Alevels help

Hello im in year 11 right now and i have applied to sixth forms and collages with the alevel subjects maths , physics , further maths and economics . I don’t really want to do further maths but I know that if you want to go to a russel group university or any top universities with a maths related course they are more likely to prefer students who are doing further maths .

At first I wanted to do an economics degree and go into finance , like working in a big corporate company because i dont have any passions or interests , and a high paying office job seemed like a good idea.

But after hearing about the job market and how hard it is to find a good finance job with an economics degree - especially if you didnt go to the top unis in the country ( which would have been the case because i dont want to do further maths) its very hard to find a good job.

So i decided to switch to do engineering- with maths physics and chem or bio - not sure which one as i like biology more but chemistry is recommended for engineering. And also engineering isnt really about the university but more the actual degree from what ive heard. Also if i wanted to go to a finance related job after i get an engineering degree its still highly respected .

However , would further maths still be the problem as alot of people in my class who want to do engineering are doing maths , physics , further maths and either econ or chem . Im scared my 3 alevels wont be enough and that im not doing further maths . I really want to just get a good degree from a russel group university and then get a good and stable job . I have always wanted to pursue a career in real estate but its deffo not a stable job, so i wanted to get my degree first in engineering, either work there or get a finance job later if i get offered any , save up some money and then start real estate .

Is this a good plan ? Or is engineering not the way to go ? Also what engineering jobs are mostly office and people based ? I don’t really want to be doing much hand work more like office and planning at a big company . I have thought about software engineering or development, but scared not doing comp sci a-level or further maths will let me down - also is this a good job in the future or not ? And which university’s would be happy to take someone for engineering with maths physics and chem ?? Or should i pick biology as i like it more than chem ? Sorry for asking so many questions.. any help would be greatly appreciated

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I don’t know much but doing further maths will definitely give your more options and give you access to higher rated unis but if you really don’t like it don’t pick it. Worst thing could happen is that you do fm and spend so much time on it and get like a B which drags the time you’re spending on maths to an A rather than an A*.