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A-level choices – Statistics or computer science??

I'm currently in year 11, and I've chosen physics, maths, and further maths for A-levels. but I need to pick another one to do because further maths is usually done as a 4th, and idk if I want to do statistics or computer science. choosing this will also help me pick where i'm going for sixth form, because one sixth form near me offers statistics but not computer science and one offers computer science and not statistics, and those are my top two college choices. i want to pursue astrophysics in the future, and idk which is better.
computer science is good because there's a lot of programming, but there would also be other stuff that is less useful for me. i also haven't done computer science at gcse, so i wouldn't have the baseline knowledge that a lot of people will have, but i think i could catch up pretty easily
statistics is good because its very maths-based and complements maths well, plus its very helpful because it helps develop data analysis skills which is important for astro. i am also doing statistics at gcse so that gives me a good edge.
but idk which one will be more useful for me, and its one of the biggest deciding factors in my sixth form choices, so if anyone has any advice pls help me

Reply 1

Is Maths, FM and Stats going to be 'too much mathsy stuff'?
There are degrees that want Maths or Stats but they wont ever ask for both.

Reply 2

Which subject do you think you would enjoy studying more?
Some sixth forms will have subject taster sessions on offer holder days which you could attend to see which you might prefer and ask any questions about the courses 🙂

Reply 3

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by squirto
I'm currently in year 11, and I've chosen physics, maths, and further maths for A-levels. but I need to pick another one to do because further maths is usually done as a 4th, and idk if I want to do statistics or computer science. choosing this will also help me pick where i'm going for sixth form, because one sixth form near me offers statistics but not computer science and one offers computer science and not statistics, and those are my top two college choices. i want to pursue astrophysics in the future, and idk which is better.
computer science is good because there's a lot of programming, but there would also be other stuff that is less useful for me. i also haven't done computer science at gcse, so i wouldn't have the baseline knowledge that a lot of people will have, but i think i could catch up pretty easily
statistics is good because its very maths-based and complements maths well, plus its very helpful because it helps develop data analysis skills which is important for astro. i am also doing statistics at gcse so that gives me a good edge.
but idk which one will be more useful for me, and its one of the biggest deciding factors in my sixth form choices, so if anyone has any advice pls help me

Computer Science
Original post
by squirto
I'm currently in year 11, and I've chosen physics, maths, and further maths for A-levels. but I need to pick another one to do because further maths is usually done as a 4th, and idk if I want to do statistics or computer science. choosing this will also help me pick where i'm going for sixth form, because one sixth form near me offers statistics but not computer science and one offers computer science and not statistics, and those are my top two college choices. i want to pursue astrophysics in the future, and idk which is better.
computer science is good because there's a lot of programming, but there would also be other stuff that is less useful for me. i also haven't done computer science at gcse, so i wouldn't have the baseline knowledge that a lot of people will have, but i think i could catch up pretty easily
statistics is good because its very maths-based and complements maths well, plus its very helpful because it helps develop data analysis skills which is important for astro. i am also doing statistics at gcse so that gives me a good edge.
but idk which one will be more useful for me, and its one of the biggest deciding factors in my sixth form choices, so if anyone has any advice pls help me

Seeing as you are already doing maths and further maths- out of the 2, id do computer science.

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