Hello this is Lucy speaking today at A 
& J Education we're going to be
talking about biological sciences
undergraduate degrees
so you're 15, 16 maybe 17 and really enjoy
biology and think that you'd really like
to study biology at University biology
and biological sciences in general are
very very common university degrees
highly regarded but there are lots of
lots of options available to you many
universities offer a straight biology
course but you'll also find that they
offer more niche options so you might be
able to study an undergraduate degree
just in microbiology or zoology or
ecology so you want to start thinking
about do you want of course that it's
broader and allows you to study various
things and narrow it down in your 3 or 4
years of studying or do you already have
a really clear idea of which area of
biology you want to pursue that's one
important thing to think about the other
is especially if you're going to be
narrowing it down it's always to think
about where you're trying to get after
University and a general biology degree
can be really really useful it teaches
you lots of important skills analysis
you're using maths and you're having a
very strong quantitative skills but
biology is a science that involves more
 qualitative skills as well
so they'll be essays and things like
that so it's a very good degree that can
get you lots of places you can I suppose
carry on into the sciences there are
also because there are lots of 
biology health medical tech and startups
coming out now there are lots of there's
a large need for people who have a
background in the biology biological
sciences because of this so you might
be able to take your biology degree
and go into venture capitalism because
you actually know what these companies
are talking about or again similar and
there are lots of biology and health
tech consultancies you could work in or
of course you could teach or you can
become a scientist do you research you
can work in a lab lots of lots of
options but I would say if you're going
into a more niche route 
really really check in to you why that
degree can get you because some areas
such as such as conservation what's
really really important like the very
very niche areas that you can go into so
always look out for where you're going
to get with this degree the other thing
to think about as always how'd you go
about applying always it's through you
can and you probably though it's not
always actually required need to do
biology is an a-level or a high level
subject and then other sciences are also
useful I would say maths and chemistry
are the most useful other sciences and
sometimes if you want to you can even
take a humanities or a modern foreign
language as well but biology and math
biology and chemistry biology massing
chemistry will be a really strong
foundation for studying the biological
sciences at university sometimes an
interview is required with biology but
not so much as with the other sciences
that will really vary on the course of
the university but it's something you
should be aware of and again you don't
really have to do anything extra unless
you're applying to Oxford or Cambridge
and there shouldn't be any sort of
entrance exams or anything like that
involved
you do obviously want to work on your
personal statement so it's a good idea
to read things they've been used to
scientists and keep up today on what
sort of news is happening in the
scientific world and what advancements
are being made other things for you to
do is like are there any sorts of work
experience you can undertake there's low
like biology isn't just like dissecting
a frog there are so so many ways you can
go about exploring that and what you
should really do is look into how you
can show off in this personal statement
that you're really passionate about this
subject and like what particular bit of
biology at the moment is fascinating you
because there are so so many aspects
like maybe you really really like marine
biology and this is what fascinates you
or you really really like ecology like
explore your interest because you'll
need to talk about them in your personal
statement
I would say that's probably the main
thing we need to talk about today
so think about firstly whether you want
to do a straight biology course or you
want to pick one of the more niche
options because there are lots of
options available to you also think
about you don't have to know for certain
where your what sort of career you want
to have but I would say particularly if
you're picking zoology also think have a
look into it because I know from my own
friends that I've gone down that route
it's a very small sector that has a lot
of voluntary and unpaid position so it's
worth really knowing what you're getting
into the other thing obviously make sure
you're doing the right subjects at
a-level biology and other scientist
Sciences are always good math and
chemistry and particular always very
strong options and some universities
will require them but again until you
know the exact courses you can't be
certain and then yeah explore your
interest and tell them what exactly
about biology makes you so excited I
never really liked the subject so I'm
telling you much but obviously you do
because you're considering it at a
A-level so
tell the person who's going to be
reading your personal statement what
exactly fascinates you about it and make
sure that you have actual things to tell
them an example such as an article in
The New Scientist or some project you
did like give them actual examples
rather than I just really love it and
that's what they want to see I think
that's it for now if you do have any
questions as always please leave them
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