• Question: Do you use all subjects you studied? And have you used subjects you didnt study?

    Asked by bene534ecru34 on 24 Nov 2025.
    • Photo: Cerys Cooper

      Cerys Cooper answered on 24 Nov 2025:

      I definitely think so. Especially for A levels because those subjects directly affected what degree I could go into. Even at GCSE, subjects like Drama and History which I did, although not directly linked to my career now definitely helped me when it came to skills like presenting and thinking critically. I think there can be something to take from every subject. In terms of subjects I didn’t study, I’ve picked up a lot of computer science skills throughout my degree which, looking back, would have been a good subject to do at GCSE, but I managed just fine without it 🙂

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      Luke Humphrey answered on 24 Nov 2025:

      Yes definitely (to both).

      What’s especially useful isn’t necessarily the content of your school subjects, but learning skills and techniques. If you can learn to apply skills from one subject in another domain, it’ll serve you really well.

      As one example, the skills I’ve learned from my history lessons (questioning the biases of your sources) and from English language lessons (writing clear and convincing arguments) are useful for writing scientific papers.

      As an example of the second question, I didn’t study chemistry to GCSE level, but then it started to become a gap in my knowledge later on at university and in my research so I had to catch up. It’s useful to know how you study/learn most effectively (it’s different for everyone!) and knowing who/when/how to ask for support.

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