What are you doing at uni?

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:03

I'm starting to give up on this process of choosing what I want to do at uni. I simply have no idea whatsoever. I'm doing maths, physics, art and economics atm. I was hoping some of you could share what you did just to give me an idea of what people with similar interests are doing?

Someone suggested Product Design but that never really interested me, hence why I'm not doing anything like DT. I'm probably not into computers as much as a lot of you, but I don't really fancy doing a computer-specific course. I'm probably more interested in things like Psychology.

Cheers,

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:08

And are you enjoying it?

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:13

reflex said:
Im doing

Business, Literature, ICT, Psychology

I haven't a clue what subject i should look into for uni, seems we are in the same boat

What exactly do you learn in Psychology. Would you recommend it as a subject?

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:32

Phil99 said:
If you're not sure on what you want to take at University don't be pressured to go for the sake of it.

If you can't find something you 100% want to do, don't do it. University costs an awful lot of money and it'd be pointless to do something you're really not enthusiastic about.

Take a gap year and decide what you want to do over the course of the year if needed.

The university shouldn't be an issue as I'm hoping for quite good grades. Not going for Oxford or Cambridge though. I've spoken to too many people who said the prestige influenced their decision and they would have enjoyed themselves more elsewhere.

Obviously I need to know what I'm doing before I pick the uni!

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:53

CDj-Rossi said:
I'm doing a Psychology degree.

Any good?

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:59

CDj-Rossi said:
IMO the first year was basically a lot of what id done at A level, but towards the end, we learnt a lot about the stats side which you need to know, but next year sounds a lot more interesting. But yes i am enjoying the degree. Also a very very good ratio of girls:boys - 44:1.

And do you think you'd be able to cope if you hadn't done it at A level?

What uni are you at? This has nothing to do with the 44:1 part of your answer

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 18:03

Another attractive thing about Philosophy is there are loads of combined courses.

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 18:06

reflex said:
You learn about Ethics, Vadility, Statistics, Human & Animal Behaviour and it also has some small bits of biology, I find it really intresting and have naturally always been intrested in human behaviour i was researching Psychology when i should have been revising for my GCSE's! So i took it as and A Level and i recommend it if you have been intrested in psychologists/biologists before, but i have no idea what it would be like at uni.

It's the same with me. My school didn't offer it at GCSE and they don't do it for A-levels either, but I have always had a fascination with the human mind and how people behave. Never had a problem with biology.

I just can't see myself doing maths or physics at uni.

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 18:22

ninja economist said:
Good luck getting a job outside Lecturing if you do philosophy.

I meant psychology lol

Tommy B · 19 Jun 2006 at 18:30

ElRazur said:
No disrespect, i do appreciate what you are studying but People from third world contries tend to shun courses like that as NO ONE will employ you when you go back home.

Due to the fact that their isnt a market for it back home unlike Medicine, Engineering etc...

Yeah but here in GB many jobs don't really care what you do. When I went for my work experience at a huge advertising firm, some of them did some really strange courses at uni.