[FullerClass]

Can't decide between Psychology and Sociology, psychology sounds more interesting but the A-level results were awful! In Sociology there's a really good teacher but i don't know much about it.

[VickyDoodle]

Sociology is the study of groups of people and how they act in/as a society- psychology is more focused on the individual.

I'm taking.. (I think)
Spanish
Sociology
Salters Nuffield Applied Biology
and BTEC Performing Arts.

Will this affect me getting into a good uni?

[i-am-sam]

Im trying to decide what to chose for my A Levels......., I want to do physics at university.

Im planning on doing maths physics, chemistry, and........ further maths maybe, economics maybe, not sure.

But i dont think i would enjoy or be good at economics, and further maths i think might be too hard? Based on what people have said.


how good is it to have further maths if wanting to do physics?
i dont really think i would enjoy or be good at economics
And im not sure how good id be at the further maths

I know i got an A*, but i was in a really low set last year, the teacher was convinced that i should have been there, recently apologised, after m getting an A*

i dont know! i cant decide! is there any other subjects i could do?!?!! HELP!!

thanks!

[cat_cat]

(Original post by i-am-sam)
Im trying to decide what to chose for my A Levels......., I want to do physics at university.

Im planning on doing maths physics, chemistry, and........ further maths maybe, economics maybe, not sure.

But i dont think i would enjoy or be good at economics, and further maths i think might be too hard? Based on what people have said.


how good is it to have further maths if wanting to do physics?
i dont really think i would enjoy or be good at economics
And im not sure how good id be at the further maths

I know i got an A*, but i was in a really low set last year, the teacher was convinced that i should have been there, recently apologised, after m getting an A*

i dont know! i cant decide! is there any other subjects i could do?!?!! HELP!!

thanks!

I think further maths will be much more helpful for you and will put you at an advantage over other candidates without it when it comes to applying for universities

Also if you dont think you will enjoy economics dont take it theres no point taking something that you wont enjoy.

i think it would be good to have a non science related subject but since you want to do a physics related degree you should stick with further maths

[racaha]

Would taking both English Literature and English Language be too much? I'm also taking History and Theatre Studies. Would these be good options to pick in terms of getting a place at uni? (I'm not sure what I want to do there yet.) Also, if I got an A in English Lit at GCSE would I still be able to get an A* at A level if I put in the work? Thanks!

[VickyDoodle]

(Original post by racaha)
Would taking both English Literature and English Language be too much? I'm also taking History and Theatre Studies. Would these be good options to pick in terms of getting a place at uni? (I'm not sure what I want to do there yet.) Also, if I got an A in English Lit at GCSE would I still be able to get an A* at A level if I put in the work? Thanks!

I think Lit and Lang would be good,but alot of essays!
It depends if you're looking at the top unis,some places look down on Theatre Studies,but if you go for an arts-related course it won't matter.
As for the A*,I'm not sure. D: It's alot of hard work,but if you stick at it you never know. Good luck!

[racaha]

(Original post by VickyDoodle)
I think Lit and Lang would be good,but alot of essays!
It depends if you're looking at the top unis,some places look down on Theatre Studies,but if you go for an arts-related course it won't matter.
As for the A*,I'm not sure. D: It's alot of hard work,but if you stick at it you never know. Good luck!

Thank you! I love drama too much to drop it, so lets just hope the unis won't mind!

Yeah, I would like to aim for the highest because that way I'll always do my best but I feel like I should play to my strengths, and I did better in other subjects than lit, but I do enjoy reading!

[Gilsenan]

Sice I got no reply before...

Looking to apply for either Literature or Medicine at University (not sure which yet).

Got 8A*, 2A, 1C and a U at GCSE :P

Will these subjects keep these options open?

- English Literature
- History
- Biology
- Chemistry

Any suggestions?

[Gawge]

(Original post by Gilsenan)
Sice I got no reply before...

Looking to apply for either Literature or Medicine at University (not sure which yet).

Got 8A*, 2A, 1C and a U at GCSE :P

Will these subjects keep these options open?

- English Literature
- History
- Biology
- Chemistry

Any suggestions?

Yeah, those are pretty much the perfect choices for you.

All four are very highly respected courses. Obviously if you want to do medicine then you will drop either English Lit or History after the first year, or if you want to do Literature you drop Biology or Chemistry.

[Gawge]

(Original post by racaha)
Would taking both English Literature and English Language be too much? I'm also taking History and Theatre Studies. Would these be good options to pick in terms of getting a place at uni? (I'm not sure what I want to do there yet.) Also, if I got an A in English Lit at GCSE would I still be able to get an A* at A level if I put in the work? Thanks!

No problem with those choices, however you are limiting your options slightly.

Obviously you enjoy the type of courses which would be available to you anyway though, so no problem. It just means, you can't exactly go for medicine at University as you are taking all "Arts" subjects.

[Markh1000]

(Original post by Gilsenan)
Sice I got no reply before...

Looking to apply for either Literature or Medicine at University (not sure which yet).

Got 8A*, 2A, 1C and a U at GCSE :P

Will these subjects keep these options open?

- English Literature
- History
- Biology
- Chemistry

Any suggestions?

Yup, they're just fine.

[Josh-H]

(Original post by i-am-sam)
Im trying to decide what to chose for my A Levels......., I want to do physics at university.

Im planning on doing maths physics, chemistry, and........ further maths maybe, economics maybe, not sure.

But i dont think i would enjoy or be good at economics, and further maths i think might be too hard? Based on what people have said.


how good is it to have further maths if wanting to do physics?
i dont really think i would enjoy or be good at economics
And im not sure how good id be at the further maths

I know i got an A*, but i was in a really low set last year, the teacher was convinced that i should have been there, recently apologised, after m getting an A*

i dont know! i cant decide! is there any other subjects i could do?!?!! HELP!!

thanks!

Hey, I was looking at doing physics this time last year before I changed my mind so hopefully I can help!

As far as I could tell, if you did maths, physics, chemistry & further maths then you were fine for pretty much all unis, so economics wouldn't really be needed.

Universities do prefer you to have further maths for physics, for example Warwick give you a grade lower offer if you have further maths, and they're one of the top physics departments in the country!

If you don't do further maths then you can still get into a lot of good places, but it will be of benefit if you do further maths, especially as it means you'll have a lot easier first year as you'll have already covered some of the maths content!

My school didn't offer further maths so I couldn't do it but I understand if you're worried about doing so much maths, especially as physics contains a lot of maths too. Maybe start with economics and further maths and drop one after a couple weeks depending on your preference? If you're really serious about doing physics at uni though then further maths is recommended.

PM if you have any more questions.

[Josh-H]

(Original post by Accalia)
I was wondering if anyone who has taken Biology or Physics at AS could help me -- did you enjoy them? Are the modules interesting? Anything at all you have to say about them, I'm interested.

Oh, and do you think my current choices are OK? They're English Lit, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. I'm interested in Pharmacy at the moment, but it might change to something else science-related.

Hey, physics, chemistry biology and english lit would be great choices for pharmacy as you're covering the essay writing + the science subjects, so great choices, all very respected subjects.

I did physics but I did a bit of an odd course, it was OCR B which seemed to me more like applied physics, so it had a bit less maths content, either way I really enjoyed physics, but be warned there is a lot of maths in it!

[Ikra.xox]

i want to go in a medecin or a dentistry career so are these Alevel choices ok for it
biology,chemistry,maths,computin g<--- im not sure about computing yet its either this or psychology.which one should i pick?

[Markh1000]

(Original post by Ikra.xox)
i want to go in a medecin or a dentistry career so are these Alevel choices ok for it
biology,chemistry,maths,computin g<--- im not sure about computing yet its either this or psychology.which one should i pick?

Either is fine.

[racaha]

(Original post by Gawge)
No problem with those choices, however you are limiting your options slightly.

Obviously you enjoy the type of courses which would be available to you anyway though, so no problem. It just means, you can't exactly go for medicine at University as you are taking all "Arts" subjects.

But wouldn't I have to pick like all sciences to do that? I know what you mean, as I do feel like I'm limiting my options picking what I'm picking...

[miq786maj]

I'm hoping to do either Economics or PPE(hopefully Oxford) at uni but don't know what to put down as my AS subjects.
I've already put down Maths, Further Maths, Economics and RS down as my subjects but am not sure if it would be better for me if I change RS to another subject such as German. I got 9A*s and 1A(getting it remarked). Will it be better for me to drop RS?

[swiftylol]

Ive gotten:

Biology
History
ICT
Phsycology

for A levels, my other option is to replace Phsycology with sociology but I'm not sure, are those four ok? Im not sure what I want to do in Uni yet

[CarmelB]

So i want to do Psychology and Criminal Behaviour, or a psychology based criminology course at uni, how do these subjects sound?

Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy and Ethics
Law.

Ideas?

[Victor_101]

I dont know the exact career path i want to follow. Maybe something to within "sport" but still being able to keep my options open...

i was thinking of doing.


P.E - (For sport) Included CSLA course aswell

French - (i enjoy it and could open other doors..)

Applied Science (would this link with P.E the course is about 70% biology and i cant do a pure science as i didnt get a B in math so this would be my only science option.)

And either...

History or English Lit.

Help please !!