Have you been successful in most sciences?

Question: Have you been successful in most sciences?
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Asked by anon-319753 on 10 Mar 2022.
- Rebecca Davies answered on 10 Mar 2022:
  
  No, I’ve always been bad at physics and decided to drop it after GCSEs. I took Chemistry up to A-Level, but found it hard (but thankfully got a good grade). I’ve always been great at Biology because I find it interesting – but even now I’m not great at all parts of it and have my favourites. For example, I find most organs interesting, but I think anything to do with the brain is very hard to understand.
- Mary Clarke answered on 10 Mar 2022:
  
  To be a biologist you have to know a lot about the other sciences, they all interlink, chemistry is a big part of everyday biology, as is maths. Research in biology is multi-disciplinary – some biologists work on bioengineering, developing artificial scaffolds for cells to grow on etc, this brings the different elements of the sciences together.
- Amy Worrall answered on 10 Mar 2022:
  
  I’ve always been good at biology, but I was awful at chemistry in school! Oddly enough I now do a lot of chemistry and don’t find it as difficult!
- Elpida Vounzoulaki answered on 11 Mar 2022:
  
  I was great at biology and chemistry but not amazing in maths. Most teachers used to say I wasn’t good in maths actually. But I worked really hard and found determination in that. Now I use mathematics and statistics to build models with code that predict if people will get a disease and how we can help so people don’t get the disease. So never give up, no matter what your grades are! There are always many opportunities in life! 🙂
- Emily Clarke answered on 11 Mar 2022:
  
  Not at all! I always enjoyed all science but biology was my favourite. I loved physics but always struggled with taking the exams due to exam anxiety! I also enjoyed chemistry but at A level found it much trickier, I had lots of different teachers for various reasons at my school as well. However I now use all 3 sciences regularly and love it/ understand them!
- Kerry Ann Brown answered on 11 Mar 2022:
  
  Hmmm, this is tricky to answer. At my school we took double science which meant all the sciences were taught together: they were rarely presented as separate sciences.
  
  I shall answer your question though! I would say no. I think I always found the more physics side of science the most challenging. I am pretty good at statistics I sometimes struggle with the maths that underlies a lot of physics. That is probably why my work is more aligned with biology and chemistry now!
- Sophie Langdon answered on 11 Mar 2022:
  
  No! I really struggled with Chemistry when I go to A-level and actually ended up failing my last exam but luckily had good enough results in previous exams to get a C overall. I also struggled with Maths all the way through school and had to work very hard at it to make sure I got good enough to peruse the career I wanted. Physics was just not something that really interested me post-GCSE’s but Biology has always been a favourite subject of mine and something that just made sense to me!
- Chigozie Onuba answered on 11 Mar 2022:
  
  Yes due to studying and doing lots of research and practising my profession
- Sara Luzzi answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I was good at most science classes in school and in uni – which helped me a lot, because to do good biology one needs to have a good understanding of maths, physics and chemistry.
- Rebecca Locke answered on 16 Mar 2022:
  
  I was always good at Maths and Biology at school but I struggled with Physics and found Chemistry difficult. I think if I had continued with chemistry it would have been helpful for my career, but I don’t think even the best teacher in the world would have been able to help me with physics!

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