[Jay99]

I've chosen:
History
Government and politics
Biology
Chemistry

Have I done the right thing? I enjoy history, but I was going to take electronics/computing but electronics needed maths and computing was maths based too, which isn't my strong point.

How many career paths are open for me if I do well in the subjects, medicine e.t.c.? Will they be well regarded by Universities, have I taken on too much?

GCSE's I'm taking are
English lang/lit (got an A in lang so far)
Double Science
Electronics and systems dual.
Maths (got a C overall, but two resits left)
History (got an A* in the first 35%)
General studies
R.S
Gcse IT

I'm usually lazy, but get good grades without revising, I could put the effort in and try but I'm not sure I can keep up with this work.

Any advice/suggestions?

Thanks.

[gdunne42]

(Original post by Jay99)
I've chosen:
History
Government and politics
Biology
Chemistry

Have I done the right thing? I enjoy history, but I was going to take electronics/computing but electronics needed maths and computing was maths based too, which isn't my strong point.

How many career paths are open for me if I do well in the subjects, medicine e.t.c.? Will they be well regarded by Universities, have I taken on too much?

GCSE's I'm taking are
English lang/lit (got an A in lang so far)
Double Science
Electronics and systems dual.
Maths (got a C overall, but two resits left)
History (got an A* in the first 35%)
General studies
R.S
Gcse IT

I'm usually lazy, but get good grades without revising, I could put the effort in and try but I'm not sure I can keep up with this work.

Any advice/suggestions?

Thanks.

Biology is hard work - there is a vast amount of detail to learn
Chemistry is hard - it is a big step up in difficulty from GCSE double science
You don't say how you've done in science so far or what you are predicted to achieve.
They are not good choices for people who are unwilling to put in a lot of hard work both during study and revision.

[Mushrooms]

Chemistry and Biology involve a lot of work and are very hard but are looked highly upon but I will worn you that they are a big step up from double science.

History and Politics involve a lot of essay writing, and you might feel that you have too much to do. All these involve you being naturally bright and hard working. If you can get good grades without working hard then that is good but you might want to try getting top grades by working harder.

With future careers you could try and do medicine because you do have two sciences but you might want to have maths in there if you want to go the medicine route. But if you are not the strongest at maths don't do it. Otherwise it is your choice.

Otherwise you could do Law (but might want to add english lit in there and/or a language), history and/or politics, engineering, architecture, biochemistry etc. Some courses you don't have to have a previous experience e.g. classics you can do a 4 year course and learn both latin and greek from the beginning. Good luck

[Oaktree]

I'd ditch government and politics, unless your running for parliament it wont really get you far.

Why not replace it with a Language, if you have a language along side Biology and chemistry then the unis will be eating out of your hand.

If you dont want to do a language i would recommend english

[physicsfuntimes]

(Original post by Jay99)
I've chosen:
History
Government and politics
Biology
Chemistry

Have I done the right thing? I enjoy history, but I was going to take electronics/computing but electronics needed maths and computing was maths based too, which isn't my strong point.

How many career paths are open for me if I do well in the subjects, medicine e.t.c.? Will they be well regarded by Universities, have I taken on too much?

Thanks.

I find a lot of places consider electronics/computing 'soft' choices (rightly or not, I haven't done either!) and I do know biology, chemistry and history are very well respected. No idea about government and politics.

Two sciences and an essay subject are a good selection. To add my opinion to those already voiced, I found biology very easy on the whole (there weren't too many tricky concepts and it boiled down to committing a lot to memory in the weeks before the exams). Chemistry was harder as you need to understand more instead of having a good memory, but just so you know, these subjects don't have to be hard! Depends on you, basically! They are certainly a lot of work though.

Enjoying subjects should be the important thing. Taking subjects you don't enjoy, just because that's what people say you should take (unless you have your heart set on a certain degree or career) makes A levels unnecessarily hard...

You have a good choice of degree courses and a science course will open up a wide range of careers. History and similar degrees are also well-rounded courses that will set you up well. Have you thought much on what degree you want to study? If your heart isn't set on medicine and it's more of a "meh, maybe" then I wouldn't opt for that - you need to be dedicated, and lazy is not an option

Just to round up - you don't need four A levels - I assume you're planning to drop one for A2? If so, as long as you put the work in, you shouldn't have taken on too much and will hopefully do well. Good luck

[likeasong]

I don't do any of the subjects you've chosen but I know that History and Gov and Pol are actually very similar in terms of course content.