What to do with which subject?

I took chemistry, biology and psychology. can i do chemical engineering? Is Maths not mandatory for chemical engineering? Is Maths not mandatory for Dentistry? Is there any website which would let me know what are the career options for the chosen subjects?

Reply 1

McGinger

You dont need Maths for Dentistry, usually Chem and another science is all that is specified.

For Engineering at a competitive 'top' Uni you will need Maths. There may be other, lower grade, Unis that dont require A level Maths but the idea is that you research this and work out where you can realistically apply. It isnt that difficult, you use google and then look on Uni course pages under 'entry requirements'.

Reply 2

artful_lounger

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by lakshmi.sankari

You will need maths normally for any engineering course, or to go in via a foundation year. Note that the maths requirement is not arbitrary - you would be doing maths at A-level and beyond every single day in that course. If you didn't take maths because you don't like it or struggle with it, simply do not consider an engineering degree. Chemical engineering in particular is probably even a little more mathematical than many other engineering disciplines. Note also chemical engineering actually contains very little chemistry - it's probably about 70% maths, 20% physics, and 10% chemistry or so.

Worth bearing in mind though that:

a) most degrees aren't specifically linked to a particular career sector
b) most graduates go into roles unrelated to their degrees

It's not really helpful to try and think about things in terms of "what careers can these A-levels lead to" because ultimately I don't think there's an enormous degree of correlation between the two (if any?).

I would focus on working out what it is you like doing, what it is you're good at doing, and pursue those areas academically. From there you will be well placed to find a graduate role that similarly fits your interests and strengths and pursue that. Try and avoid deciding on a given career based on probably limited information and not direct experience, then fitting yourself into a pigeonhole for it, as you run the considerable risk of getting partway through your planned path and finding that actually you couldn't stand to do what you're doing for the rest of your career!