Pin | St Andrews Senior Highlights 2024

How has the IB Diploma Programme been for you?

I think the IB has been quite challenging, but also a good one for me to take on. I got to explore a lot more subjects with the many that are available here at St Andrews. For example, I got to try Global Politics, which ended up being one of my favourite subjects and something I want to continue doing in university. I think the IB has a lot of breadth. It’s allowed me to explore my options and not be fixed to a single career path. 

Why have you chosen Economics for your Bachelor’s?

I found Economics to be my favourite because I really like learning about things that are relevant in the real world. And I found that it was great to combine it with Politics and Philosophy. At Brown University, I can create my own independent major, so I’m planning to create a P.P.E. major – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. The final degree depends on how much Maths I decide to take there, but I may end up doing all three. They call it an independent concentration, so I could end up getting a degree in a concentration/major that I designed.

What do you plan to do after your university studies?

I don’t have a fixed career path yet, but I am interested in international political economy and development, so I was looking at careers in some international organisations – the World Bank; IMF (International Monetary Fund); or something like that. Maybe policy consultancy and governance here, locally (in Thailand), but I’m not interested in going into politics.

I like the intersection between the two, but I don’t want to be a politician exactly. I like applying it together. For me, I think economics is the basis that everyone sees; politics helps you understand the why; and then it’s down to philosophy to understand how all these things come together. That’s how I kind of see it.