I Can't decide which A level to drop

AS but art takes up too much time

Drop art. Art has a hiigh work load and chemistry will always look better than art on your application for something like engineering.

I'd look into how desirable Art is for architecture/landscape design. While Chemistry is a good aide to an engineering/physics degree (and physics is not a pointless degree, the people who said that were fools), it is not a strict requirement. If Art is more beneficial to architecture, then it might be worth taking.

If not, choose the one you prefer.

I'm really not sure, I like both but there are disadvantages as well.
I think most Universities require art for an architecture degree and the competition is high.

I did Maths, Further Maths, Physics, History and Art at AS-level, and I found the workload manageable.

It's not really that uncommon to do 5 at AS.

Yes, but I might do an architecture degree and I don't want to discard that option by dropping art. I

I am currently taking 5 A levels: Math, Further Math, Physics, Chemistry and Art. I have been told that it would be better to drop one and concentrate on the remaining four in order to achieve good grades. However I cannot decide which one to drop because I am not certain about my future career.


If I am going to drop one it probably would be either Art or Chemistry.


Art has been more time consuming and I do not particularly enjoy large amounts of writing we have to do and it could be difficult to think of the concepts behind the artwork but I like doing the creative stuff and everyone had been saying that I should take art. Also it shows that I have a broader ability to do a subject which requires different skills to maths and science and will open up more career choices (I think I might want to be an Architect or Interior/ Landscape Designer) whereas taking Chemistry would mean that I can only do science related job in the future.


So far Chemistry has been quite easy and far less time consuming than Art. It would be good as a complementary subject if I'm going to do a degree in Engineering, Science or Physics (which people say is not worth it but I like physics).


I am finding it very difficult to decide Should I just keep all five subjects? But then I would not have enough time to do things like EPQ or Gold Crest Award which could help with University Applications. Has anyone done similar combination?

Help would be very much appreciated

I suppose history requires even more work than Chem. How many did you take for A2?

I would say drop Maths because you are doing Further Maths, that's just too much maths and might be seen by others as the same thing.

I would say drop Maths because you are doing Further Maths, that's just too much maths and might be seen by others as the same thing.

Okay. Im sure that many universities do not require A-Level art for an architecture degree, but they will require to see a portfolio of your artwork. I you often draw in your spare time then I dont think it will be a problem dropping art. Try looking at universities offering architecture for more detail though.