Choosing your A levels? Your questions answered here!

hey (:
i'm sorry there are loads of threads out there similar to this one but not exactly what i want to ask, so yeah here goes..
i want to study medicine, i'm definitely taking maths, biology, chemistry and physics for a-level but i want to take a 5th subject so that i don't have to go gen. studies or crit. thinking. either: philosophy and ethics, sociology or further maths?
any comments about those three subjects would be great + any advice about whether taking a 5th subject would put me at an advantage seeing as i'd be likely to take RS which is an art subject?

thanks (:

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I'm new here and not quite sure where i should be asking this
So randomly going to post here and hope for a reply *fingers crossed*
So basically i've just finished my GCSE's and i'm looking at what to study for A-level.
I have been predicted A* in all my GCSE subjects, however i think A's and B's are much more likely- we shall see come results day!
I have no idea what i want to study at university- all i know is that i do want to go to university! Therefore i'm trying to keep my options open with my A-level choices.
SO, i'm considering taking these:

Maths (Definitely)
Biology (Definitely)
Business (Definitely)
however i'm stuck on the fourth. I was going to take English, but after induction days i've been scared about just how much work taking 4 "hard" subjects will be!
I'm considering either psychology or sociology. Which would be best? Would these be good options? What sort of degrees/careers would this open up for me? I need as much help as possible please!
Again, apologies if it would have been better to post else where!

I'm new here and not quite sure where i should be asking this
So randomly going to post here and hope for a reply *fingers crossed*
So basically i've just finished my GCSE's and i'm looking at what to study for A-level.
I have been predicted A* in all my GCSE subjects, however i think A's and B's are much more likely- we shall see come results day!
I have no idea what i want to study at university- all i know is that i do want to go to university! Therefore i'm trying to keep my options open with my A-level choices.
SO, i'm considering taking these:

Maths (Definitely)
Biology (Definitely)
Business (Definitely)
however i'm stuck on the fourth. I was going to take English, but after induction days i've been scared about just how much work taking 4 "hard" subjects will be!
I'm considering either psychology or sociology. Which would be best? Would these be good options? What sort of degrees/careers would this open up for me? I need as much help as possible please!
Again, apologies if it would have been better to post else where!

As has been said business is not considered a 'hard' subject but IMO psychology is at least as hard as maths and biology. Given your other subjects, you seem to be more sciency then artsy, so be careful with English (I did AS English Lit and found it really hard despite an A* at GCSE). These options leave you fairly open: you could go into science, doing something biology-related, although Chemistry would be ideal for this. You could go into almost any non-subject-specific field such as business, accounting, marketing, etc. You could also go into psychology, although if this is a fourth choice I'm guessing it isn't your favourite subject.

I've just finished AS. I'm doing Eng Lit, Spanish, Psychology and sociology.

for A2 I'm looking to drop either sociology or psychology.
I enjoy both subjects, Sociology is my strongest but is seen by some as the softer out of the 2?

looking to do Eng lit & Spanish @ university

Suggestions??????

As has been said business is not considered a 'hard' subject but IMO psychology is at least as hard as maths and biology. Given your other subjects, you seem to be more sciency then artsy, so be careful with English (I did AS English Lit and found it really hard despite an A* at GCSE). These options leave you fairly open: you could go into science, doing something biology-related, although Chemistry would be ideal for this. You could go into almost any non-subject-specific field such as business, accounting, marketing, etc. You could also go into psychology, although if this is a fourth choice I'm guessing it isn't your favourite subject.

Business and Psychology aren't considered hard subjects and are disliked by universities.

Hope exams have gone well. Business isn't a particularly hard subject, it is actually considered a soft subject by Cambridge.
What subject are you hoping to study at university?

Thank you so much! Definitely agree with being more sciency than artsy, so think that english wouldn't be a good idea. A few people have commented saying that psychology is seen as a 'soft' subject- i'm aware of that, but i'm not looking at going to any of the top universities so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem? Found this very helpful, thank you!!

i'm just really confused...
i'm thinking of taking bio, chem, english lit and pschology at A level would i be able to do medicine or optometry at uni.

are my A levels a good choice or is it compulsory to do maths or physics instead

You would be better with maths.

maths instead of pschology
but i only predictied a high B at GCSE would i struggle

You never know, you could get an A. If you think you might struggle then do a bit of work beforehand.

If you don't think you'll get a good grade in maths or you don't enjoy it, then obviously don't do it.

bt could i still do optometry or medicine with bio,chem,english lit and pschology
or could i get away with doing AS maths and then dropping it

Also it's not a subject which requires opinions, there is only one correct answer & u just have to learn it which could be tedious, a bit of case study work too! What grade did u get a gcse?


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