I'm lost with what to do after school right now, and with early entry and uac applications coming up I really need some ideas of degrees apply for - any help would be much appreciated. I do E2, chem, phys, eng adv --> I enjoy/am good at the math/sciences but I'm not really sure if I wanna spend the rest of my life doing them. Med/dentistry is also another option but I'm pessimistic on if I'll get in + the amount of debt you get seems extremely daunting especially in todays economy. For people who've graduated I would really appreciate if you could review ur experience with ur degree + For other year 12s, what ur plans are/are you guys lost aswell or am I just really behind in figuring out what to do
i’m studying maths in uni rn but i’m switching to a double in maths/electrical engineering. maths has plenty of career opportunities but know that almost all of these are going to be stats/data science related, i realised that i wasn’t really interested in that and was more interested in proofs / more physical problems so thats why i switched to a double with engineering.
med is fairly attainable especially at unis like wsu (not to say it’s easy to get in but if you try you will have a good chance - and you can apply for entry while studying a degree so you have multiple chances as well). don’t worry about the debt bc it’ll all be covered under something called hecs, essentially this means that you will pay off your students fees through tax aka you will not notice the debt much, it’s not like america where you have to take out bank loans.
if i was u i’d go and scroll through every undergraduate degree at whatever uni, see what you like and what you hate. whatever you hate, cross it off the list and you should hopefully end up with at least a few degrees. from that go in and research them a bit more, go to subject outlines/descriptions to check generally what you’ll be learning, look up potential careers you can get from the degree and see if it interests you. don’t necessarily discard a degree just because there’s one class that you’re not in love with though, most of the time you’ll have to take at least one that you don’t like. also think about your subjects/interests and what’s neighbouring to them. for example you’re taking maths, physics and chem, but you don’t necessarily need to take a degree in those specifically - eg there’s quite a bit of those subjects in most branches of engineering, radiography, pharmacology etc, so you’re not just restricted to pure science.
