• Question: What GCSEs did you take to get to where you are now? How hard did you have to work?

    Asked by triangletristan to Emma, James, Jayne, Kara, Sharon on 22 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi!
      I did my GCSE’s in Biology, Chemistry, Maths, English, History, French, German and Physics. I had to work sort of hard in Biology, french german as these were my best subjects, medium hard in english and history and chemistry and REALLY hard in maths and physics as I found these subjects difficult.

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      Emma King answered on 18 Mar 2011:

      Hi triangletrisan. GCSE’s seem a long time ago now. I took Maths, English Language, English Literature, RE, IT, Biology, Chemistry,Physics, German, Geography and a short course music.
      Then I went on to do Biology, Chemistry and Maths at A level and an AS level in Christian theology.
      After school I went to uni to study genetics and then did two one-year masters courses.
      Currently I’m working on my PhD, which is a 3 year long project.
      Hope that helps!
      Emma

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      Kara Cerveny answered on 18 Mar 2011:

      So, I’m a bit different from the other participants in that I went to school in the US. That said, I can tell you that I took lots of science classes — biology, chemistry, physics, more specialized biology topics like anatomy and ecology — I also enjoyed maths, as well as english and history. I like to read and write and think, I’ve always worked hard and enjoyed doing lots of different things. Hard work is definitely part of the equation, but it only arduous when you don’t enjoy what you do, and I love science and am inspired by biology and my colleagues.

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      James Chan answered on 18 Mar 2011:

      Hi tristan,
      I don’t think it really matters which GCSEs you take as long as you have the science ones. I did 10 myself. I think as long as you do well in the ones you do, then you’d be absolutely fine. Better to do well in 8 than poorly in 12! I worked pretty hard, but I also enjoyed it – I always take the view that if you try and find something fun in what you do, you’d end up doing better, but that’s just me!

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      Jayne Charnock answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Hello,

      I took Maths, Science (duel), English (duel), History, Geography, French and Drama for GCSE

      Then I took Biology, Chemistry and Physics for Alevel, English Lit for AS level

      I was actually much better at the humanities subjects but i wanted to do medicine at uni so needed all 3 science Alevels to get in. unfortunately i didnt get good enough grades so i decided to go and do biology instead. Which was a good job because as part of my degree i went to work in Germany in a lab for a year and i loved it! So i decided to do a PhD after i finished my degree.

      I think i had to work hardest during my A-levels and then in my final year of university- they were tough times and i was so glad when they were over. Ive sworn never to do any more exams ever again but im glad i worked hard at the time because it got me to where i am now 🙂

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