• Question: what type of sciences did you study at school

    Asked by raggy to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 12 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by lennyloo.
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      Louise Walkin answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      When I was at high school we just did science, the three subjects were mixed up and we just found put which of the three we were doing on each day. My GCSE in science was Double Award Science, then when I went to college I did Biology and Chemistry. Then I did a degree at university in Biology. It got a lot more specific as I went through school. I think it depends on how your subjects are taught and what type of school you go to, but I started with all three and then picked my favourite after I left school and carried on with that. 🙂

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      Joanna Giles answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      Hi! I also did double award science, although I always regretted it and wished I had done triple award. For my A-levels I did biology, chemistry, physics and maths. I loved doing them all and because there was a bit of overlap between a few of the subjects they all complimented each other. For example, learning about the ear in physics and biology.

      I did Biochemistry in Uni, but having done all three at A-level really helped and you even need to know a bit of maths!

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      Louise Stanley answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I went to school in Scotland so I did “highers” in English, Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. I then did the equivalent to A-levels in Maths, Chemistry and Biology. I think that doing Maths is really helpful as so many different things in science use Maths. I went on and did Biochemistry at University- ironically biology wasn’t a requirement for the course but chemistry was. I think the generally feeling is that biology can be picked up more easily at a later stage so they like you to have done chemistry. I also really liked physics at school and sometimes wish I headed down that route… It is really difficult to decide what you want to do at school, especially if you are like me and are indecisive!

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      Marcus Wilson answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I studied triple science at GCSE and then physics, biology and chemistry at A-level.

      I dodnt realise till I left school that there are much sub division in scince than what you are taught at school. In my biology lessons we looked at plants down a microscope and learnt about ecology. Most biologists are now working on genetics and molecular basics of biology, far more intersting if you ask me!

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      Adam Paige answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      chemistry and physics. I dropped biology at 14 because my school did not want people to choose 3 sciences (we only had six options to pick). Nonetheless I ended up teaching biomedical science to University students!

      I took chemistry and biochemistry as my degree, and my PhD was in genetics.

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