What subject did you do at Uni and would you do the same subject again.

That sounds great! Ds is considering doing a physics degree (possibly followed by law conversion). I think he'd like philosophy...

Modern Languages, and yes, definitely. I've spent the last 30 years teaching them!

I enjoyed my 4 year LLB (not in the UK but in another common law jurisdiction).

I felt I had come home. The focus on fine legal argument, contractual interpretation and wider jurisprudential concepts about the Rule of Law as well as specialised optional subjects like intellectual property, public and administrative law, European law, jurisprudence made it interesting and intellectually stimulating.

I could not imagine studying crime, tort, contract etc all crammed into a one year conversion. That would only scratch the surface and be enough to put me off law.

It is fine to do a degree you love and then a law conversion. But that is not to say that everyone doing an LLB is just doing it for money and not love of the subject.

I did a Psychology degree in later life, graduated in 2021. I didn't do enough research beforehand or I would have realised it's basically impossible to get a job in psychology without experience. And as even the most basic 'starter' level jobs in psychology also require experience I've had to give up and accept I'm saddled with a huge debt and a degree I can't use. Voluntary work might have provided the necessary experience but I'm a single mum and need an income. Younger graduates without ties can potentially move location to gain a PhD leading to a career in clinical psychology, not applicable for me. I also warn anyone I meet thinking of psychology that it is very research and statistics based, which I wasn't expecting and struggled with.

I'm glad I got my degree in middle age, but in hindsight would choose a subject with more direct career progression.

I don't know either @SugarPlumpFairyCakes. I think education should be for the love of learning, not to see ££££ on a possible salary once you have finished. But then it costs so much to go to uni now that perhaps its seen as frivolous to study what you love, rather than what will make the best paid career.

I don't know about others, but for DS it also seems to be that he sees a law conversion as another year of additional student debt.

I always wonder why people don't just do a law conversion in one year instead of the three year course. Do the three year degree in something you adore and then the conversion.

Unless there's an advantage of the three year course I don't know about.

Teaching. Never again. Wish I'd done a finance degree.

I did medicine. Had a good career. I'd do accountancy now.

Business Studies, with a lot of options to specialise in certain areas. I did pick it because it was my best subject but I loved it too and its opened so many doors. I loved my university setting too, I had a photo of it above my desk whilst I was studying through my final year.

I would hold out faith that your child can find a subject AND setting that they love and is useful for their career. It is possible to tick all fhe boxes.

Have they been to some open days? Finding a setting they feel right in, can trigger them being open to a subject they hadn’t previously considered seriously.

I took History and English Literature. I loved it. I still love it.

I think my year 12 son would love it too (he's taking English lit and history as two of his A Levels) but he seems to think it's a pointless degree with regard to getting a good job. I find this both sad and incorrect. He seems set on either Law or PPE/PPL.

Philosophy and Politics. I enjoyed politics, philosophy less so, but I've never used my degree. If I had my time again I'd do either economics or law jointly with a language. I've slowly drifted into law/justice adjacent roles, and the lawyers I work alongside have a better cash: responsibility ratio. And I was really good at languages at school, and think it's a shame I now can barely remember any of my previously half-decent French and German.

Physics and Philosophy. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Law. It was fine, played to my strengths, and it seemed attractive to employers. It wasn't a bad choice.

I'd like to have been a doctor, but I wasn't attracted by the contents of a medical degree - I sometimes wonder if I should done it as a means to an end.

If I had the chance to do a degree now out of interest, it would be archaeology.

I studied sociology which I loved and really had a passion for. It relates to my career path.

If I studied again, I might choose astronomy (although I would struggle) or a difficult language like Russian or Arabic. Easier languages, I feel, are a bit of a waste if you study these at university. It would be quite easy to get a job in the chosen country and do an immersion.

English Language and Literature. And yes. I loved it and would do it again. It's been the foundation for my career.

A very niche stem degree, won't say what because it could be outing. I do work in the field I studied.
I would choose something else if I had my time again, simply because the lack of creativity in what I do is stifling. I think I should've studied architecture.
I should've thought about what I wanted my life to be like and done a degree that facilitated that outcome.

I am a retired professor, and career path should be the focus of university education, not what your favorite subject is!!

If she chooses math to what end?

History. I enjoyed it but if I had my time again i would do a modern languages degree in French and Spanish.
(I've got good French because I kept it up after A levels but i'd love to be fluent. )

I chose to study Archaeology/History. Best years of my life.

Classics and became a professor in it - yes, 100%!

Psychology… chose for the love of it… no regrets

equally I think I would have loved law, medicine… lots of interests. My advice would be follow what you find interesting for satisfaction, be cold blooded and do something like finance if it’s about money (Ps. Psychology has been very good money for me)

Nope. I regret it because it led to a job that destroyed my mental health. I am much happier now I am free of it.

Theology and Religious Studies. No absolute waste of time.

Law LLB. Yes I would do it again as I have been practising law my whole career.

Found it easy and interesting (as in 'where have you been my whole life') with a mix of logic, language and rigour that spoke to me. Even the dry subjects like administrative and constitutional law helped make sense of the world to me. Like I was drawing a map in my head.

I wasn't a brilliant student, just 2:1 as opposed to a first. Enjoyed the practical application and wasn't too academic.

I did Politics and absolutely loved it BUT if I did a a degree now it would probably be linguistics with a speciality in forensic liguistics - I read a book on it recently and find it fascinating.