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

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Did you enjoy your Uni subject.

My DD wants to do Maths, probably only because it's her best subject, I don't think there's any great passion there.

I see so many who don't enjoy their Mats degree.

French, and yes I would, even though I don't use it in my job. It's a beautiful, elegant language that I'm glad to know.

I did choose it for the love of it. And while I understand the need to choose practical degrees, I also think it's a bloody shame to study something for 3 years that you don't love.

Graphic design & illustration. I did enjoy it but wish I'd done something different - either product design, architecture or occupational therapy.

Theology and Religious Studies.
Yes, I'd do it again. Fabulous topic.
Did a bit of social anthropology, that was ok.
Philosophy would have been a good choice for me, too.
Definitely, study for love.

My DS is doing a Maths degree. He loves it, and I think that you do need to love it, or it will be a horrible slog.

What other A levels does she take?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering. No, with hindsight. I was never particularly interested in most of it. I partied far too much and just crammed for exams, rather than having a level of interest in the subject that meant the knowledge was more likely to stick. I've forgotten most of it and I ended up being offered a software engineering position straight out of university so I would have benefited far more from taking a Comp Sci degree.

Law - it was OK.
If I went again I'd like to study Economics and law.

Economics. It bored me silly.

But actually was a great foundation for my later career.

Computer Science, yep would do it again. I didn't find it difficult and enjoyed it.

Started as a programmer and moved into Consulting, Systems Integration and Data Science. Love a nice bit of data!!!

I studied Nutrition/Dietetics 4 year full time course which I loved and was totally the right course for me. It was a very academic course and most modules were alongside other biological sciences and chemistry students - my year in the NHS was more practical. Looking back, I wouldn't have done anything else

Economics. Hugely helpful in my career and still find it really interesting. So yes.

History- I think I’d choose English literature if I could choose again tbh or maybe economics.

Early Years and no I wouldn’t do that again. I would go more into Social Care and perhaps look at counselling

Psychology and definitely yes. It’s a great subject for ‘all rounders’ because it’s a great mix of science, social science, and humanities, and you can flex your degree according to your interests. I got to do biopsychology and human-computer interaction while my friend studied the psychology of art and child development. You do need to be fairly decent at stats but other than that it’s pretty flexible.

I did maths at Cambridge in the mid 80s having done maths and FM A level with ease.

I hit a wall. Should have switched to CompSci. Wish someone had suggested it. Only survived because I was able to choose y3 options that didn't build on y2.

Maths. I chose it because I was doing my degree via the OU as I was a single parent and it was the only subject that didn't require essays. Given the choice I would have done a creative/design degree.

An applied maths/stats degree but I hated Stats and the computer programming involved, and should have done pure maths. and economics

Theology. No.
Although it hasn't actually got in the way of a career in IT.

Business and a foreign language. I wanted to do maths but my A levels went tits up. It was a good course but still wish I'd been able to do maths.

English and Philosophy.

Loved the philosophy, hated English. It destroyed my relationship with fiction for years.

I should have done philosophy and politics or PPE.

Joint honours. English and Educational Studies. The latter was a waste of time.

Same! I was good at French at A level - probably because I loved my French teacher.
I really enjoyed my degree in business French, with a heavy emphasis on written and verbal translation. It's been very useful in life, even though I haven't used it in my career.
I would certainly study a language again.

Fashion and textile design.
I enjoyed every minute of it, and have used it ever since!

Jewellery Design. Loved the course and the social life, met DH through work and still in the industry. So, yep, wouldn't change any of it!

Chemistry. If I had my time again I wouldn’t have done it. Probably would have done physics.

Also wouldn’t have been a primary school teacher and instead would have gone straight to being an accountant rather than causing myself a lot of stress being a teacher first!

Fine Art. I do something art related now so don't regret it at all. I did fine art undergrad and a computer art based masters. Glad I did it that way. Fine Art had a rigour of thinking at least fromy art school back in the nineties. I loved how we could explore and express ideas.