• Question: what made you interested in biology

    Asked by arms519arfs on 16 Jun 2025.
    • Photo: Sandra Robertson

      Sandra Robertson answered on 16 Jun 2025:

      I really enjoyed science at high school, but when choosing my subjects for the equivalent of my GCSE exams, I could only choose a maximum of 2, so I selected chemistry and physics. I studied in the Scottish system, so chose chemistry and physics for Standard grades and Higher grade. I only picked up studying biology in 6th year, when I had more space and flexibility on my timetable to allow me to add the subject. I jumped straight into studying it at Higher level without first having completed the Standard Grade course work. I found biology quite fact based, which made it reasonably easy to pick up, but a school friend also shared her notes which was a big help. I thought having a qualification in all 3 sciences would be helpful when I didn’t know what direction I wanted to go in after school.

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      Giorgia Perri answered on 16 Jun 2025:

      Growing up I was always fascinated by animals and nature. I had a lot of pets, lived near a farmer and loved watching David Attenborough documentaries. This passion has continued with me throughout my studies!

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      Carly Bingham answered on 20 Jun 2025:

      Biology was actually my least favourite science in school! While I was at university studying engineering, I did a course on how the human body works using engineering ideas – you can think about blood vessels working like pipes for example – and this sparked my interest in biology and led to my current job.

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    melissau commented on :

    I’ve always liked to understand ‘how things work’ and biology helps you to understand how living organisms work, whether they’re small like bacteria or viruses, medium sized like humans or enormous like blue whales and elephants! As a vet I’ve added on skills to help me understand what happens when living organisms don’t work as we’d like them to and how to ‘fix’ the situation for individuals and groups of animals if that’s possible.