Maths this year or take a gap year to privately do physics a level?
I have not been able to decide on what I want to do, I am interested in cosmology and astronomy but my a levels are maths economics and psychology. The requirements to do physics and astronomy obviously is a level physics. I am considering taking a gap year and studying physics myself and reapplying. Would I be able to go into astronomy with an undergraduate maths degree?
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