Medicine 🆚Computer Science (i need help asap)

[tame prawn]

lil bg of me i am so good at bio and i found it interesting tho i have always loved any thing tech related and i have always found it fascinating even more than any science related field but idk if i am actually good at it. Which field would u think would be suitable for me, i have always heard that computer science is a very saturated and competitive field that is why i am sacred i may not succeed in the field. Also i think being a software programmer suits my personality more then being a doctor. Thanks in advance!

@tribal flare so sorry for the ping but i think u r the only one that can help i really need this asap

[tribal flare]

how good and passionate are you at chem and physics?

[tame prawn]

i found physics hooking and chemistry wasn't bad for me comapred to my classmates

[tribal flare]

now you've already seen i hate economic's opinion on cs so i don't really have to talk much on cs and software engineering however it's true the cs field is oversaturated and you must be unique and good at what you do to secure a job, there are possibilities it might die

you can always go into science-related courses that isn't med such as biochem, biotech, engineering, environmental sciences

are you planning on doing a levels?

and when do you sit your igcse

[tame prawn]

yeah

[tame prawn]

this session

i have till septembers to decide my als

i am going to do AS math in the summer but either way i will need it in both majors

[tame prawn]

i might just do medcine straight away if that is the case

[tribal flare]

do you want to do medicine/parents are pushing towards it?

[tame prawn]

they are not

they are ok with me being in one of the 2 fields

[tribal flare]

okay so what you can do is you'd probably be taking bio, chem, phys and maths in your a levels anyways right

[tame prawn]

Al Math, FM, Physics and CS were my inital plan if i am going to major in medcine i might just take Al math and the 3 sceinces

[tribal flare]

because with maths and 3 sciences you can still get into a cs degree

so my take is that you do maths and 3 sciences and by your a2 exams or after your a levels you'd know what you want to in life

because with maths and 3 sciences, there's med, there's cs, there's engineering so you're giving yourself variety

[tame prawn]

mhm i would think abt that but how do i actually know that i am good at CS and that is what i want

[tame prawn]

yeah true i would take with my teachers abt that

[tribal flare]

since i'm assuming you didn't take ig cs, you technically have no idea whether that's something you really want to do, it's coming from pure passoin

you're leaning towards cs because you're passionate and interested in it

[tame prawn]

yeah i am that is exactly my case

what if i check out ig cs? the thing is everyone said it's so easy but would it be enough to decide?

[tribal flare]

the thing with ig cs is that it mostly focuses on the theory part instead of the practical aspect (which is why it's said to be easy) so it's not much of a proper representation, you can check out the al cs syllabus

there's one thing on being passionate and interested in cs as a career but will you still be as interested when you have to sit down and study for it

[tame prawn]

i am planning to learn coding during the summer as well as learning AS math would that be enough to give me a representation of what i want?

[tribal flare]

i think that would give you good insight on what cs is as a career

so you should definitely go for it as a side hobby

learn something new

however for the a level subject combination aspect, since you're also interested in med, best to go for 3 sciences and maths

[tame prawn]

can i replace one of the sciences with FM beacuse that would be more beneficial if i actually majored in CS

and which one of the 3 sciences do u recommend me to replace

[tribal flare]

okay so problem is for med you will be required to have bio, chem and phys or maths
for cs you need maths and phys

[tame prawn]

oh

[tribal flare]

you must have bio and chem for med as they are the most important

and unis typically require both of those for admission

[tame prawn]

yeah

ok so it's the math and the 3 sciences then

[tribal flare]

yeah unless you add fm as a fifth which i don't recommend doing, you can't drop any science for fm

[tame prawn]

oh ok

[tame prawn]

thank you so much i would still talk to my parents and teachers, and if i loved learning coding then i will go for cs .other then that i am so grateful for ur help and i appreciate using ur time to help me

[upper summit]

Gave +1 Rep to 17269 (1012)

[tribal flare]

no worries <33

[wise mauve]

i dont think thats the case for the majority of unis

i think they require usually 3 a levels: bio, chem, math

pshycis just increases ur chances

i recommend taking another clinical subject if u want to do medicine like psych or sociology

[tribal flare]

if you see my message i wrote bio, chem and phys or maths

meaning you can either have phys or maths

[wise mauve]

ohh mb i saw it as and

thats why i was confused

[tribal flare]

no worries

[wise mauve]

btw do u remember me

i think i know u from back in the days

[tribal flare]

the guy who got warned for having an unpingable name

[wise mauve]

is that all u remember

[tribal flare]

yes that is all i remember

you didn't do much other than that