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what a-levels do you recommend me do to keep my options open? I have picked maths , further , geog and econ , but im just really scared that i didnt pick the right a-levels . I was thinking either a degree in Economics , Medicine or Engineering. I like maths so im deffinetly picking this but im not sure , should i do bio + chem + maths - to do medicicne , or Maths + fm + econ -- to do economics , or change econ for physics to do enginerring ( but if i dont get a 9 in my gcse's i have to do 4 subjects to pick further maths as an a-level at my collage. . I really dont want to do further maths becasue i know i will hate myslef if i did 4 - alevels ... However i am aiming to go to a good univercity , maybe not like Oxbridge but pretty good ones like UCL , Durham or Warwick .I was thinking of doing a specific type of enginerring or economic degree - like software enginerring ( but i dont do comp - sci GCSE so it will be hard to catch up and also I might absolutely hate it ) or Nuclear or Petroleum engineering ) or like a specific economic degree like a masters in finance or petroleum economics - because economics itself is very difficult to get a great job in as most banks employ from top univercities . OR i could do medicine and do dermatology and go through that which is much less risky in terms of salary and career but harder to move countries and also i have to spend so many years studying , and by the time im done and make a good income ill be mid 30's . Please can someone help me pick a uni course or a-levels ,and i have thought about thigns that i liek and i cant think of one specific thing , i just want a good job that allows me to go to a different country after uni and one that is not like in a really bad job market . Does anyone have anny advice and reccomendations ? Any good careers and courses ? - preferably a degree with a high demand in the future .

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In my opinion your options are all over the place and extremely difficult. Degrees you mentioned like medicine you should already have a clear set goal in mind already like you're sure you want to do medicine and you've been interested in it. However, if you truly want to keep your options open and you genuinely think you can do it I would switch geography for physics. You should keep engineering in mind because there's so much things you can do it and it's high demand in the future but if you still want to do medicine I would rethink your a levels. Also, you do not need to do 4 a level to go into these top tier unis. In my opinion I don't even see the point of doing 4 A levels I would rather get 3 As instead of 2 As and 2 Bs but this is just my opinion. Again, with economics I would just switch an a level with economics. Also, you do not need to do computer science at GCSE to do it at A level I promise you it's not that hard to catch up. I have plenty of friends who didn't do CS at GCSE and do it now at A level and the first test they did in the first year, scored As and Bs in mocks. In conclusion, I recommend you just reasearch more about what you want to do but in my opinion I would lean towards the engineering side.

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by denden7
In my opinion your options are all over the place and extremely difficult. Degrees you mentioned like medicine you should already have a clear set goal in mind already like you're sure you want to do medicine and you've been interested in it. However, if you truly want to keep your options open and you genuinely think you can do it I would switch geography for physics. You should keep engineering in mind because there's so much things you can do it and it's high demand in the future but if you still want to do medicine I would rethink your a levels. Also, you do not need to do 4 a level to go into these top tier unis. In my opinion I don't even see the point of doing 4 A levels I would rather get 3 As instead of 2 As and 2 Bs but this is just my opinion. Again, with economics I would just switch an a level with economics. Also, you do not need to do computer science at GCSE to do it at A level I promise you it's not that hard to catch up. I have plenty of friends who didn't do CS at GCSE and do it now at A level and the first test they did in the first year, scored As and Bs in mocks. In conclusion, I recommend you just reasearch more about what you want to do but in my opinion I would lean towards the engineering side.


Yep thanks i was thinking just that ! What engineering do you recommend , i want to work in the office mainly and im not really interested in chemistry , and also i want to have maybe a connection to finance and real estate if thats possible ? Thanks again .
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by jgdksfhkshfkjfj
Yep thanks i was thinking just that ! What engineering do you recommend , i want to work in the office mainly and im not really interested in chemistry , and also i want to have maybe a connection to finance and real estate if thats possible ? Thanks again .

If you want to have a connection to finance, how about doing something economics/finance related at uni?

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by denden7
In my opinion your options are all over the place and extremely difficult. Degrees you mentioned like medicine you should already have a clear set goal in mind already like you're sure you want to do medicine and you've been interested in it. However, if you truly want to keep your options open and you genuinely think you can do it I would switch geography for physics. You should keep engineering in mind because there's so much things you can do it and it's high demand in the future but if you still want to do medicine I would rethink your a levels. Also, you do not need to do 4 a level to go into these top tier unis. In my opinion I don't even see the point of doing 4 A levels I would rather get 3 As instead of 2 As and 2 Bs but this is just my opinion. Again, with economics I would just switch an a level with economics. Also, you do not need to do computer science at GCSE to do it at A level I promise you it's not that hard to catch up. I have plenty of friends who didn't do CS at GCSE and do it now at A level and the first test they did in the first year, scored As and Bs in mocks. In conclusion, I recommend you just reasearch more about what you want to do but in my opinion I would lean towards the engineering side.

I’d think about it the other way around. Ask which options are hard to come back to later. Medicine is very fixed. If you don’t do Bio and Chem now, that door mostly closes.

Economics and Engineering are more flexible. As long as you have Maths, you still have room to move. For strong unis like Warwick, maths ability matters a lot.

If maths is the one thing you’re sure about, building around that isn’t risky. Doing three subjects well is usually better than forcing four just to keep everything open.

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