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Problem deciding further studies

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Hello people,
So I am currently in a stage where I do not know what are all of the possible careers what I should study for. At the moment I am in the AS stage and I study Mathematics, Physics, Applied ICT, Computing, Spanish and French (relatively many). I really like computing (and IT in general), so that would we one way, and another would be something related with the Mathematics and Physics, but since I am not doing (nor am I good at) chemistry, I don't think engineering is a possibility. But would there be anything which would relate IT/computing with the physics/mathematics in any way?
I have no real interest in a career related with spanish or french to be honest.

In the future I would like to study in the UK, but currently I live in the EU outside the UK.

Thank you for your ideas already in advance.
 
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At the moment I am in the AS stage and I study Mathematics, Physics, Applied ICT, Computing, Spanish and French (relatively many). I really like computing (and IT in general), so that would we one way, and another would be something related with the Mathematics and Physics, but since I am not doing (nor am I good at) chemistry, I don't think engineering is a possibility. But would there be anything which would relate IT/computing with the physics/mathematics in any way?

To become an engineer you do not have to be good at, or even know chemistry! There are many new fields opening in the world of engineering: software engineering and computer science included. Maths and ICT/Computing will be valuable AS subjects for these fields, also to be able to pursue these careers you must have good communication skills and the ability to work with other technicians/programmers as a team.

I will start my AS this year and was a bit dismayed on finding out that my school does not offer the Computing course as I wish to pursue a 'technical' career. They do however offer AICT. As you are taking both subjects, could you advise me on this?

AICT is all about how to use the system and its impact on society.
Computing is how to make the system. [Hope I am correct so far :p]

Do I have to take Computing to be able to study computer science/software engineering?
 
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Hello people,
So I am currently in a stage where I do not know what are all of the possible careers what I should study for. At the moment I am in the AS stage and I study Mathematics, Physics, Applied ICT, Computing, Spanish and French (relatively many). I really like computing (and IT in general), so that would we one way, and another would be something related with the Mathematics and Physics, but since I am not doing (nor am I good at) chemistry, I don't think engineering is a possibility. But would there be anything which would relate IT/computing with the physics/mathematics in any way?
I have no real interest in a career related with spanish or french to be honest.

In the future I would like to study in the UK, but currently I live in the EU outside the UK.

Thank you for your ideas already in advance.
u hav a lot of choices in nearly all fields of life.......good subject selection............moreover u have an opportunity for studying in uk unis
 
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Thanks for all the replies so far :) I still find a lot of interest in computing and physics, so maybe some kind of computer engineer probably :p
 
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