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From: "Matt Verran" <matt@frktl.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Decisions about my future
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:36:48 -0000
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> I'm coming towards the end of my GCSEs and need to look towards the
future.
> I'm hoping to stay on at my school's 6th form (depending on my GSCE
results)
> to do A-Levels,

<snip>

> Cheers,
> Rikki

  Pysics, Maths and Further Maths is quite a big workload, you might
consider to do a non-science (or at least an easier) course instead of
further maths, especially considering all uni's admit on points these days.
When I did FM it was almost all statistics anyway and of little use to
anything I was interested in programming. Maths is a good idea as a couple
of uni's insist on this for their Computer Science degrees, and a few game
companies mention in their ads you need a-level maths.
  Most Unis lump computer science and software engineering degrees together
for the first year so you shouldn't have to decide untill you have seen what
type of modules each has. Mostly Software engineering is the same course as
straight cpu science but you have to take all the programming/analysis
modules.
  Nearly all Unis are the same for computer science degrees so it matters
little where you go, it's definately more important to go somewhere you will
enjoy living. Other than that it may be worth trying to get into a
"redbrick" uni (ie one that didn't use to be a college/polytechnic) but this
is only a big issue when doing a classical degree really.

hope this is of help
Matt