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The workload for A level art is significantly greater than it was at GCSE, and I see many Art students drop out because of the unexpected time consumption that they couldn't afford. It's not a stroll in the park.
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That said, doing maths and physics A levels instead of Art will almost definitely be a lot harder, which is worth noting.
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Physics degrees open up a lot of job opportunities because it gives you a lot of mathematical, problem solving, and technical skills. These can include careers that aren't even in science like finance, IT, engineering, clean energy. The list goes on: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree/physics
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However, a lot of the job opportunities in that list might be ones that involve being "behind a desk", as you put it. I don't know what kind of job you'd be looking for that isn't behind a desk, but it might be worth trying to figure that out and working backwards to decide what degree, and then what A levels you need to do, because nowadays there aren't really that many conventional graduate jobs that aren't "behind a desk". Or you can burst this bubble and go for a career that doesn't sound perfect to you, but could be doing something meaningful in a different way.
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If you are going to go for a physics degree, then this means that you won't be going for a biology degree, so in this case wouldn't you be able to not do chemistry and/or biology?
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It might be worth spending some time researching the different careers in biology and seeing if there's some things that interest you, because you clearly like it and you might find something you would like to do that you don't know about yet. Maybe even something like biomedical engineering, which would probably need physics as well but maybe not chemistry.
1.
The workload for A level art is significantly greater than it was at GCSE, and I see many Art students drop out because of the unexpected time consumption that they couldn't afford. It's not a stroll in the park.
2.
That said, doing maths and physics A levels instead of Art will almost definitely be a lot harder, which is worth noting.
3.
Physics degrees open up a lot of job opportunities because it gives you a lot of mathematical, problem solving, and technical skills. These can include careers that aren't even in science like finance, IT, engineering, clean energy. The list goes on: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree/physics
4.
However, a lot of the job opportunities in that list might be ones that involve being "behind a desk", as you put it. I don't know what kind of job you'd be looking for that isn't behind a desk, but it might be worth trying to figure that out and working backwards to decide what degree, and then what A levels you need to do, because nowadays there aren't really that many conventional graduate jobs that aren't "behind a desk". Or you can burst this bubble and go for a career that doesn't sound perfect to you, but could be doing something meaningful in a different way.
5.
If you are going to go for a physics degree, then this means that you won't be going for a biology degree, so in this case wouldn't you be able to not do chemistry and/or biology?
6.
It might be worth spending some time researching the different careers in biology and seeing if there's some things that interest you, because you clearly like it and you might find something you would like to do that you don't know about yet. Maybe even something like biomedical engineering, which would probably need physics as well but maybe not chemistry.
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