have to deal with doing something I'm not as passionate about and having to give up comp sci or physics in order to fit in the A-levels I need.
Sorry, I know this sounds like a whole mess 😭 if anyone has any advice it would greatly be appreciated!!