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i am currently doing my GCSEs and am in Yr 11
i need to choose my options for sixth form for a levels and was thinking of taking electronics, computer science and maths
what good careers would come out of these three options?

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Reply 1

engineer, web developer??

Reply 2

thank you!!

Reply 3

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by siyapatel
i am currently doing my GCSEs and am in Yr 11
i need to choose my options for sixth form for a levels and was thinking of taking electronics, computer science and maths
what good careers would come out of these three options?

do you take electronics for GCSE?

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by McGinger
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thank you so much

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by siyapatel
i am currently doing my GCSEs and am in Yr 11
i need to choose my options for sixth form for a levels and was thinking of taking electronics, computer science and maths
what good careers would come out of these three options?

i have now chosen my subjects and im taking phyics, maths, further maths and computer science :smile:

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by nabs9953
do you take electronics for GCSE?

yes

Reply 8

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by siyapatel
yes

how was ur test today??

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by nabs9953
how was ur test today??

it was good thanks 🙂 loved it

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by siyapatel
it was good thanks 🙂 loved it

nice, happy it went well!! i accidentally drew the half wave rectifier wrong tho!!

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by nabs9953
nice, happy it went well!! i accidentally drew the half wave rectifier wrong tho!!

Oh nooo. For the subsystem table i put latch unit as processing initially and finished early so for a good 40 minutes i was thinknig is it process or output and literally at the last minute changed it to output. I came out of the exam hall and checked my notes and it was process!!

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by siyapatel
Oh nooo. For the subsystem table i put latch unit as processing initially and finished early so for a good 40 minutes i was thinknig is it process or output and literally at the last minute changed it to output. I came out of the exam hall and checked my notes and it was process!!

AW MANN, that's annoyinggg.... i messed up on the mixer asewll i thinkk SUCH A SILLY MISTAKE overally i think i lost 4 marks ish but we'll have to wait and see ig... GOODLUCK FOR COMP 2 tell me how it goess!!

Reply 13

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by siyapatel
i am currently doing my GCSEs and am in Yr 11
i need to choose my options for sixth form for a levels and was thinking of taking electronics, computer science and maths
what good careers would come out of these three options?

what good careers would come out of these three options?
This probably isn't the best way to go about this. I would start with what careers you want to do instead of what you can do with these qualifications. You are less likely to run into problems if you reverse engineer the situation instead of going at it haphazardly.

To then answer what careers (not going to entertain what "good careers" you can do since that is subjective, vague, and just insulting), there are over 600 careers that you can go into with just 3 random A Levels in the UK. I am not going to list them all out for you. You can then go into specific careers that legally require degrees, but you can do the degrees with any 3 random A Level subjects.

The sort of careers where you would have problems with are specific ones in healthcare, veterinary science, possibly engineering (unless you start with a Level 3 apprenticeship), and research in specific subjects.

If you can more specific about what you want to do, people can offer you better tailored advice. At the moment, it's vague and very open ended.

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by MindMax2000
what good careers would come out of these three options?
This probably isn't the best way to go about this. I would start with what careers you want to do instead of what you can do with these qualifications. You are less likely to run into problems if you reverse engineer the situation instead of going at it haphazardly.
To then answer what careers (not going to entertain what "good careers" you can do since that is subjective, vague, and just insulting), there are over 600 careers that you can go into with just 3 random A Levels in the UK. I am not going to list them all out for you. You can then go into specific careers that legally require degrees, but you can do the degrees with any 3 random A Level subjects.
The sort of careers where you would have problems with are specific ones in healthcare, veterinary science, possibly engineering (unless you start with a Level 3 apprenticeship), and research in specific subjects.
If you can more specific about what you want to do, people can offer you better tailored advice. At the moment, it's vague and very open ended.
Thank youuu
I have chosen computer science, maths, further maths and physics

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by nabs9953
AW MANN, that's annoyinggg.... i messed up on the mixer asewll i thinkk SUCH A SILLY MISTAKE overally i think i lost 4 marks ish but we'll have to wait and see ig... GOODLUCK FOR COMP 2 tell me how it goess!!
Sameeee cause i didnt revise for thatttt
Overal im predicting 76 on both papers cause with paper 2 i made the worst mistake by writing 1 and 0 for the divide by two flip flop instead of on and off 😭😭

Reply 16

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by siyapatel
Sameeee cause i didnt revise for thatttt
Overal im predicting 76 on both papers cause with paper 2 i made the worst mistake by writing 1 and 0 for the divide by two flip flop instead of on and off 😭😭

OH NOO!! ahh paper two was not THAT bad thoo, honestly im sure u did fineee!!

BTW,what was ur NEA?!!

Reply 17

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by siyapatel
i am currently doing my GCSEs and am in Yr 11
i need to choose my options for sixth form for a levels and was thinking of taking electronics, computer science and maths
what good careers would come out of these three options?

Hi there!

You can do: computer science, maths, and electronic engineering. There are many more! I would suggest that you choose your A-levels based on the degrees you are interested in. Have you an idea of what degrees you may want to do?

Kind regards, Jenifer (Kingston rep)

Reply 18

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by siyapatel
Thank youuu
I have chosen computer science, maths, further maths and physics

Again, I wasn't asking for your A Level options. I was asking for what career you want.

If you don't know what career you want, at least answer what sort of work fulfils you (ignoring all job titles and salary expectations), and what sort of people do you want to work with. You will be spending the next 40+ years doing the same thing or work along with similar people (unless you decide to change careers later, in which case better later than never). You don't want to be doing things you hate and working alongside people you can't stand - the money and status alone are never worth it if you hate the job.

So again, what career do you want?
(edited 8 months ago)

Reply 19

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by MindMax2000
Again, I wasn't asking for your A Level options. I was asking for what career you want.
If you don't know what career you want, at least answer what sort of work fulfils you (ignoring all job titles and salary expectations), and what sort of people do you want to work with. You will be spending the next 40+ years doing the same thing or work along with similar people (unless you decide to change careers later, in which case better later than never). You don't want to be doing things you hate and working alongside people you can't stand - the money and status alone are never worth it if you hate the job.
So again, what career do you want?
Something to do with computer engineering

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