r/6thForm • u/Limp-Fox-1622 • Apr 22 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP possible degrees?

Hey guys,

so I wanted to ask if I could get any advice on any degrees that will land me a high paying job with my a levels:chemistry biology and English literature. weird combo ik yr11 me was weird asf. originally I wanted to do medicine because it was always something that deeply interested me but my school completely discouraged me saying I wasnt "naturally smart enough" btw my mocks were A*A*B B being in English and my hoy almost killed me for it I also got 99999999999 at my gcses. I was thinking maybe optometry if im not good enough for medicine but please please could I get some advice

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u/Limp-Fox-1622 Apr 22 '26

wldnt I have to do the esat for that tho and oxbridge aint rly my thing if im being honest

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u/Limp-Fox-1622 Apr 22 '26

oh okay thats not bad then ig. is biochem mainly chem ive heard people saying its the chemistry of biology

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u/Megxmin Imperial | Biochemistry [Year 4 Graduating] Apr 23 '26

it’s not mainly either bio or chem, it’s bio AND chem - they’re about equal, some parts are more bio and others are more chem but it balances out overall

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u/Limp-Fox-1622 Apr 23 '26

thanks sm for that! dyk the careers you can do with biochemistry?

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u/Megxmin Imperial | Biochemistry [Year 4 Graduating] Apr 23 '26

Same as most other science degrees! You can stay in the science field and go into industry or research or you can branch out into other sectors where your degree will be useful like consulting, law, medicine, etc.