{"id":1959,"date":"2022-01-20T17:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:15:57","slug":"why-i-chose-to-study-mathematics-with-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/2022\/01\/20\/why-i-chose-to-study-mathematics-with-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I chose to study Mathematics with Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently a final year undergraduate studying Mathematics with Statistics BSc (Hons) here at King&#8217;s College London. In this post I&#8217;ll be sharing the reasons behind why I chose my course.<\/p>\n<p>To me, <strong>Mathematics is a powerful universal tool which shapes the world we live in<\/strong>, and so I felt it would be a truly stimulating experience to study this subject at a degree level. I really enjoyed learning advanced mathematical techniques at school, and relish the satisfaction of being able to solve a challenging question &#8211; this gives me a great sense of accomplishment! I would often questions the things that I was told in the classroom and <strong>my curiosity drove me to explore the complexities behind the seemingly simple problems of Mathematics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to learn new methods to enhance my problem-solving skills, and further explore different approaches to various questions in greater depth. After a bit of research, I felt that pursuing further study in mathematics and statistics would provide <strong>a firm foundation for many academic disciplines and a range of professional opportunities<\/strong>. I believe that careers related to these fields would also help me to develop some essential skills, and also provide the opportunity to help solve-real world problems &#8211;<strong> I&#8217;m particularly intrigued to learn more about how the subject plays a critical role in modern civilisation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Studying Mathematics with Statistics at university has<strong> developed my ability to apply a range of Mathematical skills to different situations<\/strong>, including acute logical thinking, problem-solving skills, the ability to process, interpret and analyse information. I highly recommend this course to those who love numbers, have great numerical skills and are up for a challenge!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Read more\u2026<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/2021\/02\/09\/how-is-university-different-from-school\/\">How is university different from school? Shambs shares her thoughts.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I am currently a final year undergraduate studying Mathematics with Statistics BSc (Hons) here at King&#8217;s College London. In this post I&#8217;ll be sharing the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/2022\/01\/20\/why-i-chose-to-study-mathematics-with-statistics\/\" title=\"Why I chose to study Mathematics with Statistics\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1226,"featured_media":1954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,90,4],"tags":[68,67,7],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maths","category-undergraduate","category-why-i-chose-kings","tag-mathematics","tag-undergraduate","tag-why-i-chose-kings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2668,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/2668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/nms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}