A levels for aerospace/aeronautical engineering

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i already have 100% decided on 2 alevels, physics and math. im considering further maths but im being told to not do it as it is probably js gna tank my average. for my 3rd a level im deciding between cs and chem, i prefer chem, but i know that some of the stuff in computer science is really good for aerospace. on the other hand some people like my physics teacher have told my that a lot of the stuff in computer science isnt related to what is needed for aerospace, or just isnt useful. i want to do chem but i just wna see if i should or if cs is rly that much better for what i wna do, lmk pls.

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further maths is no debate the best 3rd a level for aerospace engineering

chemistry and computer science are basically equal for aerospace

the only exception being if u wanna go USA or Canada

then chemistry is better

if not js take computer science if u cant do further maths as its easier than chem

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im prob staying in eu i would go to delft or tum

if possible

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then u might asw js take cs

if fm is too hard

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i have to do either cs or chem

fm is in a diff block

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my teacher said she dont think shes getting an A* in it it js sounds rly hard

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its rlly not that bad if your doing 3 a levels, seeing as physics makes the whole mechanics topic which is about like what 30-40 percent of maths and fm incredibly easy

chemistry is arguably just as hard

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i js checked munich prefers cs

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idk i js pefer chem over cs plus i aint rly learn any cs the past 2 yrs we had such shit teachers ic;

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ik delft dont rly care they js care abt the entrance exam

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delft dont but munich also have an aptitude exam for entry

doing fm would significantly boost your grade

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chem is the worst option of the 3

also if your concerned about the fact u didnt do any cs

its quite easy to catch up

quite a few ppl in my school did cs without doing gcse cs and got A/A*

Its quite forgiving as u can get ahead on programming js by doing a couse in the summer for what half an hour to an hour a day

also degree wise something to note

aerospace is THE MOST maths heavy engineering discipline which is why fm is so advised

alongside unis recommending it

and it also contains a lot of cs/programming

like majority of engineering degrees do now

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in A levels they do python right?

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your school will choose majority do python though cause its easiest

if your a private candidate u can choose yourself

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im rly not tryna do pseudocode another yr fr

its so bad

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its not rlly even a major topic

do a diff examboard

only ppl i hear complaing about pseudo do cambridge but anyway

fm and cs are factually much better than chemistry

for aerospace engineering

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yh im in the 9-1 cie system

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regardless for a level thats an advantage if anything

for a level cs

cause no coursework

like other boards

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yh ik i alr picked cs but was considering changing it bc i prefer chem i js think its mroe interesting

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yea its def not worth it

doing AS fm might be something to consider asw

but dont swap cs to chem

chem is much harder than cs

js to be a weaker applicant

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i alr picked my a levels i did cs math fm and physics

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u picked the best possible combo

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yh i thought so

what u pick?

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Maths physics and btec engineering diploma

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ur oding ur a leves alr right

what major u doing in uni

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yes

2 a levels and a btec

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aerospace engineering

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oh cool

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I'm js not cut out for further math

or chem

i js picked the btec cause its better for some UK unis and degree apprenticeship

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im also thinking of doing a research paper w a friend over the 2 yrs, i want good extracurriculars

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same

im focusing on projects and extra curriculars a lot

over the next 2 years

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what extracurriculars u doing?

i need inspo

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im doing like 3 projects, stem racing, cansat competition, maths and physics olympiad, rocketry club, research papers, essay comps

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wehre r u cs im in spain idk if i got allat around me

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I'm in the UK

stem racing is global

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also where u applying cs god damn

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probs gonna apply TU Deflt, bristol, southampton, warwick, oxford, loughborough

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gl bro maybe i see u at delft one day

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u too

im js focusing on super/extra curricular a lot

cause my gcses are gonna be pretty mid

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r u doing an internship

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when?

during uni

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u got ur results right?

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probs

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nah im sitting m/j

but i know some of my grades will be mid

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like i was thinking of applying for sum for better uni apps

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would be good to do

im doing some work experience this summer

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im mid finals rn its so cancer, i full focused sci and math and ignored everything else

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did u already do gcse?

i neglected cs and chem too much

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im doing my igcses rn

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same

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like i got an exam tmr

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i have chem paper 1 tomorrow

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business paper 2

i hate busi sm

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i wish i did buisness

my school doesnt offer it at gcse

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what u pick?

for ur blocks

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my igcses?

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yh

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maths, physics, biology, chemistry, english language, english literature, computer science, design technology, religious studies

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i was gna do dt for a levels but decided against it

i got coordinated science

only things i picked was cs business and geo wverything else was mandatory

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dt is acc pretty good for engineering

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fairs

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ik for like cad design n that but im not doing 5 a levels

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yea your combo of 4 is already rlly good

u can js do cad as a project

that would be great for personal statement

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i still need to do a bit of research abt extracurriculars fr

i havent rly done anything yet

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ive done quite a few this year already

extra/supercurriculars can rlly set u apart

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for ur research paper r u doing empirical or no?

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wdym

empirical?

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i did an engineering challenge but got 4th bc our teacher told us that a marketing plan wasnt important lmao

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i wrote an article on hypersonics

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damn

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like r u doing ur own research or summarising others

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ive done a project which i got 2 awards for, the hypersonics article and i got work exp in 2 months

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summarise

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how u get awards for it

like where did u send it

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i js submitted it for some awards

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also solo or in groups

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like gold crest

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i did mine solo

group projects are long

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ok ill prob do that then

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cause u have to document what each person contributed

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did u have to present it or js send online and get the award

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send

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and competed w other ppl right?

damn u got hella extracurriculars for a gcse student btw

crazy work

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one of them was competitive

the other wasn't

it was more js if your work met a good enough standard

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had to lock in

cause ik my igs will be mid

js doing extra/supercurricular to compensate

none of them took that long tbh

and they were fun

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how did u find out how to do all these extracurriculars btw

js on ur own or w teachers help

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through teachers but also

i deadass js asked my ai

for engineering related extra curriculars

available in my country

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alr bet

ima lock in for extras next yr cs ima have way more time

ok bro tysm for the help w this

gl w ur gcses n stuff

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your welcome bro

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