#business or maths for alevels?!

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karmic belfry
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HI! the past 5 months i’ve been debating whether to take business or maths for my alevels, as i’m going to take bio and chem… now your immediate thought probably is “bio chem?? take maths are you dumb??” BUT HERES MY DILEMMA!! i’m booty at maths, i’m talking like barely a 5…. but ive been getting straight A’s in business 😢

i want to do a food science bachelor at uni and maths would be the best option but!

take maths and probably get bad grades that could lower my gpa and lower my chances of getting into uni

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take business probably get good grades and maintain gpa but not have the best uni application for the course i want to apply to

i’ve also considered taking 4 alevels but home study is already going to be a drag so i don’t think im gonna do that 😢

any help or advice is much appreciated!

obsidian pulsar
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almost anything is better

karmic belfry
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lolol that’s what my english teacher said but lowkey an A or B would look better than a C or D

obsidian pulsar
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if your bad at math

karmic belfry
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that’s the issue… i have nothing else to pick

obsidian pulsar
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how

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your studying at home

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so surely u can do whatever u want

karmic belfry
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can’t really do anything practical sided and i’m not really interested in taking my current igs further like history or english lit

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i also considered taking food tech and applying as a private candidate in the uk as my country doesn’t have any centres that offer it as a subject.. but i feel that’s too extreme

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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food sciences

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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ya.. plus if i build a portfolio over 2 years im sure my application should be fineeeee

obsidian pulsar
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and u have the 2 recommended subs already

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so you'll be fine

karmic belfry
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thank god bro glad i’m not applying for med school lol i don’t get how people have the balls to

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thanks for the help! @obsidian pulsar

covert swallowBOT
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broken basalt
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You can take english tho
Will help tons with ielts

karmic belfry
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but doesn’t replace ielts right?

karmic belfry
obsidian pulsar
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it isnt competitive

karmic belfry
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ya plus the country i’m in i don’t think anyone is applying for it 😭💔

obsidian pulsar
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have like 50 percent acceptance rate

karmic belfry
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does this mean i should reconsider my career choice because it’s not good or is it just niche.. 💔

obsidian pulsar
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idk how good it is

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idt its bad though

karmic belfry
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we ball

obsidian pulsar
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ik somebody who works for haribo and im pretty sure the pay is decent

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its js not popular thats why its easy to get into uni for it

karmic belfry
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take the chance now ig 🫡

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originally wanted to do pharmacy but ts so competitive and hella expensive

obsidian pulsar
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most med courses are

karmic belfry
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yeah exactly

obsidian pulsar
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audiology

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isn't competitive rlly

karmic belfry
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not worth 15 years of my life and student loans

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😢

obsidian pulsar
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only one i can think of

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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idk the idea of being a doctor is great but it’s so frickin competitive i don’t even want to try

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even nursing looks bad

obsidian pulsar
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nursing isn't bad

obsidian pulsar
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if your smart u can do it

karmic belfry
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yeah smart, dedicated and have finances from parents or your country has student loans

obsidian pulsar
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yea i mean my country has student loans

karmic belfry
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my country has but there’s so many conditions

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i don’t think i fall under 😢

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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thailand

obsidian pulsar
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fair

karmic belfry
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lol

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and because i don’t speak thai to a native level i have to take the international courses at uni which is like 4x the price

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lwk just got a skill issue

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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after igs gonna lock in trusttt

obsidian pulsar
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than pay 4x

karmic belfry
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ong bro

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i’m half english so i was thinking of doing it there

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but the fees are even worse

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like

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so much worse

obsidian pulsar
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yea but

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student loans here

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are great

karmic belfry
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you’re in the uk?

obsidian pulsar
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yes

karmic belfry
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oh word

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cost of living is hell tho

obsidian pulsar
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hmmm tbf its a lot worse than thailand

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i feel like its pretty similar to most of europe though

karmic belfry
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yeahhh

obsidian pulsar
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switzerland is def worse though

karmic belfry
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oh i’ve heard

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i don’t get how people are happy in europe unless you’ve actually got a high paying job

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atleast in asia you can still go out and have a social life

obsidian pulsar
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i hope to make at least 100k+ at some point

karmic belfry
obsidian pulsar
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tbh 100k+ is very doable

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by 30 even in some professions

karmic belfry
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for sure

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what’s your goal?

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like profession

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wise

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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ohhh

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yeah i don’t think you can go wrong with that

obsidian pulsar
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as long as i get into a good uni im set

karmic belfry
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what uni are you aiming for?

obsidian pulsar
karmic belfry
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oxford..

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goodluck bro

obsidian pulsar
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ibr I ain't making it in

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get 5 applications might asw throw one at oxford

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might get lucky or do better than i expect

karmic belfry
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true true

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no harm in trying

obsidian pulsar
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1 safe option, 1 reach then 3 like good options is the best way