I've just finished a degree in Physics, so I can tell the OP that its VERY maths heavy. Those that had a lot of maths knowledge from A-level had a huge advantage in the first year (and even the start of the second). I imagine Material science will be the same
A level Economics or Biology
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I've just finished a degree in Physics, so I can tell the OP that its VERY maths heavy. Those that had a lot of maths knowledge from A-level had a huge advantage in the first year (and even the start of the second). I imagine Material science will be the same
That's exactly what I said - Maths is helpful for Maths
It will aid you of you choose to study a Maths based subject but I was quite surprised as an adult how little Maths you actually need to know to get by, although that goes for everything I suppose!
AQA biology you basically have to learn the mark scheme, it's what we do as well (I personally would like to move to OCR...grumble grumble
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I had a bit more thought about it last night and I think I might stick with biology for a week or 2 and just see how things go. I'm nearly 100% certain that its AQA as we done AQA for GCSE.
I was looking at a few Economics papers this morning and I'm not too sure about it now, I wasn't great at writing essays at GCSE and also some of the case studies seemed a bit "random", one of them was about council spending on roads.
I had a bit more thought about it last night and I think I might stick with biology for a week or 2 and just see how things go. I'm nearly 100% certain that its AQA as we done AQA for GCSE.
I was looking at a few Economics papers this morning and I'm not too sure about it now, I wasn't great at writing essays at GCSE and also some of the case studies seemed a bit "random", one of them was about council spending on roads.
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I did maths Pure and Decision (Decision is heavy on expected values, predictions etc, links well to computing as its very logical)
Economics
Computer Science (it actaully was decent then, learning Cobol, understanding all hardware etc)
Looking back now, Economics and Decision maths have the most relevance to the real world.
Computer science dates fairly heavily unless you go specifically into hardware/software and then I doubt much of the history counts for much.
Economics gives a nice feel for and general understanding of the macro business environment imo. When you start going more specialist (eg degree) its less relevant for day to day in the real world. Probably like most "sciences" (Chem, Maths, Biology etc) there is a point where the real day to day benefits of an understanding will bear no relevance unless your career leads you into that field.
Economics
Computer Science (it actaully was decent then, learning Cobol, understanding all hardware etc)
Looking back now, Economics and Decision maths have the most relevance to the real world.
Computer science dates fairly heavily unless you go specifically into hardware/software and then I doubt much of the history counts for much.
Economics gives a nice feel for and general understanding of the macro business environment imo. When you start going more specialist (eg degree) its less relevant for day to day in the real world. Probably like most "sciences" (Chem, Maths, Biology etc) there is a point where the real day to day benefits of an understanding will bear no relevance unless your career leads you into that field.
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I did economics and loved every minute of it. I am extremely interested in politics though which I think made a massive difference. Economics is useful as it tells you a lot about how the country and the world work but I can see how it might get boring if you're not really into that kind of stuff.
Saying that, You seem like an intelligent chap so you'd probably manage with it fine but if you really like experimentation and science stick with biology as I believe people need that extra bit of interest to really do well at A level.
It really depends if you're looking for better grades, suitability for degree, something you enjoy or practical application. From what you've said it seems economics would give practical applications and probably an okay grade.
Saying that, You seem like an intelligent chap so you'd probably manage with it fine but if you really like experimentation and science stick with biology as I believe people need that extra bit of interest to really do well at A level.
It really depends if you're looking for better grades, suitability for degree, something you enjoy or practical application. From what you've said it seems economics would give practical applications and probably an okay grade.
I took Biology and Economics A-level back in the day.
Dropped Economics as it was serioualy dullsville and ended up with an E in Biology.
Oddly enough, I went on to do a biology degree, getting a 2:1, and then went to work in a bank, a genetics lab and finally ended up in IT so if you want my opinion, do whatever you like, it didn't seem to make the slightest bit of difference to me!
Dropped Economics as it was serioualy dullsville and ended up with an E in Biology.
Oddly enough, I went on to do a biology degree, getting a 2:1, and then went to work in a bank, a genetics lab and finally ended up in IT so if you want my opinion, do whatever you like, it didn't seem to make the slightest bit of difference to me!