Question: If you were interested in English, Art & Music how did you end up choosing general science?

anon answered on 11 Nov 2021:

Hello Jana,

Thank you for your question.

When I was in school I liked most subjects, arts subjects the most. They were more creative, and less to do with memorizing facts…

When it came to picking subjects for A-Level (you only get 3 choices), I thought I was interested in Medicine and for this course you need pure science subjects. Plus, we were told you cannot get a job if you do art. (this isn’t true by the way) So I pursued studying Chemistry, Biology and Maths, and at A-Level these subjects are taught in more depth, and they became more interesting for me

Long story short, when it came to college I didn’t get my first choice of studying Medicine and had the option to do General Science, a course I didn’t know too much about. I saw that there were many options of courses to specialise in such as Microbiology, Zoology, Biochemistry, Genetics and of course Chemistry, and it seemed like a good idea to pursue this degree instead. Over the next 4 years, this proved to be true, through good lecturers and labs my interest in Chemistry grew much more.

I’d say that interest grows as you learn a subject in more detail, so don’t rule out science courses because you’re not absolutely excited about science in school

Hopefully this encourages you, that if you are unsure of college courses or don’t know what you want to do, there is soo much time to figure it out while you are young! Plus if you don’t get into your first choice in college, it can also work out 🙂