Is maths studies ok for science field?

[angieeee]

Hi there:)

I chose Chinese Lit SL, Maths SL, Econ SL and English B HL, Chem HL and Bio HL, but I'm struggling in Maths SL... I want to go to chemistry field in HK universities and I'm good at chem, but is it OK to switch it to Maths studies? Will it affect my admission to universities? I can definitely get a 7 in maths studies, I mean.

Thank you in advance:)

[Emmi]

I would be wary about doing math studies if you want to go into chemistry. Check with the specific university websites to be sure, but coming personally from someone who originally entered university to study chemistry and then switched over to engineering, chemistry is a ton of math. Higher level math. Math that isn't covered in math studies math (my university requires calculus 1, 2, 3, and differential equations for chemistry students, to give you an indication of what math you'll use). If the university doesn't have a math requirement, you'd probably be ok to enter with math studies, but you'll need to take a lot of math courses once you're in there to catch up. You might want to stick it out in SL math.

[Aditya Sachdeva]

It would be appropriate if you contact the university and check their requirements specifically for the course you wish you pursue.

[khimberleigh]

Check with the University but most likely no. You still have plently of time to improve, I was struggling with Maths SL a lot in first year too but now I'm getting 6s & 7s on all the past papers I've done. In my opinion, Maths SL gets easier as you go, the topics may get harder but you get used to IB style questions and later topics can help you a lot with earlier topics.

[Erasmusrasmus]

Although I don't take Chemistry HL, a lot of my friends do and they say its much more mathematical than Chemistry SL. In fact, my school requires us to take at least Math SL if we are planning on doing Chemistry at HL...

[by.andrew]

There's no point of getting 7 in Math studies if your program obviously requires heavy maths. I would say that almost if not all Science programs should have at least Math SL as a pre-requisite, and on top of that, I don't think that math studies will be appropriate if you want to go into chemistry.

[itsnadia]

I think that you should check with the universities that you are thinking about applying to. But most of my friends who are thinking about going into the science field will have at least Maths SL!