If you did maths, chemistry and physics A levels what degree and job do you do?

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My DD is close to GCSEs and is predicted v good grades in all subjects. She is favouring maths, chemistry and physics A levels (which would have been my worst nightmare when I was at school!) but not sure what to do after that. As well as being academic, she does love to plan, organise and lead so sitting on her own in a lab or churning out statistics may not suit.

Obviously loads of time, but I am an AHP and DH in computers, so no direct experience to draw from. What jobs did you end up doing after studying similar A levels please, DD veers from teaching to dentistry! I want to inspire her when the world is her oyster at the moment.

Hi, I did chemistry, physics, molecular biology and anatomy& physiology A-Levels (but not maths). Im now a researcher for local government.
After college I went to uni and studied Environmental Geoscience, I’ve also done various jobs in retail etc. Ive never had a career in mind, and still don’t, I enjoy and am good at lots of things so don’t worry too much if your DD can’t or doesn’t ever make her mind up, some people never do- like me!

I also did further maths. Did a maths degree and now an actuary.

Of other people that I know of in my year who did similar (some including further maths) degrees the degree / job is as follows:-

Maths / Quant trader
Medicine / Doctor
Maths with Education / Maths Teacher
Physics / Accountant
Chemistry / Computer programmer
Chemistry / research scientist

I did AS music (for fun really) as well as those three. Degree in maths and physics, now I'm a medical physicist doing radiation protection for the NHS.

I did an engineering degree and I'm now a university lecturer.

I did those. But my grades were rubbish
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What you actually do for your degree doesn't really matter (unless you want to be a doctor, say, or a lab chemist). If a very vocational career isn't her bag then she could definitely go into any other management grad job with that degree - eg if she likes leading etc she could do management consulting.

Just occurred to me that dh also did those A levels. 🤦‍♀️

He did an engineering degree which turned into nearly a computer science degree and is now a web / app developer.

I’m now a solicitor. With that selection there are many options open to her.

I did this with general studies and did a dental degree

I’m the same as @Mumoftwoinprimary, hi twin!

Did those subjects + further maths, then a maths degree and am now an actuary at an insurance company. My other maths degree friends are mostly software engineers.

I did those A levels (plus further maths). I went on to study maths at university and then did a masters degree in operational research (OR). I worked in the OR team for a large organisation before moving into strategic planning and then into the finance team. I went on to study management accounting with CIMA and I now work as an accountant.

Reverse uno card here. Did the same - went on to uni to do law and accountancy. Ended up an accountant.

Two of my oldest friends and my other half did those A-levels.
Friend 1 - in-house management accountant
Friend 2 - optician with her own practice
Other half - electrical engineering degree and then got on a grad programme at a water utility company.

I did those plus English and studied Psychology and am now a Clinical Psychologist in NHS.

I did those 3 plus further maths.

Did physics degree.

Trained as a teacher but hated it so didn't actually teach after PGCE.

Became a tax advisor and that's been great. I like it because it's intellectually demanding, and because you're looking at the application of a complex framework of rules to real life situations. Which was why I originally chose physics over maths in the first place: I'm not a theorist and am interested in the practical application.

I did those, a physics degree and am now a data scientist via quite a few IT/programming/analyst jobs.

If she enjoys planning/teamwork/leading and using those subjects, engineering sounds like a good fit. My DS is planning on doing those and going into chemical engineering.

My DW and I each did some of those plus some other stuff. She's now a university academic and I'm a teacher.

And now I’ve realised that both my parents did those A levels also! 🤦‍♀️

Dad - civil engineering degree and worked as a civil engineer for local government for 40 years (mainly building bridges).
Mum - oceanography - then had a plethora or careers including civil service, primary school teacher and then requalified as an accountant.

My DD is also approaching GCSEs with high grades. She was told on a talk at Oxford that studying a humanities subject along side science / maths can be really beneficial as it gives you stronger essay writing skills for uni which you don't always get being science focused.

I did a degree in engineering and now work in procurement. I use analytical maths skills all the time in my job.

Jealous! I would love to do this!!

As you asked about degree courses too, my DW did Physics, and I did Physics & Philosophy.

Chartered surveyor now working for the Civil Service.

None of those subjects were requirements for Uni but I guess I just enjoyed them at the time.

If you go on to the website SACU student, they have an A level matching tool. You put those A levels in, and it produces a word cloud of what degrees recent students with those A levels went in to study.

then use Prospects .ac.uk , “what can I do with a degree in x?”

Did a Civil Engineering degree, worked as a structural engineer for about 20 years and then moved into construction project management

Loved every minute of it