Hi everyone, I'm currently about to go into year 13, things are getting real and I really need to start deciding what I want to do...
Im currently taking Maths, Further maths, Physics and Chemistry and am looking into doing computer science? I think? Hopefully at Imperial. However this is not set in stone and am also considering chemistry or chemical engineering.
During year 12 I found the workload incredibly hard to keep up with and couldn't find much time to revise after finishing homework (in particular the daily maths homework took so long).
After the end of year mocks, I got ABB - A in A level maths (my school does the whole a level course in one year, the fm course in year 13), B in AS chem and AS physics(lower in physics)
I understand I should have done more revision during the year, but I want to be able to do well whilst maintaining a social life, and at the moment I'm doing neither. I believe that if i drop a subject i will be able to focus more on the others (i hope) so I can get the grades I actually need.
I love Maths the most and enjoy working on it at home - the class and teachers are all great and they are very organised. I'm also certain I want a career where maths will be useful so I dont want to drop either maths.
I also really really enjoy Chemistry, however I have found this the hardest and I know I will have to spend the most time revsising this due to the most memorisation needed. This subject is also not very relevant to computer science and imperial prefer physics to chemistry. Throughout the year I have been doing the worst in chem because there is so much to revise which I haven't been able to, yet it has consistently been my fav subject alongside maths. The department is also extremely organised and I love my teachers
Finally, Physics. I despise this subject, despite being somewhat okay at it. Ing GCSEs I got a 9 and other people ended up convincing me to take it saying it works well with maths and I was good at it even though I knew I did not like this. Every topic is hit or miss, I cannot figure out quantum or circular motion but I enjoy electricity. I have been okay-ish throughout the year, so did not pay much attention to it for mocks, resulting in my lowest score. I know logically I should keep this subject and drop chemistry, but I really dont like it! And my fav teacher has left, the other one is unorganised and I have never met the other new teacher.
And finally, I'm also on the fence about dropping a subject, because although I know it's silly, I don't want to lose my friends in that class and I don't want to think of myself as incapable, hope this males sense !!!!!
TLDR: I like chemistry more than physics, but physics is a more useful subject (personally, easier) and now I don't knkw what to drop