-- Posted by mikeyp123 at 6:54 am on May 17, 2008 I'm in my AS year atm studying History / Computing / Sociology / Art I just took them really based upon what i was best at from last year (2 A*'s and an A) Then sociology i knew i'd be alright at. Basically got 3 A's in my first AS module and im doing / done my last 2 module exams atm :) So it should be good for A2 grade wise hoping for at least ABB if not AAB I'd really like to do any of these 3 and could see myself doing a career in any of them and being happy :) Just need some advice off people who've perhaps done these courses / know someone that has that could be able to advise me on like... wether it'd be worth doing that gap year for maths or w/e! etc. But yeah degree choices im really tempted by... Photojournalism - I'm really fascinated by photography and i've been doing skate photography for around a year on and off. I've always been interested in writing as an aspect of expression and although it doesn't involve its still on the same medium. Computer Science -   Big issue here. I need A-level maths, my computing teacher and careers advisor told me i wouldn't and i took their word for it. So im pretty raged. I'm tempted to take a year out and do a-level maths / work part time but its a big year of my life really. Economics - I'm FASCINATED by economics for some reason and how it effects everything and anything in society and i'd love to do something related. Now this also requires A-level maths but 3 of my 5 chosen / liked uni's will take you on good grades without a-level maths and you just do an extra 6 months side course to learn applied maths which is all well and dandy with me. Urph. Haha. -- Posted by HijackTheBride at 7:11 am on May 17, 2008 It appears to me that you would be best off doing Economics. You're well ahead of the game, i didn't even start looking into Uni until the September of A2. I know it's hard, but what may help you is other aspects of the courses; such as career possibilities and uni locations. I'm hopefully going to Sheffield in September, i like Sheffield because it's far enough away from home, but not too far (about 2 hrs). It is also a 'green' city, which is good for me on my course of Environmental Conservation. A good talk with your schools/colleges careers adviser would do you loads of good. Hope i have helped, if even just a little. -- Posted by mikeyp123 at 7:15 am on May 17, 2008 Yeah i kinda got a bit disbondant with my career options after i found out that my options had been kinda misguided ( I was stupid not to double check).   Well yeah the economics looks good, its just a matter of wether i'm still interested by the time i apply. Haha. I agree completely about the location of a uni. My mum says.."Not close enough that you're tempted to come home too much and miss out on things, but close enough that you can come home for a cooked dinner some weekends and to drop off some laundry" haha -- Posted by Arguia at 1:35 pm on May 17, 2008 Firstly going to uni a year late is not a big deal. I personally will not be going to uni until at least two years after most of my contemporaries, and I know quite a few people who are either taking gap years or doing other courses for a year. So if there is a degree which you really want to do it is worth taking an extra year to get there. Don't rule anything out based on the time it will take you to achieve it - if you really want it, the time won't matter. Universities can also look positively on gap years if you show that you have a clear plan of what to do during this time and what a gap year will achieve. Maybe it would be worth doing some work experience in the career that each degree would lead you to... and working out which will lead to a career that interests you most. At the end of the day, you have to choose a degree that you are willing to put three years of your life into and that you feel will have a positive effect on the rest of your life. Good luck!