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Torn between science and humanities degree

Hello! For context, I am an early applicant applying for Religious Studies and have gotten offers from 4/5 of my universities excluding Cambridge. I do RS, english lit, french and biology as a-levels.

I love religious studies and the humanities a lot but I also adore biology and always have (I'm also aiming for an A* in both) and after sending in my application and doing more biology revision I'm starting to wonder whether I should have gone in a STEM direction.

I think I just want to know if it would be feasable to transfer from RS to biomedical sciences, for example if I ended up really hated doing humanities and changed my career prospects entirely :frown: please help lol

tldr; applied to study RS but also love biology and want to know if switching to a biology-related degree would be possible.
Changing subjects once you have started a degree is entirely the decision of that Uni - and not guaranteed, so its a very risky. Never, ever, start a degree course that you dont want to do.

A far better idea would be to withdraw your UCAS application for this year, and think carefully about what you really want to do, and why. You can then reapply next year to 5 new courses next year. There are degree courses that allow you to study across STEM/Humanities subjects - examples :
Arts and Sciences - Undergraduate Degree - Y000 - University of Birmingham
UCL Arts and Sciences | Arts Sciences - UCL University College London
Biology and History and Philosophy of Science BSc | University of Leeds

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